scholarly journals Which Way to Cope with COVID-19 Challenges? Contributions of the IoT for Smart City Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Silvia Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Emergent Technologies ◽  
Technological Convergence ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Many activities and sectors have come to a halt due to the COVID-19 crisis. People and workers’ habits and behaviors have changed dramatically, as the use of technologies and connections, virtual reality, and remote support have been enhanced. Businesses and cities have been forced to quickly adapt to the new challenges. Digital technologies have allowed people to have better access to public services due to improved use of resources. Smart cities have significant potential for linking people to work and services as never done before. Additionally, the technological convergence produces data that can enhance interactions and decisions toward the “new normal”. In this paper, the aim is to assess how Portugal is prepared to respond to the accelerated process that this context demands from cities. Portuguese SMEs have developed a good capacity for entrepreneurship and innovation; however, they are still behind in converting the knowledge acquired in sales and exports and there is still limited collaboration at the public-private level. The acceleration of smart cities through the Internet of Things (IoT) may encourage changes in these issues. A more assertive alignment between the emergent technologies and the digitization goals of companies is required. This paper opens a discussion around major needs and trends of IoT (and related technologies) since the pandemic has leveraged them. The relationship between innovation and city smartness is approached to assess main contributing and limiting variables (through the European Innovation Scoreboard), to clarify future directions toward smarter services. The tourism sector, as the largest export economic activity in the country, is addressed in this matter. An analytical framework (using, for example, Power BI and Azure IoT Hub) around this approach can choose and support the most suitable areas of development in the country.

Managing E-Governance

2013 ◽  
pp. 204-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianluca Misuraca ◽  
Gianluigi Viscusi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Value Drivers ◽  
Digital Innovation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Governance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Recommendations

This chapter presents and discusses the application of an analytical framework for managing digital innovation initiatives in the public sector. The chapter positions e-Government and digital innovation initiatives in the public sector within the broader framework of e-Governance (i.e. governance aided by ICT). It first introduces the conceptual framework on which the discussion is based, and then proposes a higher order conceptualization of the relationship between e-Governance and its underpinning value drivers of performance, openness and inclusion. In particular, the analysis focuses on the role that these value drivers plays in the enactment of digital governance initiatives such as the ones related to open government and smart cities. To this end, the chapter discusses its application to initiatives carried out in Barcelona and Tallinn. A typology of e-Governance ‘attitudes’ is then identified to provide evidence of further specific interventions required for an appropriate management of similar initiatives in other countries. The chapter concludes by highlighting the policy implications for administrative reform and offering practical recommendations for implementing digital governance initiatives.

scholarly journals Evaluation of business models of urban IoT-applications for a medium sized city

2020 ◽  
Vol 338 ◽  
pp. 393-403
Author(s):  
Ferdinand Fischer ◽  
Birgit Schenk
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The Public ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Evaluation Scheme ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
German City ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Digitalization of the public sector is being driven by a number of factors. In particular, the concept of "Smart Cities" has become an important driver of this development. This relies heavily on an intelligent infrastructure including the Internet of Things (IoT). But does it make sense for small and medium-sized municipalities to develop this? Is it justified to invest in IoT? (How) can a mediumsized city benefit from it? This paper presents the application of an evaluation scheme for business models of urban IoT applications to answer these questions. The research question focuses on how best practices of urban IoT applications in general and in particular can be evaluated. In order to establish a concrete practical reference we evaluated ten chosen IoT applications for the German city of Herrenberg.

scholarly journals Relationship of Smart Cities and Smart Tourism: An Overview

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-202
Author(s):  
Nada Jasim Habeeb ◽  
Shireen Talib Weli
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Smart Tourism

Smart city and smart tourism terms have become very popular in the past and present decades. Research in the field of smart tourist city still fails to cover the developments of the smart tourist city. The aim of the study is to review the recent literature on smart cities and smart tourism and their role in achieving a sustainable tourism sector and enhancing the competitiveness of the country’s tourism sector and make it more developed and modern. In this study, the relationship between the smart city and the tourism is presented and to present the relationship or conceptual approach between the smart city and the smart tourism. In addition, the current situation and the potential for growth and development of tourism in Iraq through the establishment and application of smart cities is identified. The recent studies that were mentioned in this study indicate that there is a close relationship between the smart city and smart tourism and also indicate that the smart city has a fundamental role in the growth and development of tourist destinations and the smart tourist city are results of the convergence and interconnection between the smart city and the tourist city. Finally, recommendations for the smart tourism city applications in Iraq are provided. Doi: 10.28991/HIJ-2020-01-04-07 Full Text: PDF

scholarly journals Role and Importance of IoT in the Smart City and E-Governance

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD SAQIB ◽  
Nadia Al-Muqrashi
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Smart Cameras ◽  
The Government ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Internet Of Things

In the recent years, developments growth have been rising in utilizing of recent technologies; Smart cities have been furnished with various electronic devices concentrated on the Internet of Things (IoT) to be more smarter than before. The Internet of Things is empowered by various emerging technologies such as smart cameras, sensors, wireless communication devices etc. Smart cities are huge systems connected with countless sub-systems, and these systems are depending on the electricity to move the human, things, and data to share information. Without electric power and Internet of Things, the smart city cannot be achieved and services cannot be provided. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive concept of IoT, the smart city as well as the relationship of Smart Cities to IoT. Moreover, an extensive review of the relationship of IoT to the smart city discussed with few instances of services provided by the government using IoT technologies for the citizens. Therefore the objects and applications which come under the IoT technology that can be used to meet the objective of having a smart city. In this paper, a thorough literature on the concept of IoT with Smart City and a brief comparison of it in terms of services, challenges, and issues are discussed. Also the discussion on the issues faced by service providers with regards to technologies used to equip the citizens with up to date services.

The Entanglement between Religion and Politics

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Fuk-tsang Ying
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
The Church

Abstract The relationship between religion and social movements is an important topic in the study of religion and society. This paper uses various textual and online sources to examine the role of Christianity in the anti-extradition bill movement that took place in Hong Kong from April to September 2019. The anti-extradition bill movement, which later evolved into a much wider movement against totalitarianism, has caused churches to grapple with church-state relations in the post-handover era. This paper employs the notion of “public religion” as an analytical framework to examine the process of the “deprivatization” of Christianity in Hong Kong. How does the ongoing contestation, both within and outside the church, reflect the challenges faced by Christianity when entering the public sphere? By answering the above questions, we will be able to explicate the religio-political significance of the protest movement in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals Cyber Resilience and Incident Response in Smart Cities: A Systematic Literature Review

Smart Cities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 894-927
Author(s):  
Gabriela Ahmadi-Assalemi ◽  
Haider Al-Khateeb ◽  
Gregory Epiphaniou ◽  
Carsten Maple
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Incident Response ◽  
Natural Ecosystems ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Smart Healthcare ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The world is experiencing a rapid growth of smart cities accelerated by Industry 4.0, including the Internet of Things (IoT), and enhanced by the application of emerging innovative technologies which in turn create highly fragile and complex cyber–physical–natural ecosystems. This paper systematically identifies peer-reviewed literature and explicitly investigates empirical primary studies that address cyber resilience and digital forensic incident response (DFIR) aspects of cyber–physical systems (CPSs) in smart cities. Our findings show that CPSs addressing cyber resilience and support for modern DFIR are a recent paradigm. Most of the primary studies are focused on a subset of the incident response process, the “detection and analysis” phase whilst attempts to address other parts of the DFIR process remain limited. Further analysis shows that research focused on smart healthcare and smart citizen were addressed only by a small number of primary studies. Additionally, our findings identify a lack of available real CPS-generated datasets limiting the experiments to mostly testbed type environments or in some cases authors relied on simulation software. Therefore, contributing this systematic literature review (SLR), we used a search protocol providing an evidence-based summary of the key themes and main focus domains investigating cyber resilience and DFIR addressed by CPS frameworks and systems. This SLR also provides scientific evidence of the gaps in the literature for possible future directions for research within the CPS cybersecurity realm. In total, 600 papers were surveyed from which 52 primary studies were included and analysed.

scholarly journals Block chain Technology for Smart City and its Security Threats

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S2) ◽  
pp. 755-759
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
The Public ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
The People ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
Areas Of Interest

The current modern year shows quick growth in metropolitanization and population growth of the world that causes various impacts on environmental, social and economic problems. The problems aroused in society influence the livelihood of the people and excellence of existence. “Smart City” passes many opportunities to resolve these urban inconveniences and unsolved issues. The chief fact of a smart city is to create the finest use of resources gathered from the public, make available with reliable services to the citizens with enriched quality and efficiently enhance the day to day life standard of peoples. In the smart city establishment Information and Communication Technology (ICT) shows greater impact. Block chain is a intensifying technology with many excellent aspects likely intelligibility, automation and security. A characteristic of block chain is supportive in improving the standard services and advances the expansion which applies information technology that integrates several areas of interest. Block chain manages the business, physical and social infrastructures to provide effective services to needed users. With the advancement of technologies namely interconnected networks, cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), for smart cities can carry creative as well as novel solutions. Smart cities can offer people with interface and association between the general public as well as the local government. Despite several possible remunerations, digital interruption postures many objections related to privacy and along with information security. Here in this paper, we discussed in detail about blockchain technology and the security framework that assimilates the smart devices and blockchain technology together.

scholarly journals Sostenibilidad y resiliencia de los destinos turísticos litorales: apuntes desde el enfoque de los destinos inteligentes / / / \ \ \ Sustainability and resilience of coastal tourist destinations: notes from the smart destinations approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 332
Author(s):  
Josep Antoni Ivars Baidal ◽  
José Fernando Vera-Rebollo
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Smart Tourism

Resumen: Con la crisis provocada por la COVID-19 el concepto de resiliencia ha ganado importancia en el sector turístico, uno de los más afectados. Esta pausa ha provocado que se plantee un cambio de modelo basado en la sostenibilidad donde el modelo de Destinos Turísticos Inteligentes (DTI) aparecen como los principales beneficiados de esta crisis, ya que consiguen superar el objetivo del crecimiento y tienen un enfoque de planificación y gestión directamente relacionado la sostenibilidad del sector turístico. En este trabajo se pretende, mediante el análisis de diversos indicadores, caracterizar la relación entre sostenibilidad y resiliencia, analizar la contribución del modelo DTI a la sostenibilidad, identificar su posibles limitaciones, e identificar nuevas posibilidades para hacer más resilientes los destinos. Evolucionar hacia destinos más inteligentes requiere más atención que no unos simples indicadores y la interrelación de diferentes dimensiones: ambiental, sociocultural,… que junto con la incorporación de los ODS 2030, nos lleve hacia un modelo más integrado y sostenible.   Palabras clave: sostenibilidad, Destino Turístico Inteligente (DTI), resiliencia, modelo turístico, ciudades inteligentes, planificación.   Abstract: With the crisis caused by COVID-19, the concept of resilience has gained importance in the tourism sector, one of the most affected. This pause has provoked a change of model based on sustainability where the model of Smart Tourism Destinations (ITD) appear as the main beneficiaries of this crisis since they manage to overcome the objective of growth and have a planning and management approach contributing to the sustainability of the tourism sector and acting as a good example. This paper aims through the analysis of indicators to characterize the relationship between sustainability and resilience, to analyze the contribution of the DTI model to sustainability and its implications for becoming more resilient, as well as to identify limitations and identify new possibilities to make destinations more resilient. Evolving towards smarter destinations requires more attention than simple indicators and the interrelation of different dimensions: environmental, socio-cultural,... that together with the incorporation of the SDG 2030, will lead us towards a more integrated and sustainable model.   Key words: sustainability, Smart Tourism Destination (ITD), resilience, tourism model, smart cities, planning.

Politics of Space and its Shadows

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongsei Kim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Analytical Method ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Semantic Segmentation ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
The Public ◽  
Emergent Technologies ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examines what the public, architects, urban designers, and city officials can learn about significant public spaces from emergent technologies and data generated from growing social media. Interrogating this analytical method aids us to recognize social media’s potentials, such as gaining a deeper understanding of the relationship between how public spaces are “represented” and how they are “physically experienced” through the means of technology. This investigation combines emerging image recognizing algorithms— Semantic Segmentation—with location-tagged images from Instagram to investigate the newly opened Seoullo 7017 walkway in Seoul. It argues that we should recognize these newly generated “big data” as a form of “collective intelligence” that can stimulate proactive engagement with our everyday interactions with public space. Equally, the findings of this investigation reveal to our society how to cautiously engage these “collective intelligence” with counterbalancing values.

scholarly journals Green IoT for Eco-Friendly and Sustainable Smart Cities: Future Directions and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faris. A. Almalki ◽  
S. H. Alsamhi ◽  
Radhya Sahal ◽  
Jahan Hassan ◽  
Ammar Hawbani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Cost Management ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Internet Of Things

AbstractThe development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology and their integration in smart cities have changed the way we work and live, and enriched our society. However, IoT technologies present several challenges such as increases in energy consumption, and produces toxic pollution as well as E-waste in smart cities. Smart city applications must be environmentally-friendly, hence require a move towards green IoT. Green IoT leads to an eco-friendly environment, which is more sustainable for smart cities. Therefore, it is essential to address the techniques and strategies for reducing pollution hazards, traffic waste, resource usage, energy consumption, providing public safety, life quality, and sustaining the environment and cost management. This survey focuses on providing a comprehensive review of the techniques and strategies for making cities smarter, sustainable, and eco-friendly. Furthermore, the survey focuses on IoT and its capabilities to merge into aspects of potential to address the needs of smart cities. Finally, we discuss challenges and opportunities for future research in smart city applications.

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