Smart City 5.0 as an Urban Ecosystem of Smart Services

2019 ◽  
pp. 426-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Svítek ◽  
Petr Skobelev ◽  
Sergei Kozhevnikov
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Smart Services

scholarly journals Sustainable Smart City—Opening a Black Box

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 769
Author(s):  
Mona Treude
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Evolutionary Economics ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Underlying Processes

Cities are becoming digital and are aiming to be sustainable. How they are combining the two is not always apparent from the outside. What we need is a look from inside. In recent years, cities have increasingly called themselves Smart City. This can mean different things, but generally includes a look towards new digital technologies and claim that a Smart City has various advantages for its citizens, roughly in line with the demands of sustainable development. A city can be seen as smart in a narrow sense, technology wise, sustainable or smart and sustainable. Current city rankings, which often evaluate and classify cities in terms of the target dimensions “smart” and “sustainable”, certify that some cities are both. In its most established academic definitions, the Smart City also serves both to improve the quality of life of its citizens and to promote sustainable development. Some cities have obviously managed to combine the two. The question that arises is as follows: What are the underlying processes towards a sustainable Smart City and are cities really using smart tools to make themselves sustainable in the sense of the 2015 United Nations Sustainability Goal 11? This question is to be answered by a method that has not yet been applied in research on cities and smart cities: the innovation biography. Based on evolutionary economics, the innovation biography approaches the process towards a Smart City as an innovation process. It will highlight which actors are involved, how knowledge is shared among them, what form citizen participation processes take and whether the use of digital and smart services within a Smart City leads to a more sustainable city. Such a process-oriented method should show, among other things, to what extent and when sustainability-relevant motives play a role and which actors and citizens are involved in the process at all.

scholarly journals Smart Libraries

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Schöpfel
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Learning Center ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Integration Of Technology ◽  
Unique Model ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Smart Governance ◽  
Role Of Information

Can the smart city provide a new perspective for public and academic libraries? How does the smart city impact the libraries as cultural and scientific assets? And how can libraries contribute to the development of the smart city? An overview of recent library models, like the learning center or the green library, reveals affinities with the concept of the smart city, especially regarding the central role of information and the integration of technology, people, and institutions. From this observation, the paper develops the outline of a new concept of the smart library, which can be described in four dimensions, i.e., smart services, smart people, smart place, and smart governance. However, the smart library concept does not constitute a unique model or project, but a process, a way of how to get things done, that is less linear, less structured, and more creative and innovative. Also, smartness may not be a solution for all library problems.

scholarly journals Making a Building Smart with a Co-Created and Continuously Evolving Enjoyable Service Entity—Insights from a Collaborative Study

Smart Cities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Maaria Nuutinen ◽  
Eija Kaasinen ◽  
Jaana Hyvärinen ◽  
Airi Mölsä ◽  
Sanni Siltanen
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Collaborative Study ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Smart Building ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life

Buildings shape cities as those cities grow from and nurture people living and working within the built environment. Thus, the conceptualization of smart building should be brought closer to the smart city initiatives that particularly target ensuring and enhancing the sustainability and quality of urban life. In this paper, we propose that a smart building should be interlinked with a smart city surrounding it; it should provide good experiences to its various occupants and it should be in an ongoing state of evolving as an ecosystem, wherein different stakeholders can join to co-produce, co-provide and co-consume services. Smart buildings require a versatile set of smart services based on digital solutions, solutions in the built environment and human activities. We conducted a multiphase collaborative study on new service opportunities guided by a Design Thinking approach. The approach brought people, technology, and business perspectives together and resulted in key service opportunities that have the potential to make the buildings smart and provide enjoyable experience to the occupants who support their living and working activities in smart cities. This paper provides the resulting practical implications as well as proposes future avenues for research.

Using Big Data Analytics to Assist a Smart City to Prevent Cyber Security Threats

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-124
Author(s):  
Fenio Annansingh
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Data Analytics ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Prevention Model

The concept of a smart city as a means to enhance the life quality of citizens has been gaining increasing importance in recent years globally. A smart city consists of city infrastructure, which includes smart services, devices, and institutions. Every second, these components of the smart city infrastructure are generating data. The vast amount of data is called big data. This chapter explores the possibilities of using big data analytics to prevent cybersecurity threats in a smart city. It also analyzed how big data tools and concepts can solve cybersecurity challenges and detect and prevent attacks. Using interviews and an extensive review of the literature have developed the data analytics and cyber prevention model. The chapter concludes by indicating that big data analytics allow a smart city to identify and solve cybersecurity challenges quickly and efficiently.

scholarly journals Architecting and Designing Sustainable Smart City Services in a Living Lab Environment

Technologies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Alam ◽  
Jari Porras
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
The People ◽  
Living Lab ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The City

In terms of sustainability, cities become smart when they provide smart services to the inhabitants using information and communication technologies without threatening the future of the environment, economy, or society. However, the process of developing such sustainable smart services has certain challenges, especially in understanding the real needs of the people living in the city. Citizens or, in a wider perspective, the inhabitants of the city are the key stakeholders in the case of smart services in a city. Active involvement of the people throughout the development process is a way of successfully designing such services. On the other hand, integrating sustainability, for example, including environmental data, into smart city services is challenging. Therefore, this research aims to combine environmental data with regular smart city services, while engaging city inhabitants in the development process. This approach was adapted from the concept of living lab methodology. Finally, an application developed following this method is presented and evaluated.

scholarly journals Socio-political components in the design of smart city strategies as a basis of their sustainable development

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-459
Author(s):  
Alexander Kurochkin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
City Development ◽  
Complete Control ◽  
Political Effects

This article discusses the distinctive characteristics of the development of smart city technolo- gies, which swept over all the continents of the planet during the fourth industrial revolution. The author focuses on the consideration of the socio-political effects due to the introduction of these technologies and, above all, the new threats and challenges that they generate. These include the increase of technological inequality, the danger of complete control of information and the tightening of the space of an individual’s personal freedom, social disunity and degradation of urban communities. The technological breakthrough was in clear contradiction with the dynamics of social development. One of the possible ways to overcome the problem of social and techno- logical inequality is with the concept of a smart city focused on sustainable development, which offers an integrated approach to urban policy. The general conclusion that the author comes to is the need for balanced consideration of all components in smart city development projects, in addition to technological and service components. At the same time, the formation of a space for equal social communication, the institutionalization of urban communities, as well as co-social planning for the development of the urban ecosystem are of particular importance. Only if they are fully implemented can we hope for positive dynamics in overcoming new social and political challenges to urban development in the era of total digitalization.

scholarly journals Smart cities: potential and challenges

2021 ◽  
pp. 41-61
Author(s):  
Andrea Zanella
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
Enabling Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Smart Service

This paper aims to discuss a few fundamental questions related to the smart city paradigm, such as “what is actually a smart city?”, “what can we expect from a smart city?”,and “which problems have to be addressed and solved in order to turn a standard (dumb) city into a smart one?” Starting from a discussion of the Smart City concept, we will illustrate some of the most popular smart services using the results of proof-of-concept experiments carried out in different cities around the world. Successively, we will describe the fundamental functions required to build a smart service and the corresponding enabling technologies. We will then describe the main research challenges that need to be addressed in order to fulfill the Smart City vision, and we will conclude with some final remarks and considerations about the possible evolution of the Smart City concept.

scholarly journals How to Improve the Quality of Living in Smart Cities: Recommendations for a Citizen-centric Strategic Approach for Msheireb?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma Mohamed Al Sulaiti
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Campaign Strategy ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Quality Of Living ◽  
The City

Various countries across the globe have implemented smart city initiatives to enhance the quality of living (QoL) for their citizens and other frequent users by offering smart services and innovative solutions. However, in many cases, end-users are often neglected during the planning, designing, and implementation phases of smart cities, which can impact the success of locally-based initiatives because their needs are not always fully taken into consideration. This research aims at exploring the approach of citizen-centricity in smart cities, define their key components, investigate the gap and challenges as perceived by citizens, users, and developers, and propose strategic recommendations for ways to enhance the QoL in Msheireb Smart City (MSC). The primary research was conducted to investigate citizens’ satisfaction, experience, usage of services, and to collect their feedback on areas of improvements in MSC. The results show that MSC’s users had low level of awareness about the smart services offered in the city, which resulted in less frequent use of the services. Based on this research, the strategic recommendations advise that smart city decision-makers should recognize citizens’ needs and preferences by implementing a customer relationship management strategy, promote citizens’ inclusion and engagement by establishing a citizen-centric inclusion strategy, and improve their awareness and usage of services by implementing a marketing campaign strategy.

Exploring Antecedents of Peoples' Intention to Use Smart Services in Smart City Environment: An extended UTAUT Model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R K Jena
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
City Environment ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The People ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
The Right

ABSTRACT The Indian government is currently developing scalable and sustainable smart city infrastructures to address the urbanization problem in India. However, the smart city project will only be successful if the people accept and use smart services. Therefore, this study investigates peoples’ acceptance of smart services using a modified unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model (UTAUT). The results demonstrate that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and attitude are significant factors in peoples’ usage intention toward smart services. Furthermore, the study tested the moderating effect of task-technology fit and perceived risk on the relationship between performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and attitude and usage intention. The study’s findings will help decision-makers and professional accountants to understand and implement robust accounting processes responsible for selecting the right digital tools for the right reasons to enhance peoples’ usage intention in a smart city environment.

scholarly journals A Cloud-Based UTOPIA Smart Video Surveillance System for Smart Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 6572
Author(s):  
Chel-Sang Yoon ◽  
Hae-Sun Jung ◽  
Jong-Won Park ◽  
Hak-Geun Lee ◽  
Chang-Ho Yun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Video Surveillance ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Video Data ◽  
Smart Services ◽  
Video Cameras ◽  
Video Images ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
City System

A smart city is a future city that enables citizens to enjoy Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based smart services with any device, anytime, anywhere. It heavily utilizes Internet of Things. It includes many video cameras to provide various kinds of services for smart cities. Video cameras continuously feed big video data to the smart city system, and smart cities need to process the big video data as fast as it can. This is a very challenging task because big computational power is required to shorten processing time. This paper introduces UTOPIA Smart Video Surveillance, which analyzes the big video images using MapReduce, for smart cities. We implemented the smart video surveillance in our middleware platform. This paper explains its mechanism, implementation, and operation and presents performance evaluation results to confirm that the system worked well and is scalable, efficient, reliable, and flexible.

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