scholarly journals Heterogeneity in IoT-based Smart Cities Designs

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 210
Author(s):  
Mais Haj Qasem ◽  
Wesam AlMobaideen
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Network Architecture ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Efficient Resource ◽  
Crowd Monitoring ◽  
City Design ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Service Optimization

<span class="fontstyle01"><span>Smart city is a strategy of supporting new way of living using data that are collected from different types of electronic devices, analyzed and utilized to enable efficient resource usability and service optimization. Applications of various nature are elaborated in the smart cities, such as traffic planning applications, crowd monitoring, public health care, security, economy and urban planning. Thus, various requirements are needed to incorporate and facilitate efficient development of these applications in the smart city design. Accordingly, smart city can be distinguished via the requirements that support these applications. In this study, the requirements of smart city in relations to the involved applications and its influence on the smart city design are discussed.  A list of smart city requirements is concluded and the potentials of various network architecture to facilitate such requirements are discussed. </span></span><span class="fontstyle01"><span>Based on the requirements and the architectures, the existing smart city designs are evaluated and compared. </span></span>

scholarly journals Smart Cities for Sustainable Development in India: Opportunities and Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaidehi Daptardar ◽  
Manasi Gore
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Efficient Resource ◽  
Development Goals

The concept of Sustainable development underlines the long lasting development of an economy by an efficient resource use fulfilling the economic, social and environmental aspects together. The SDGs by the UNDP focus  on 17 goals for all countries to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.The mission of Smart Cities in India is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of ‘Smart’ Solutions. The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development of the Mega cities, an indispensable outcome of the development process and urbanization implied in it. During the course of economic development over last 70 years in India, many cities have emerged as unsustainable and highly vulnerable to manmade calamities.This paper would elaborate on the details of Smart city project in India in the light of Sustainable development. The Smart cities mission though aims at sustainable development, this path is full of challenges along with some opportunities in disguise. The paper would suggest some policy implications such as developing smart villages along with these smart cities to bridge the gap between the rural and urban India.   Keywords: Smart city mission, Sustainable development, Smart villages, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

scholarly journals Open-Source Electronics Platforms as Enabling Technologies for Smart Cities: Recent Developments and Perspectives

Electronics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Costa ◽  
Cristian Duran-Faundez
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Computational Power ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Programmable Devices ◽  
Hardware Platforms

With the increasing availability of affordable open-source embedded hardware platforms, the development of low-cost programmable devices for uncountable tasks has accelerated in recent years. In this sense, the large development community that is being created around popular platforms is also contributing to the construction of Internet of Things applications, which can ultimately support the maturation of the smart-cities era. Popular platforms such as Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard and Arduino come as single-board open-source platforms that have enough computational power for different types of smart-city applications, while keeping affordable prices and encompassing many programming libraries and useful hardware extensions. As a result, smart-city solutions based on such platforms are becoming common and the surveying of recent research in this area can support a better understanding of this scenario, as presented in this article. Moreover, discussions about the continuous developments in these platforms can also indicate promising perspectives when using these boards as key elements to build smart cities.

The Road to SC Transition for Cities in Developing Nations

2022 ◽  
pp. 214-231
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Smart Technology ◽  
The Road ◽  
Complex Operation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Versus Transformation ◽  
Guiding Principles

Smart city transformation is a complex operation and comes with critical challenges that this chapter addresses in a strategic manner. The chapter clearly distinguishes between different types of cities. An overview of the most significant and crucial four qualities of smart cities is discussed. An essential part of the chapter is the review of the foundations of technology in smart cities with emphasis on indispensable types of technology such as communications, smart technology, and connectivity infrastructure. The second important part of the chapter is the issue of developing guiding principles to smart city transformation. A discussion of strategies of migration versus transformation of smart cities is followed by a review of the phases of smart cities implementation.

scholarly journals Place attachment and acceptance of smart city technologies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Wnuk ◽  
Tomasz Oleksy
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Place Attachment ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
City Governments ◽  
Emotional Bonds ◽  
Enabling Technologies ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Traditional Natural ◽  
Future Technologies

Recent studies on smart cities have emphasised thatsmart solution initiatives should take into accountcitizens’ different needs and concerns. The main aim ofthis paper is to examine the role of different types ofplace attachment – emotional bonds that residents havewith their city – in predicting the acceptance of futuresmart city technologies. In our study conducted amongresidents of multiple cities in Poland (N = 627), wefound that while active place attachment (i.e. consciousidentification with a place) predicted more favourableattitudes towards enabling technologies, traditional(natural and unintentional) place attachment waspositively associated with acceptance of surveillancetechnologies regarding everyday monitoring and anti–Covid-19 measures. We also found that therelationship between place attachment and acceptanceof future technologies is partially mediated by the useof existing smart city technologies. The implicationsfor city governments and planners are discussed.

scholarly journals Smart Economy and Startup Enterprises in the Visegrád Countries—A Comparative Analysis Based on the Crunchbase Database

Smart Cities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1477-1494
Author(s):  
Petra Kinga Kézai ◽  
Szabolcs Fischer ◽  
Mihály Lados
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Question ◽  
City Model ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Visegrád Countries

The present study seeks to explore the concept of “smart economy” through the definition of the smart city. It also presents smart city subsystems and the smart city model. It focuses on smart and creative startups within the smart city model. The research examines medium-sized cities in the Visegrád countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary) with a population ranging from 100,000 to 1 million inhabitants for startups. The research question is: Where are the medium-sized cities in the Visegrád countries that are both startup centers and smart cities? In the course of the research, the term “smart cities” was based on the definition set by the European Commission and the definition of startup centers was made using data analysis of the American Crunchbase database. As a result of the two studies, it can be concluded that there are no cities in the Visegrád countries with an above average level of both startup presence and smart cities.

scholarly journals Kolaborasi Antara Pt Gas Negara Dengan Pemerintah Kota Yogyakarta Dalam Mewujudkan Smart City

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenny Kurniasari ◽  
Eko Priyo Purnomo ◽  
Lubna Salsabila
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
City Government ◽  
Optical Fiber Networks ◽  
The Government ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Yogyakarta City

This study aims to describe the form of collaborative governance between the Government of Yogyakarta City and the business sector, namely PT Gas Negara in realizing smart cities. The focus of this research is to describe the process of cooperation between the two parties (Government and Private) so that a memorandum of understanding is created to support smart city. This study uses the cross-sector collaboration theory of John M Bryson and Barbara C. Crosby who mentioned collaborative governance must pay attention to the process. This study uses a qualitative patterned research method, while the data from this study are obtained through participant observation, in-depth interviews, document analysis, media and literature. Data in this study were analyzed using data triangulation techniques. Following are some of the findings from this study. First, PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk signed a memorandum of understanding with the Yogyakarta City Government in supporting the smart city program by providing infrastructure and utilizing natural gas as an alternative energy source. Second, PT PGN developed the PGN 360 Degree Integrated Solution service as a follow-up to the provision of electronic-based services and thirdly, the Yogyakarta City Government utilized the ICT services / provider of optical fiber networks owned by PT PGN as a support for smart cities.

scholarly journals Towards Tawang Station Area as Smart Urban Railway Space

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
Nurma Mediasri Huwaida ◽  
Agung Nugroho ◽  
Reivandy Christal Joenso
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
City Design ◽  
And Function ◽  
Space Concept

The purpose of this research is to analyze the possibility of implementing Smart Urban Railway Space concept in the development of Semarang Tawang Station area which is one of the entrance gates of Semarang tourists and has a high historical value. The area of Tawang station becomes an integral part of Semarang Old Town because of its adjacent location. This attachment is one potential that can be considered to grow the activity of the area into a tourism area and a business center. Increasing number of visitors can cause overcrowding. The crowded situation of visitors caused the lack of circulation so that the need for redesigning Tawang station area. A station area (public transportation) must be able to adapt to the environment and function needs for the visitor. Smart city design is about rethinking infrastructure, buildings and facilities as well as other infrastructure integrated to form smart cities and smart urban space.  Smart Urban railway space is a concept that integrates an architectural building with the surrounding open space. It is hoped that this concept can parse overcrowding and make the area of Tawang station a tourism area. Methods used are qualitative methods with a rationalistic approach. The result of this research is a recommendation of the Smart Urban Railway Space concept at Tawang station area which is expected to parse the overcrowding problem that occurred.

scholarly journals The Quadruple Helix Model as a Smart City Design Principle

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kuzior ◽  
Paulina Kuzior
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Holistic Model ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
City Design ◽  
Quadruple Helix Model

The article presents considerations on the quadruple helix model as a principle of smart city design in which technological and social innovations result from cooperation and seeking synergies among four groups of stakeholders: administration, business, science and residents. The overriding goal of this synergy should be to improve the quality of residents’ life in various dimensions of their individual and socio-professional functioning. An optimal model of urban management and creation of a Smart City and a Smart Sustainable City is based on knowledge, properly disseminated and distributed, as a condition for acquiring interdisciplinary competences. The cities develop for their inhabitants, without whom they become empty and die. Therefore, a holistic model of managing a Smart City should be adopted, aiming at shaping a Smart Sustainable City on this basis, i.e. taking such management solutions that do not exclude any group of stakeholders and any urban system or subsystem bearing in mind the environment and future generations. In the article, the authors present selected solutions for creating Smart Cities and Smart Sustainable Cities based on the top-down model and bottom-up model, recognizing, at the same time, that well-designed synergy among the entities of the quadruple helix is based on knowledge and its proper dissemination and distribution.

scholarly journals Green Space Planning and Landscape Sustainable Design in Smart Cities considering Public Green Space Demands of Different Formats

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Juan Shan ◽  
Zhuo Huang ◽  
Sibo Chen ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Wenli Ji
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Public Preferences ◽  
Technical Management ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sustainable Landscape

The fast urban development leads to many complex problems. A smart city aims to solve these problems using scientific approaches. Urban Green Space (UGS) is a fundamental component of urban infrastructure. It needs to be upgraded simultaneously with the concept of the smart city. Methods of smart UGS planning and sustainable landscape design help integrate ecological performance and other functions of UGS. Smart UGS planning is a technical management tool and a human-centered smart application. A novel UGS classification method based on function combinations is proposed in the present work. Five types of UGS (Scenic UGS, Residential UGS, Commercial UGS, Office UGS, and Road UGS) in Baqiao District of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, are selected as sample sites. Interviewees’ socio-economic attributes, visiting frequencies, and differences in demands are investigated. Eventually, the UGSs researched in this work are optimized based on public preferences and the current conditions of the sites. Results demonstrate the following. (1) The public’s preference for different types of UGS is different considerably. (2) Based on the public’s preference, Scenic UGS is improved in terms of quantity, function, and management; Residential UGS is upgraded regarding quantity and accessibility; and Commercial UGS, Office UGS, and Road UGS are improved in terms of quality. The results could provide methodological references for planning different types of UGS and innovative insights for smart UGS planning and sustainable landscape design.

SenCity – Evaluating Users’ Experiences of Intelligent Lighting for Well-Being in Smart Cities

2018 ◽  
pp. 60-67
Author(s):  
Henrika Pihlajaniemi ◽  
Anna Luusua ◽  
Eveliina Juntunen
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Data Analyses ◽  
Sense Of Security ◽  
System Data

This paper presents the evaluation of usersХ experiences in three intelligent lighting pilots in Finland. Two of the case studies are related to the use of intelligent lighting in different kinds of traffic areas, having emphasis on aspects of visibility, traffic and movement safety, and sense of security. The last case study presents a more complex view to the experience of intelligent lighting in smart city contexts. The evaluation methods, tailored to each pilot context, include questionnaires, an urban dashboard, in-situ interviews and observations, evaluation probes, and system data analyses. The applicability of the selected and tested methods is discussed reflecting the process and achieved results.

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