Decoding the smart city narrative

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Common Misconception ◽

Wide Range ◽

Urban Problems

It is a common misconception that smart cities are simply those that use Information and Communication Technologies. In fact, it is not as straightforward as that. A wide range of definitions exists out there regarding the smart city concept. While they do have in common an innovative and creative approach to solving urban problems, they also differ in the extent, reach, method, goals, and strategies utilized to fulfil those definitions. The author of this paper examined over 50 definitions from various contexts and identified a common, but also inherently diverse, set of goals smart cities claimed to represent. They also vastly diverged in their strategies and time lines. From brand new cities designed to be smart to smart initiatives of varying complexity, there is no single and agreed-upon definition among the various stakeholders. This paper attempts to decode the smart city narrative that has been over two decades in the making.

Decoding the smart city narrative

10.32920/ryerson.14662260.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Desislava Boynska-Nikolova

Keyword(s):

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Common Misconception ◽

Wide Range ◽

Urban Problems

Embodied AI-Driven Operation of Smart Cities: A Concise Review

10.36227/techrxiv.16370823 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

FARZAN SHENAVARMASOULEH ◽

Farid Ghareh Mohammadi ◽

M. Hadi Amini ◽

Hamid R. Arabnia

Keyword(s):

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Autonomous Driving ◽

Future Research ◽

Intelligent Network ◽

Concise Review ◽

Cloud Technologies

<div>A smart city can be seen as a framework, comprised of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). An intelligent network of connected devices that collect data with their sensors and transmit them using wireless and cloud technologies in order to communicate with other assets in the ecosystem plays a pivotal role in this framework. Maximizing the quality of life of citizens, making better use of available resources, cutting costs, and improving sustainability are the ultimate goals that a smart city is after. Hence, data collected from these connected devices will continuously get thoroughly analyzed to gain better insights into the services that are being offered across the city; with this goal in mind that they can be used to make the whole system more efficient.</div><div>Robots and physical machines are inseparable parts of a smart city. Embodied AI is the field of study that takes a deeper look into these and explores how they can fit into real-world environments. It focuses on learning through interaction with the surrounding environment, as opposed to Internet AI which tries to learn from static datasets. Embodied AI aims to train an agent that can See (Computer Vision), Talk (NLP), Navigate and Interact with its environment (Reinforcement Learning), and Reason (General Intelligence), all at the same time. Autonomous driving cars and personal companions are some of the examples that benefit from Embodied AI nowadays.</div><div>In this paper, we attempt to do a concise review of this field. We will go through its definitions, its characteristics, and its current achievements along with different algorithms, approaches, and solutions that are being used in different components of it (e.g. Vision, NLP, RL). We will then explore all the available simulators and 3D interactable databases that will make the research in this area feasible. Finally, we will address its challenges and identify its potentials for future research.</div>

Advances in Computer and Electrical Engineering - Smart Grid Analytics for Sustainability and Urbanization ◽

Understanding Smart City Solutions in Turkish Cities From the Perspective of Sustainability

10.4018/978-1-5225-3996-4.ch009 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 236-266

Author(s):

H. Filiz Alkan Meshur

Keyword(s):

Smart City ◽

Social Life ◽

Global Scale ◽

Single Step ◽

General Practices ◽

Urban Problems

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the concept of smart city and its potential solutions to correct urban problems. Smart city practices and solutions have been investigated through the lens of a sustainable perspective. As the general practices in the global scale were examined, particular focus has been directed to smart city practices in Turkey and applicable suggestions have been developed. A number of cities in Turkey rank the lowest in the list of livable cities index. Consequential to the rapidly rising population ratios, the quality of provided services declines; economic and social life in cities are adversely affected and brand images of cities are deteriorated. With the implementation of smart city practices, such problems could be corrected, and these cities could gain competitive advantage over their rivals. The key component of this smart administration is to most effectively utilize information and communication technologies during each single step of this process.

Managing Large Amounts of Data Generated by a Smart City Internet of Things Deployment

International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems ◽

10.4018/ijswis.2016100102 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 22-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Jorge Lanza ◽

Pablo Sotres ◽

Luis Sánchez ◽

Jose Antonio Galache ◽

Juan Ramón Santana ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Internet Of Things ◽

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Added Value ◽

Amount Of Information ◽

The City

The Smart City concept is being developed from a lot of different axes encompassing multiple areas of social and technical sciences. However, something that is common to all these approaches is the central role that the capacity of sharing information has. Hence, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are seen as key enablers for the transformation of urban regions into Smart Cities. Two of these technologies, namely Internet of Things and Big Data, have a predominant position among them. The capacity to “sense the city” and access all this information and provide added-value services based on knowledge derived from it are critical to achieving the Smart City vision. This paper reports on the specification and implementation of a software platform enabling the management and exposure of the large amount of information that is continuously generated by the IoT deployment in the city of Santander.

Access to ICT in Poland and the Co-Creation of Urban Space in the Process of Modern Social Participation in a Smart City—A Case Study

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12052136 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 2136 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Patrycja Szarek-Iwaniuk ◽

Adam Senetra

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Urban Space ◽

Social Participation ◽

Smart City ◽

Local Community ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Social Awareness ◽

Information And Communication

A smart city is one of the latest concepts in the development of modern cities. It has evolved from the foregoing smart cities 1.0 and 2.0 to the smart city 3.0, where members of the local community play the main role as not only the recipients of the introduced changes and modern technology, but also as the creators of urban space. One of the goals of a smart city 3.0 is to promote sustainable urban development by improving the quality of life, enhancing social participation, and involving local community members in planning and decision-making processes. This study set out to determine the role and significance of e-participation methods in the smart city concept. The results of questionnaires exploring the importance of e-participation in urban development are presented. The paper also discusses changes in the availability of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Poland. The secondary goal was to present the geo-questionnaire and Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) as modern research tools. Internet tools based on geoinformation systems have considerable potential for mobilizing social participation in spatial planning (Public Participation GIS). The present study postulates the need for modern social participation methods in shaping urban space and promoting the sustainable development of cities. The study highlights the main challenges in the research process. The cooperation between the authorities and the citizens contributes to the development of a civil society, informed decision-making, social involvement in public life, and more effective governance at the local, regional, and national level. Measures that foster cooperation between the authorities and local communities, the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), and growing social awareness and social participation in managing development are the components of a modern smart city and the building blocks of an e-society. The study also revealed positive changes in access to ICT and their contribution to bridging the digital divide in Poland. Higher levels of social awareness regarding participation and e-participation promote the growth of smart cities.

City Data Hub: Implementation of Standard-Based Smart City Data Platform for Interoperability

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s20237000 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (23) ◽

pp. 7000

Author(s):

Seungmyeong Jeong ◽

Seongyun Kim ◽

Jaeho Kim

Keyword(s):

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Life Quality ◽

Data Platform ◽

Standard Application ◽

Application Programming ◽

Programming Interfaces

Like what happened to the Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities have become abundant in our lives as well. One of the smart city definitions commonly used is that smart cities solve city problems to enhance citizens’ life quality and make cities sustainable. From the perspective of information and communication technologies (ICT), we think this can be done by collecting and analyzing data to generate insights. The City Data Hub, which is a standard-based city data platform that has been developed, and a couple of problem-solving examples have been demonstrated. The key elements for smart city platforms have been chosen and they have been included in the core architecture principles and implemented as a platform. It has been proven that standard application programming interfaces (APIs) and common data models with data marketplaces, which are the keys, increase interoperability and guarantee ecosystem extensibility.

Hodnotenie a implementácia projektov Smart City v Petrohrade

Verejná správa a spoločnosť ◽

10.33542/vss2020-2-06 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Sergey Kirsanov ◽

Eugene Istomin ◽

Eva Mihaliková

Keyword(s):

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Modern Society ◽

Digital Transformation ◽

Third Generation ◽

The Third ◽

Information And Communication

Smart Cities represent a vital pillar of the modern society and they are influenced by constant development of information and communication technologies. Nowadays we can speak about transition to the third generation Smart Cities featuring complex digital transformation. The presented article introduces The Smart City concepts in Russia and its implementation in St.Petersburg. It highlights the level of the Smart city in Russia, realized and planned projects through selected indexes. The article identifies the problem areas and formulates recommendations leading to the Smart Cities level improvement.

Resource Scheduling and Strategic Management of Smart Cities under the Background of Digital Economy

Complexity ◽

10.1155/2020/6624307 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Qing Yin ◽

Gang Liu

Keyword(s):

Strategic Management ◽

Smart City ◽

Business Models ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Resource Scheduling ◽

Digital Economy ◽

Current Status ◽

Information And Communication

Smart city is a brand-new city form, in which information and communication technologies are utilized to sense, analyze, and integrate the key information of city operation core system, so that intelligent responses can be immediately and effectively taken to various demands including people’s livelihood, environmental protection, public safety, city services, and industrial and commercial activities. Digital economy is a mixed economy with the coexistence of multiple business models and diversified value creation models based on the information and communication technologies and in the digital economy, many things are undergoing huge changes, and their corresponding economic rules also need to be adjusted. On the basis of analyzing previous research works, this paper expounded the research status and significance of smart city’s resource scheduling and strategic management, elaborated the development background, current status, and future challenges of digital economy, introduced the methods and principles of city-level spatiotemporal data model and spatial full factor coding, formulated resource scheduling strategies for smart city based on digital economy, explored the dynamic fusion, storage, and update of smart city’s multisource heterogeneous data, conducted the information display and analysis of multilevel smart city, proposed strategic management approaches for smart city based on digital economy, analyzed the integrated implementation model of shared resource scheduling and people-oriented social management, and discussed the economic growth factors and standardization mechanism of smart city under the background of digital economy. The results of this study provide a reference for further research studies on the resource scheduling and strategic management of smart city under the background of digital economy.

Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing Technologies - Advances in Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics ◽

Intelligence Applied to Smart Cities Through Architecture and Urbanism

10.4018/978-1-7998-3817-3.ch008 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 181-202

Author(s):

Guadalupe Cantarero-García

Keyword(s):

Smart City ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Design Guidelines ◽

Starting Point ◽

School Programs ◽

Historical Heritage ◽

A Site

Implementation of the smart city concept in architectural school programs is neither evident nor simple. The starting point is a historical heritage of established patterns shaped to different schools of thought that have independently worked on territories at different scales: urban planning and building construction. The Spanish scenario understands the smart city as the ICTs (information and communication technologies) applied to security, data processing, logistics, energy management, among others, but we must not forget the Spanish urban plans born from the architecture discipline and how buildings are positioned within a site. The aim of this study is to highlight some reflections on the need to unite multiple and artificial intelligences so that the latter does not monopolize or gain exclusivity within the smart city design guidelines and listens to the city's demands.

Handbook of Research on Smart Territories and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems for Social Innovation and Sustainable Growth - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

Citizen Perceptions and Support for Smart City Projects

10.4018/978-1-7998-2097-0.ch007 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 107-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Héctor San Martín ◽

Mª Mar García-de-los-Salmones ◽

Ángel Herrero-Crespo

Keyword(s):

Smart City ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Environmental Safety ◽

Safety And Health ◽

Citizen Perceptions

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) applied to territories leads to the phenomenon of “Smart City.” The goal of a smart project is to use technology to manage all of the issues of a city (mobility, heritage, environmental, safety, and health services) in a more sustainable, livable, and efficient way, which will result in improving the citizens' quality of life. To know how the individuals perceive and evaluate these smart initiatives, we surveyed 525 citizens of Santander, a city in Spain that has developed a smart city project. As a result, we found that the citizens who are more familiar with smart cities are more likely to perceive that these types of projects have positive economic, cultural, environmental, and reputational impacts for the towns. This group of citizens also has a more positive attitude toward smart cities, assesses more favorably the brand equity of the smart project under investigation, and shows higher support for it.