scholarly journals Three Tales about Limits to Smart Cities Solutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Soora Rasouli ◽  
Harry Timmermans ◽  
Dujuan Yang
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Special Issue

This editorial is the introduction to a special issue on smart cities. The concept of a smart city is not well-defined, yet expectations among urban planners and decision-makers are high. This special issue contains three papers that discuss three different manifestations of smart cities and the success—or lack of it—of the solutions discussed. The papers highlight some limitations of the concept of smart cities, but at the same time also pinpoint some potentially beneficial solutions.

A Participative Method for Prioritizing Smart City Interventions in Medium-Sized Municipalities

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannis Charalabidis ◽  
Christina Theocharopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Decision Support Model ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Selection Of

One of the most critical issues relating to smart cities is the selection of the most suited interventions, among numerous available options. Especially when medium-sized municipalities are concerned that typically have less capabilities and available expertise, the need for a methodological framework for supporting the selection of possible interventions is profound. The aim of this article is to propose such a participative method for investigating the sectors in which a municipality could take actions, and for deciding on possible interventions. The approach includes citizens' opinion, municipality policy, and the organizational, technological and economic status of the municipality, as well as best practices from other smart cities. This way, a multi-criteria decision support model was developed, in order to select the best application scenarios for a medium-sized municipality. The model was applied in Samos Island in Greece, revealing that citizens show great interest in the development of smart applications. The whole approach can be easily applied, with the proper modifications, in a large variety of cities, offering a useful tool to decision makers and societies.

scholarly journals Foresight as a Tool for the Planning and Implementation of Visions for Smart City Development

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danuta Szpilko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
City Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Factors Analysis ◽  
Growth Economic

Global change, including population growth, economic development and climate change constitute urgent challenges for the smart cities of the 21st century. Cities need to effectively manage their development and meet challenges that have a significant impact on their economic activity, as well as health and quality of life for their citizens. In the context of continuous change, city decision-makers are constantly looking for new smart tools to tackle it. This article addresses this gap, indicating foresight as an effective tool that anticipates the future of a smart city. Its aim is to develop a methodology for planning and implementing a vision of smart city development based on foresight research. The proposed methodology consists of five stages and was developed with the use of methodology for designing hybrid systems. It is an organised, transparent and flexible process which can facilitate the development of sustainable and smart future visions of smart city development by virtue of the involvement, knowledge and experience of a large number of urban stakeholders at all stages of its creation. The article discusses in detail the operationalisation of each stage of the methodology in which the following main methods were used: megatrend analysis, factors analysis: social (S), technological (T), economic (E), ecological (E), political (P), relating to values (V) and legal (L) (STEEPVL), structural analysis, Delphi, creative visioning, scenarios and identifying actions related to the development of a smart city, divided into four categories: new, so far not undertaken (N); implemented so far, to be continued (C); redundant, to be discontinued (R); actions that have been implemented in the past and to be restored (R) (NCRR). The summary enumerates the benefits that foresight implementation can bring to the smart city.

Worlding and provincialising smart cities: From individual case studies to a global comparative research agenda

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-673
Author(s):  
Byron Miller ◽  
Kevin Ward ◽  
Ryan Burns ◽  
Victoria Fast ◽  
Anthony Levenda
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Complex Power ◽  
Global North ◽  
America South

The diversity of smart city case studies presented in this special issue demonstrates the need for provincialised understandings of smart cities that account for cities’ worlding strategies. Case studies drawn from North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia show that ‘the smart city’ takes very diverse forms, serves very diverse objectives, and is embedded in complex power geometries that vary from city to city. Case studies are a critical strategy for understanding phenomena in context, yet they present their own epistemological and ontological limitations. We argue for a more-than-Global-North smart city research agenda focused on the comparative analysis of smart cities, an agenda that foregrounds the conjunctural geographies of relationships and processes shaping these cities.

scholarly journals Editorial: Smart cities of the future: Creating tomorrow’s education toward effective skills and career development today

2014 ◽  
pp. 344-355
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Future ◽  
Assessment Skills ◽  
Performance Development

This special issue is dedicated to recent opportunities, perceptions, solutions and expectations that the emergent number of cities, exploiting the Smart City concept, face in designing and providing education that is striving to shape the new generation of the Smart Citizens. Smart Cities are improving the interconnection between citizens and with governments paying regard to shaping a new environment for the education of today’s students for life in tomorrow’s multifaceted technology-driven world. Various definitions that evolved from Digital City through Wireless City to Smart City and recently Smart City of the Future make us aware that technology and infrastructures are the leading aspect of the Smart City concept. The Smart City concept embraces not only various definitions but also diverse directions representing a collection that conveys many opportunities for educational arrangements. Viewed in this way, it builds the focus of this special issue illustrating the utilization of technologies, and methodology design experiences toward a Smart City setting by considering a wide-range of education and human performance development aspects, including new opportunities for learning and instruction, technology-enhanced learning, curriculum reform, assessment, skills development, and competence and knowledge management in a highly interconnected networked environment.

scholarly journals Smart City Governance Evaluation in the Era of Internet of Things: An Empirical Analysis of Jiangsu, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13606
Author(s):  
Wei-Ling Hsu ◽  
Miao Qiao ◽  
Haiying Xu ◽  
Chunmei Zhang ◽  
Hsin-Lung Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
New Research ◽  
Hierarchy Process

With the rapid development of smart cities all over the world, the evaluation of the smart city has become a new research hotspot in the academic circles. Nevertheless, there still exist a series of common problems in current smart city evaluation, including the cognitive deprivation, lack of experience in planning, low coordination level, etc. Therefore, it is critical to establish a new hierarchy for smart city evaluation indicators, especially in the 5G era. Based on literature review, expert consensus, and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, this study developed an innovative smart city evaluation framework. In the framework, an index comprising three dimensions, i.e., smart economy, smart society, and smart environmental protection, as well as several attributes for these dimensions for smart city evaluation were established. Then, taking Jiangsu Province, the fastest-growing province in China, as the research area, the development level of smart city for the cities in Jiangsu was calculated. The results have verified the effectiveness of the framework, which can provide suggestions for sustainable urbanization, and help urban decision-makers to promote the efficient development of smart cities.

scholarly journals DETERMINING SMART INTERSECTIONS FOR SMART CITY APPLICATIONS USING MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUES

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-4/W3-2020 ◽  
pp. 405-412
Author(s):  
T. Urfalı ◽  
A. Eymen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Smart City ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Smart Transportation ◽  
Intersection System

Abstract. Urbanization process occurs unprecedentedly all round the world. Increase in population accompanies energy need, environmental issues and transportation problems. In order to manage urban growth which causes complication and to enhance the quality of life, we need to find new solutions. During the recent years, smart cities which solve their problems become popular thanks to integration between reformed technology and expanding cities. Primarily, it requires that smart city should be effective spatially. Due to these reasons, to have an investment to the area of requirement properly is extremely important with regard to cost and recovery in order to benefit from smart city applications ultimately and also to achieve high efficiency from this high budget investment. In this study, the criteria affecting the location of the intersections where the smart intersection system will be applied according to the current situation in Kayseri province by using the multi-criteria decision making method were examined. With these effective solutions, smart transportation will provide high functionality and a more efficient flow. At the same time, this study will help decision-makers in planning and investments.

scholarly journals Smart City Pathways for Developing Asia: An Analytical Framework and Guidance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seok Yong Yoon ◽  
Thilo Zelt ◽  
Ulf Narloch
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Advisory Services ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Urban Services

The strategic use of digital technologies can enable smart cities to provide more accessible and better quality urban services for citizens, businesses, and governments. This working paper offers an analytical framework to assess, design, and implement smart city concepts that apply digital technologies tailored to specific contexts. It is intended to guide smart city practitioners and decision-makers in developing Asia to enhance their advisory services, project planning and implementation, and stakeholder engagement efforts.

scholarly journals EDITORIAL: Information technologies for smart city development (CIB World Building Congress 2019 special issue)

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 697-699
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
City Development ◽  
Close Collaboration ◽  
Smart Transportation ◽  
Conference Papers ◽  
Design Construction

On 17-21 June 2019, the Conseil International du Bâtiment (CIB) World Building Congress 2019 (WBC 2019) on Constructing Smart Cities took place in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with the host being the Department of Building and Real Estate. This triennial international congress facilitated the in-depth exchange of research ideas on the aspects of smart construction using information technologies, including “smart transportation and mobility”, and “smart planning, design, construction”. Besides, the CIB Working Commission Group WC78 emphasised the importance of using the up-to-date information technologies for smart city development. The fruitful discussions fostered the close collaboration between academia and practitioners. Built upon the research works presented in the CIB WBC 2019, outstanding conference papers were selected and invited for enriching the contents which were accepted for publication after rigorous peer review in this special issue of “Journal of Information Technology in Construction” which aims to promote the research interest of the information technologies in smart city development. Highlights of each paper is provided below for readers’ reference.

scholarly journals Special Issue on “Smart City and Smart Infrastructure”

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (21) ◽  
pp. 7064
Author(s):  
Sung-Han Sim ◽  
Jong-Jae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Smart Infrastructure

Recent developments in sensor technologies and data-driven approaches have been recognized as the main enablers of smart cities. [...]

Smart cities and cloud computing: Introduction to the special issue

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Kakderi ◽  
Nicos Komninos ◽  
Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Special Issue

The special issue “Smart Cities and Cloud Compu-ting” of the Journal of Smart Cities focuses on smart city solutions that are deployed over various types of cloud environment and discuss challenges and solu-tions related to the use of cloud computing, and main-ly the migration of smart city services to the Cloud.

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