《城市技術》雜志的目標是通過教育和討論，最大限度地發揮技術對城市的積極作用，將其負面影響降到最低。該雜志為專家和非專業人士(或不同專業的從業人員)之間的對話提供了一個論壇，專為學者和一般讀者設計，他們的業務、職業、專業或研究要求他們了解技術如何影響和受城市環境的影響。《城市技術雜志》發表文章，審查和分析城市技術的發展，以及研究這些技術的歷史和政治、經濟、環境、社會、美學和倫理影響的文章

The goal of the Journal of Urban Technology is, through education and discussion, to maximize the positive and minimize the adverse effects of technology on cities.The journal provides a forum for a dialogue between specialists and non-specialists (or among practitioners of different specialities) and is designed for both scholars and a general audience whose businesses, occupations, professions, or studies require that they understand how technologies affect and are affected by urban environments.The Journal of Urban Technology publishes articles that review and analyze developments in urban technologies as well as articles that study the history and the political, economic, environmental, social, aesthetic, and ethical effects of those technologies.