Smart Cities Criteria: A Discussion About Relevant and Contextualized Indicators for Sustainable Smart Living

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda A. Cardoso e Silva ◽  
Jansen P. Villibor ◽  
Tayna A. Da Silva Almeida ◽  
Benedito Donizeti Bonatto ◽  
Paulo Fernando Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Living

Impact of Smart Technologies on the Lives of Citizens

2022 ◽  
pp. 34-85
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Economic Opportunity ◽  
Environment And Public Health ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Water Education ◽  
Smart Living ◽  
Smart Technologies

This chapter presents an overview of smart technologies with description of using them in smart ways. It also explains the role of government flexibility as well as economic opportunity in developing smart cities. The direct and in direct impact of using smart technology on the life of citizens in a city are identified, covering the modalities as well as the enablers of such impacts. The chapter proceeds to examine the seven sectors essential of smart cities: healthcare, environment and public health, mobility and transport, energy, water, education, and security. For each sector, the significance of “smartness” is addressed with examples of how with digital transformation and usage of smart technologies citizens can greatly benefit. In general, this chapter acts as the main link between understanding smart technologies and sensors to actually employ them to enable smart living for citizens.

scholarly journals From Smart Buildings and Cities to Smart Living

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Samarán Saló
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Smart Living ◽  
Save Energy

We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom said the two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize Edward Osborne Wilson. We are attached 24 hours to our “smart” phone that gets us closer to those who are far away and keeps us apart from those who are near, and we want to live in “smart” buildings and “smart” cities where systems are used and data can be gathered to save energy, create comfortable ambiances, regulate traffic, or deal with our waste products, but we surely need to reconsider what “Smart” living is all about. From the roman empire to the actual high-rise buildings, through the modern movement leaded by Le Corbusier, each time has used the technology available, but neither of the great master pieces of architecture and urbanism is remembered by the technology that made it possible but by Its ability to seduce the minds, hearts and souls of its habitants and the generations that came after them. It is essential to know that we truly need, to clarify WHY and WHAT FOR we do things before we solve or engage ourselves in HOW we make it happen.

scholarly journals Would Be Smart Balinese Cities (Indonesia): An Exploratory Case Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somayya Madakam
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Conversion Process ◽  
Smart Environment ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Smart Mobility ◽  
Smart Living ◽  
Smart Governance

The word “Smart Cities” is the new buzzword in every corner of the world. Many countries across the continents are trying to plant new smart cities or in the conversion process of existing cities. Bali (Indonesia) also seems to be in a conversion process of its Brown Field Cities. This research manuscript attempts to explore the Bali (Island) as a Smart Island regarding Smart Environment, Smart Economy, Smart Governance, Smart Mobility, Smart Living and Smart People dimensional perspective. This research manuscript has adopted a triangulation method for thematic narration since the study is qualitative and case study. The study explored that still Bali/Balinese cities is/are still baby stepping of smart cities plantations. There needs to be lot of work has to be done to become Smart Bali Island. The findings will help the Bali government to understand how far they could become full-fledged Smart Island by providing the Quality of Life to citizens and economic development of Bali

An Interdisciplinary Framework for Citizen-Centered Smart Cities and Smart Living

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Sethuraman Panchanathan ◽  
Ramin Tadayon ◽  
Troy McDaniel ◽  
Vipanchi Chacham
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Interdisciplinary Framework ◽  
Smart Living

scholarly journals Appraisal of the drivers of smart city development in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke ◽  
Douglas O. Aghimien ◽  
Clinton O. Aigbavboa ◽  
Opeoluwa I. Akinradewo
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Smart Environment ◽  
City Development ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Multiple Choice Questionnaire ◽  
Smart Living ◽  
Smart Governance

The quest for smart cities and development has been on the increase among infrastructural development stakeholders, including clients, government agencies responsible for the management of infrastructures, construction professionals, sponsors, and financiers of these projects. However, studies around the world have shown that less attention is being paid by these stakeholders to various indices and measures of smart cities. These measures and indices, known as drivers, are smart environment, smart economy, smart people, smart governance, smart mobility, and smart living. Using these drivers and their indicators, a multiple-choice questionnaire was designed in line with existing and relevant literature materials in the subject area. These questionnaires were administered on construction professionals with relevant and adequate knowledge of smart construction. Smart environment was found to be a major driver of a smart city while smart people, smart governance and smart living are also key to the achievement of the goals and objectives of the concept. The developed key smart city drivers are a workable, adaptable and efficient city design mechanism and it will be useful for city planners, statutory agencies as well other stakeholders in the development of smart cities.

Small and Smart: Why and How Smart City Solutions Can and Should be Adapted to the Unique Needs of Smaller Cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Lam ◽  
John Wagner Givens
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
New Era ◽  
The World ◽  
Smart Living ◽  
Smart Community ◽  
Smart Communities

Abstract Research and development on smart cities has been growing rapidly. Smart cities promise a new era of living efficiently, sustainably, and safely. The tools and technologies deployed aim to drive better public decision-making on everything from where we live to how we work. While the world is rapidly urbanizing, a substantial percentage of the population still lives in smaller and rural communities. Smart city solutions as they are defined here are process driven and not constrained by population or geographic metrics; they are the application of technology and data to improve the quality of life. Smaller communities can also be smart, and excluding or ignoring them widens inequality, limits use cases, and restrains innovation. Using South Bend, Indiana as an example, the authors examine the power and potential of smaller smart cities. They then transfer this thinking to Georgia and Georgia Tech’s initiative working with local governments across the state on smart community development. This article is one of the first of its kinds in examining smaller smart communities as models for smart living.

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