Integration Challenges of Immigrants in Smart Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-56
Author(s):  
Susana Bernardino ◽  
J. Freitas Santos
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Human Element ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Holistic Vision

The most recent interpretations of the concept of smart city (SC) highlight the need for adopting a more holistic vision of SC, which includes other relevant features for understanding the dynamism of urban development and face new challenges. The study of a social entrepreneurship initiative (SPEAK) that aims to empower immigrants living in the main Portuguese cities is the method used in this research to understand the extent to which social innovation can make smart cities more human and sustainable. The results illustrate how a social entrepreneurship initiative can positively impact the creation of social value to immigrants in cities. As the evidence shows, the full integration of foreign migrants in cities may contribute to the sustainable resolution (or avoidance) of many severe social dysfunctions, as well as for the improvement of the quality of life of foreign migrants and local citizens. The approach adopted, based on the empowerment of the human element, is able to produce a sustainable response and contribute to other dimensions of SC.

PRIORITIES OF CANADA URBAN DEVELOPMENT: FROM SUSTAINABLE TO SMART CITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-183
Author(s):  
Vladyslav Kolomechiuk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Community Initiatives ◽  
Innovative System

The article deals with the priorities and dynamics of the Canada urban development and describes the sustainable cities evolution. The purpose of the work is to compare the main achievements in the implementation of sustainable cities in Canada and to outline the problems and prospects of the formation of smart cities. To date smart cities is also an innovative system, where technologies are used to improve the relationship between citizens and their governments and provide social innovation and improve quality of life. A sustainable and smart cities is a place where citizens work with local authorities to improve service delivery, develop community initiatives and create solutions to improve quality of life. In this context, it is important to analyze the current policy of sustainable urban development in Canada in order to identify problem points and formulate recommendations for further de-velopment.

scholarly journals Smart cities and robotic technologies for a model of integrated growth

2021 ◽  
pp. 237-252
Author(s):  
Elena Laudante
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Human Scale ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The City

The paper focuses on the importance of robotics and artificial intelligence inside of the new urban contexts in which it is possible to consider and enhance the different dimensions of quality of life such as safety and health, environmental quality, social connection and civic participation. Smart technologies help cities to meet the new challenges of society, thus making them more livable, attractive and responsive in order to plan and to improve the city of the future. In accordance with the Agenda 2030 Program for sustainable development that intends the inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable city, the direction of growth and prosperity of urban environments is pursued by optimizing the use of resources and respecting the environment. In the current society, robotic technology is proposed as a tool for innovation and evolution in urban as well as industrial and domestic contexts. On the one hand the users-citizens who participate dynamically in the activities and on the other the new technological systems integrated in the urban fabric. Existing urban systems that are “amplified” of artificial and digital intelligence and give life to smart cities, physical places that allow new forms of coexistence between humans and robots in order to implement the level of quality of life and define “human centered” innovative solutions and services thus responding to the particular needs of people in an effective and dynamic way. The current city goes beyond the definition of smart city. In fact, as said by Carlo Ratti, it becomes a "senseable city", a city capable of feeling but also sensitive and capable of responding to citizens who define the overall performance of the city. The multidisciplinary approach through the dialogue between designers, architects, engineers and urban planners will allow to face the new challenges through the dynamics of robot integration in the urban landscape. The cities of the future, in fact, will be pervaded by autonomous driving vehicles, robotized delivery systems and light transport solutions, in response to the new concept of smart mobility, on a human scale, shared and connected mobility in order to improve management and control of the digitized and smart city. Automation at constant rates as the keystone for urban futures and new models of innovative society. Through the identification of representative case studies in the field of innovative systems it will be possible to highlight the connections between design, smart city and "urban" robotics that will synergically highlight the main "desirable" qualities of life in the city as a place of experimentation and radical transformations. In particular, parallel to the new robotic solutions and human-robot interactions, the design discipline will be responsible for designing the total experience of the user who lives in synergy with the robots, thus changing the socio-economic dynamics of the city.

scholarly journals A Social Entrepreneurship Approach for the Development of an Active-Ageing Smartphone Application

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
George Papageorgiou ◽  
Athanasia Ralli ◽  
Sofia A. Xergia
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
World Population

Trends in the world population are shown to favor the increase market of elderly people aged 65 and over. This creates a new and promising market with many peculiarities and a variety of needs to be satisfied in terms of improving quality of life. The proposed solution to this problem which is investigated in this paper comes from technology. Especially, smart phone technology can lead to the creation of innovative products and services facilitating the elderly in their daily lives. The purpose of this study is to explore how a smart phone application (Active Ageing), could upgrade the quality of life of the elderly people and how to motivate them by making them feel safe and comfortable to go out for a walk. Further, the proposed app development takes a stakeholder’s approach where the society, the state, local actors and private investors, are involved. In this way opportunities can be seized and be a deterministic factor in this new market with many economic, social and environmental benefits. At the same time, the study examines the conceptual framework of an innovative business model which will contribute to the sustainable development of the application in the Greek society by taking a social entrepreneurship approach. Going through a critical literature review in relation to Active Ageing, the benefits and risks of walking, social entrepreneurship, market research methods and smart cities, an appropriate survey instrument was developed for evaluating the potential of the envisioned Active Aging app. Elements in the survey examined key issues that concern the elderly. Specifically, market needs have been identified regarding the necessary information to create confidence, safety, enjoyment and high quality of life in a framework of sustainable mobility.

Ciudades inteligentes totalmente integrales, eficientes y sostenibles

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Strategic Issue ◽  
Reduce Energy Consumption ◽  
New Challenges

Smart Cities are the result of the increasingly urgent need to orient our lives towards sustainability. Therefore, these cities use infrastructure, innovation and technology to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions, in order to improve the quality of life of their citizens. Being a strategic issue that brings new challenges, the organizers request participation in the I IberoAmerican Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2018), which will be a discussion forum that will create synergies among different research groups to favor the development of Smart Cities, and contribute to their knowledge and integration in different scenarios, their possible development and the strategies to address them.

Social entrepreneurship and corporate architecture: evidence from Italy

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 390-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelo Bonfanti ◽  
Enrico Battisti ◽  
Luca Pasqualino
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Industrial Companies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Architecture

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the contribution of corporate architecture to social value creation. It especially analyses the social effects of investments in experiential corporate architecture that have been carried out by Italian industrial companies. Design/methodology/approach – This study follows a qualitative approach. It is based on a survey and semi-structured in-depth interviews undertaken with six Italian industrial companies. The dimensions of the social-entrepreneurship model (innovativeness, proactiveness, risk management) proposed by Weerawardena and Sullivan Mort were chosen as a framework to investigate the social effects of investments in corporate architecture. Findings – The social effects of the innovativeness dimension are the integration of the company with the territory and development of sustainability. Proactiveness is related to improving the employees’ wellbeing in the workplace and the community’s quality of life. Risk management ensures the development of the local economic-social fabric. Research limitations/implications – This study combines social entrepreneurship and corporate architecture by highlighting the social effects of corporate architecture. Further, it proposes the structural embeddedness of the company in the territory of reference, a sense for beauty, and a sense of gift giving as further entrepreneurial traits that are generally not proposed in the social entrepreneurship literature. Practical/implications – The results of this study suggest that top management should consider: that investments in corporate architecture are a deliberate strategy of the company; that profits are not a purpose in and of themselves, but rather a means to achieve the social mission’s objectives; and the relationship with architects in terms of mutual involvement in order to understand corporate and local needs and effectively transform them into appropriate architectural solutions. Social/implications – Corporate architecture can help to solve a number of social problems, such as improving the community’s quality of life, providing employments opportunities, allowing the community to benefit from places of socialisation and aggregation, and offering facilities and services that support culture and encourage cultural exchange. Given that the social benefits are reciprocal, all stakeholders should financially support companies that invest in corporate architecture. Originality/value – To the knowledge, this is the first study to connect social entrepreneurship and corporate architecture. This research brings to light some Italian industrial companies that are investing in corporate architecture to create social value in the twenty-first century, after the pioneering investments of the Olivetti company.

scholarly journals UNPark, Milan. A social innovation experiment beneath the Serra Monte Ceneri Flyover

2021 ◽  
pp. 114-121
Author(s):  
Paolo Carli ◽  
Patrizia Scrugli
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
High Density ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Functional Design ◽  
Transition Potential

Urban infrastructure in high-density metropolitan contexts constitutes an experimental frontier for improving the citizens’ quality of life and also represents a still undervalued resource in producing economic, energy, environmental and social value. Infrastructure such as the Serra Monte Ceneri Flyover in Milan, a source of distress and degradation associable with the idea of “wasted architecture”, can only be transformed into resource through a process of enhancement and a circular, multi-layer and multi-functional design vision. UNPark research is configured as an urban innovation hub by which to trigger reflection on the transition potential towards infrastructure multifunctionality.

INCLUSIVENESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AS COMPONENTS OF QUALITY OF LIFE (CASE CITIES EXAMPLES)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. Lisovskyi ◽  
◽  
Eu.O. Maruniak ◽  
I.V. Gukalova ◽  
A.A. Mozgovyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Development

scholarly journals Promoting Pollution-Free Routes in Smart Cities Using Air Quality Sensor Networks

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 2507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Ramos ◽  
Sergio Trilles ◽  
Andrés Muñoz ◽  
Joaquín Huerta
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Quality Indices ◽  
Big City ◽  
Precautionary Measures

Nowadays, citizens have a huge concern about the quality of life in their cities, especially regarding the level of pollution. Air quality level is of great importance, not only to plan our activities but also to take precautionary measures for our health. All levels of governments are concerned about it and have built their indexes to measure the air quality level in their countries, regions or cities. Taking into account the existing sensor infrastructure within smart cities, it makes possible to evaluate these indices and to know anywhere the level of pollution in real-time. In this scenario, the main objective of the current work is to foster citizens’ awareness about pollution by offering pollution-free routes. To achieve this goal, a technology-agnostic methodology is presented, which allows for creating pollution-free routes across cities depending on the level of pollution in each zone. The current work includes an extensive study of existing air quality indices, and proposes and carries forward to deployment of the defined methodology in a big city, such as Madrid (Spain).

scholarly journals Desenvolvimento urbano sustentável e qualidade de vida: uma pesquisa bibliométrica das publicações na base Web of Science

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 459-477
Author(s):  
Pabla Pereira da Silva ◽  
Roberto Schoproni Bichueti ◽  
Carlos Rafael Röhrig da Costa ◽  
Gabriela Dubou ◽  
Estela dos Anjos Pires
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar as características da produção científica relacionadas às temáticas desenvolvimento urbano sustentável (sustainable urban development) e qualidade de vida (quality of life), por meio da base de dados Web of Science (WoS), no período de 2008 a 2017. Para isso, o estudo possui uma abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa, onde a etapa quantitativa buscou identificar algumas variáveis acerca da produção científica sobre Desenvolvimento Urbano Sustentável e Qualidade de Vida e a etapa qualitativa buscou analisar os conteúdos presentes nos dez artigos mais citados, de acordo com o relatório de citações da Web of Science. A partir da pesquisa realizada, pode-se constatar que os estudos sobre desenvolvimento urbano sustentável e qualidade de vida são emergentes e estão em constante evolução. Além disso, foi possível verificar que as temáticas pesquisadas consistem em assuntos multidisciplinares. Por fim, ao analisar os dez artigos mais citados, concluiu-se que as suas contribuições s;ão de grande relevância para os estudos futuros em rela;ão ao desenvolvimento sustentável das cidades, bem como a qualidade de vida dos cidadãos.

scholarly journals Sistema de Iluminação Publica Inteligente

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Rodrigues de la Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Street Lighting ◽  
Rational Use

Public street lighting management is a well known problemwhich can be revisited from the perspective of Smart Cities.In Smart Cities there is an interconnection of services andinfrastructure to provide sustainable growth and improvementsin citizens’ quality of life. In this research work, weexplore new low cost technologies to create a smart streetlight system capable of monitoring and controlling the lamps,thus reducing the costs with maintenance and allowing amore rational use of electricity.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document