scholarly journals The Polish Experience in the Development of Smart Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-64
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kisała
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Polish Experience ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Universal Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Urban Population Growth ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Beneficial Approach

Abstract In recent years, Poland has seen an increased migration of people to cities, which translates into significant urban population growth. This, in turn, raises new challenges in the performance of cities’ tasks and responsibilities. Additionally, climate changes and the depletion of natural resources necessitate the modification of existing urban practices. Polish cities seek solutions which would enable social, economic and environmental demands to be reconciled so that urban spaces become friendly for the city’s inhabitants and investors. Some Polish cities have applied the smart city concept to solve their problems. Despite the fact that the concept has been the subject of scientific research for many years, no universal definition of the smart city has been agreed upon. Analyzed assumptions of the smart city concept as well as the Polish experiences in the implementation indicate that the concept is dynamic and changes over time. It should be considered as a perpetual process unrestricted by a specific timeframe. This impedes the formulation of uniform, generally accepted assumptions of the concept since its existence is inscribed in the change related to urban development. This article claims that this would be a beneficial approach for formulating the general characteristics of the smart city that could be applicable to any city, and that could be employed regardless of the present challenges cities may face.

Crafting Smart Cities in the Gulf Region

2015 ◽  
pp. 448-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evren Tok ◽  
Jason James McSparren ◽  
Maha Al Merekhi ◽  
Hanaa Elghaish ◽  
Fatema Mohamed Ali
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Gulf Countries ◽  
Initial Question ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Urban Population Growth

This chapter looks at these trajectories by specifically focusing on the interstices of smart cities and competitiveness through the role played by communication technologies. An initial question to tackle pertains to the definition of a smart city, as this concept is used in diverse ways in the literature. Transforming the cities into smart ones is a newly emerging strategy to deal with the problems created by the urban population growth and rapid urbanization. Smart city is often defined as an icon of a sustainable and livable city. Why are Gulf countries investing in smart cities? Is the emergence of smart cities a mere reflection or neoliberal urbanization or are there other dynamics that we need to take into consideration? This chapter attempts to convey the message that smart cities are crucial means of building social capital and also attaining better governance mechanisms in the Gulf.

Crafting Smart Cities in the Gulf Region

2019 ◽  
pp. 998-1010
Author(s):  
Evren Tok ◽  
Jason James McSparren ◽  
Maha Al Merekhi ◽  
Hanaa Elghaish ◽  
Fatema Mohamed Ali
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Gulf Countries ◽  
Initial Question ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Urban Population Growth

This chapter looks at these trajectories by specifically focusing on the interstices of smart cities and competitiveness through the role played by communication technologies. An initial question to tackle pertains to the definition of a smart city, as this concept is used in diverse ways in the literature. Transforming the cities into smart ones is a newly emerging strategy to deal with the problems created by the urban population growth and rapid urbanization. Smart city is often defined as an icon of a sustainable and livable city. Why are Gulf countries investing in smart cities? Is the emergence of smart cities a mere reflection or neoliberal urbanization or are there other dynamics that we need to take into consideration? This chapter attempts to convey the message that smart cities are crucial means of building social capital and also attaining better governance mechanisms in the Gulf.

Citizens in the Smart City

2022 ◽  
pp. 126-143
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Tomor
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
European City ◽  
Citizen Empowerment ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City

While the role of citizens in smart cities is hotly debated, there is a dearth of empirical research on the subject. This in-depth study of a European city, selected for its typical smart city ambitions, explores the roles that citizens actually play in smart city projects. The study examines twelve initiatives in the City of Utrecht (NL) using a framework that differentiates between types of citizen participation. The findings show that technology-enabled citizen participation in Utrecht is highly diverse and embraces all types of participation rather than simply taking the form of either “citizen empowerment” (as the advocates argue) or “citizen subjugation' (as the critics stress). The diversity found in the study highlights the need to conceptualize the role of the smart citizen at the micro (project) level rather than at the level of the city as a whole. The study shows that citizen participation in the smart city should not be understood as a technological utopia or dystopia but as an evolving, technologically mediated practice that is shaped by a variety of factors.

scholarly journals Making the smart city: technologies, experiences, and future perspectives

2018 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 04017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Osipov ◽  
Aleksei Zeldner ◽  
Tatiana Skryl
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Future Perspectives ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Integration Management ◽  
Services Integration ◽  
The Subject

The authors consider the problem of the conceptual the development of “smart cities” in the scholarly literature of foreign and Russian scientists. Based on published literature, the authors classify the concepts of “smart cities” in order to achieve greater clarity of the subject under consideration. Key characteristics of “smart cities” are also considered in the main areas of urban life: energy, water supply, transport, security, services, integration, management.

Net Pay — What Is It? What Does It Do? How Do We Quantify It? How Do We Use It?

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (05) ◽  
pp. 812-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul F. Worthington
Keyword(s):  
Critical Path ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
General Acceptance ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Net To Gross ◽  
Universal Definition ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of

Summary A knowledge of net pay is important for the volumetric estimation of hydrocarbon resources, a practice that underpins the value of the petroleum industry. Yet, there is no universal definition of net pay, there is no general acceptance of its role in integrated reservoir studies, there is no recognized method for evaluating it, and there are disparate views on how to make use of it. Partly for these reasons, net-to-gross pay constitutes a major source of uncertainty in volumetric reserves estimates, second only to gross rock volume. With the aim of improving this unsatisfactory state of affairs, I chart a critical path of net-pay understanding and application to dispel some of the unhelpful myths that abound within the industry and replace them with a defensible rationale to guide the quantification of net pay (thickness). Central to this process is the identification of net-pay cutoffs, themselves the subject of much controversy over the years. The approach is data-driven, in that it uses what we know, and also fit-for-purpose, in that it takes account of reservoir conditions. The outcome is a sounder basis for incorporating net pay into volumetric estimates of ultimate recovery and thence hydrocarbon resources.

scholarly journals SMART CITIES AND TERRITORIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Rendon Acevedo ◽  
William Miranda-Brand
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Technological Perspective

This article looked for key elements on how to implement a smart city or a smart territory from a technological perspective in Colombia. The study found that the achievement of smart territory has two major components. The first is political commitment at the highest level, which serves as the sponsor and facilitator of the process; coupled with the definition of public policy on intelligent territories, in a framework that brings together the Development Plans, creating economic, technological and social welfare synergies. The second is the social, technical and financial component, which consults regional realities to model and execute intelligent territory in a participatory manner.

scholarly journals Reviewing the State-of-the-Art of Smart Cities in Portugal: Evidence Based on Content Analysis of a Portuguese Magazine

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Diogo Correia ◽  
Leonor Teixeira ◽  
João Lourenço Marques
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The Subject

The lack of examples of smart-city initiatives and the sharing of best practices in Portugal confirm the gap in the transference of empirical knowledge to the scientific literature in this area. The smart-city concept has passed through three stages. However, its evolution has not been noted equally throughout countries and their territories. The literature only provides information about specific projects implemented in a few cities. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to study the state-of-the-art of smart cities in Portugal by analyzing 25 editions of the most relevant national-wide smart-cities magazine. First, the objective of analyzing the magazine was to study each Portuguese city in terms of the subject areas and types of existing initiatives in order, ultimately, to frame cities within their respective smart-city phases, as per the literature. Second, the aim of the paper was also to provide information about the evolution of the concept through analyses of embedded experts’ quotes. The results of the first are complemented with the analysis of interviews with policymakers to provide information about the existing challenges to implementing a smart city and to understand the role of government therein. Qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed on the case study. The findings suggest that the three smart-city phases are perceived in slightly different ways in Portugal and heterogeneity within the country can be noted from the lack of strategies and a standard framework.

Citizens in the Smart City

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Tomor
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
European City ◽  
Citizen Empowerment ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
Project Level

While the role of citizens in smart cities is hotly debated, there is a dearth of empirical research on the subject. This in-depth study of a European city, selected for its typical smart city ambitions, explores the roles that citizens actually play in smart city projects. The study examines twelve initiatives in the City of Utrecht (NL) using a framework that differentiates between types of citizen participation. The findings show that technology-enabled citizen participation in Utrecht is highly diverse and embraces all types of participation rather than simply taking the form of either “citizen empowerment” (as the advocates argue) or “citizen subjugation' (as the critics stress). The diversity found in the study highlights the need to conceptualize the role of the smart citizen at the micro (project) level rather than at the level of the city as a whole. The study shows that citizen participation in the smart city should not be understood as a technological utopia or dystopia but as an evolving, technologically mediated practice that is shaped by a variety of factors.

scholarly journals STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'SMART' CITIES WITH A LOOK AT THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Stošić Mihajlović
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Large Range ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Urban Theory ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City

Cities are the main pillars of human and economic activities and have the capacity to create positive synergies that create opportunities for development for their residents. However, they also generate a large range of problems that are increasingly complex and more difficult to solve as the city grows. The "smart" city is a newer concept introduced into urban theory, and is increasingly the subject of analysis in scientific and professional circles. For the city to be "smart", it needs a cultural transformation, and for the vision to become a reality, it is necessary to have a unique strategy that will unite all individual efforts and ensure the sustainability of the whole concept, otherwise individual smart projects will only be lonely sparks.

scholarly journals The functioning of smart city in the context of global city rankings

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (146) ◽  
pp. 413-425
Author(s):  
Barbara ROŻAŁOWSKA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Quality Of Living ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
City Rankings

Purpose: This paper raises theoretical issues related to the functioning of cities that are determined as smart in order to find a better operational definition for further research. Design/methodology/approach: In search of the essence of the term, the paper refers to variety of definitions of smart city, and also to the theoretical models in operation enabling the measurement and comparison of indicators among urban areas in the different world locations. The analysis was performed on three rankings: Cities in Motion Index, Mercer Quality of Living, Arcadis The Sustainable Index. Findings: The conclusions indicate that the Smart City concept is connected with sustainable development more than to the quality of life. The city rankings concerning the highest life quality is completely different from the hierarchy of smart cities. Originality/value: The paper extends the definition of smart city and it may be valuable for researchers who develop the concept of smart city in their research.

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