Limits and Potential for eGov and Smart City in Local Government

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erico Przeybilovicz ◽  
Wesley Vieira da Silva ◽  
Maria Alexandra Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Basic Infrastructure ◽  
Determining Factor

This study explore ICT infrastructure in the towns of Paraná State, reflecting on the potential and limits of ICT in the local government and the possibilities of these cities developing into smart cities. A quantitative study was conducted using multivariate data analysis techniques. The data are secondary and were obtained through a Municipal Basic Information Study in Brazil in 2012. The main result was the identification of five distinct municipal clusters in terms of ICT use and infrastructure. The size of a town is not a determining factor for towns to use and make web based services available to its citizens. Many towns remain lacking in basic infrastructure, with every profile showing different needs. There are a few strong patterns of eGov development and local conditions that could be treated as the foundation for some different policy packages that would be appropriate in these five situations. There are aspects that characterize the challenges and potential of towns than the emphasis placed on eGov. These aspects should be considered in studies of eGov and smart city.

Limits and Potential for eGov and Smart City in Local Government

2019 ◽  
pp. 1445-1463
Author(s):  
Erico Przeybilovicz ◽  
Wesley Vieira da Silva ◽  
Maria Alexandra Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Multivariate Data Analysis ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Basic Infrastructure ◽  
Determining Factor

This study explore ICT infrastructure in the towns of Paraná State, reflecting on the potential and limits of ICT in the local government and the possibilities of these cities developing into smart cities. A quantitative study was conducted using multivariate data analysis techniques. The data are secondary and were obtained through a Municipal Basic Information Study in Brazil in 2012. The main result was the identification of five distinct municipal clusters in terms of ICT use and infrastructure. The size of a town is not a determining factor for towns to use and make web based services available to its citizens. Many towns remain lacking in basic infrastructure, with every profile showing different needs. There are a few strong patterns of eGov development and local conditions that could be treated as the foundation for some different policy packages that would be appropriate in these five situations. There are aspects that characterize the challenges and potential of towns than the emphasis placed on eGov. These aspects should be considered in studies of eGov and smart city.

scholarly journals A Hyperconnected Smart City Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naureen Naqvi ◽  
Sabih Ur Rehman ◽  
Zahidul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Directed Network ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Processing And Storage ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Storage

Recent technological advancements have given rise to the concept of hyper-connected smart cities being adopted around the world. These cities aspire to achieve better outcomes for citizens by improving the quality of service delivery, information sharing, and creating a sustainable environment. A smart city comprises of a network of interconnected devices also known as IoT (Internet of Things), which captures data and transmits it to a platform for analysis. This data covers a variety of information produced in large volumes also known as Big Data. From data capture to processing and storage, there are several stages where a breach in security and privacy could result in catastrophic impacts. Presently there is a gap in the centralization of knowledge to implement smart city services with a secure architecture. To bridge this gap, we present a framework that highlights challenges within the smart city applications and synthesizes the techniques feasible to solve them. Additionally, we analyze the impact of a potential breach on smart city applications and state-of-the-art architectures available. Furthermore, we identify the stakeholders who may have an interest in learning about the relationships between the significant aspects of a smart city. We demonstrate these relationships through force-directed network diagrams. They will help raise the awareness amongst the stakeholders for planning the development of a smart city. To complement our framework, we designed web-based interactive resources that are available from http://ausdigitech.com/smartcity/.

scholarly journals Smart City Implementation: Integration of Villages and Cities in Purwakarta Regency, West Java Province

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Etin Indrayani ◽  
Gatiningsih Gatiningsih
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Digital City ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
The City

Abstract This study aims to analyze the implementation of Smart City that integrates villages and cities in Purwakarta Regency, identify and analyze any inhibiting factors that influence the development process of the City of Purwakarta towards the Smart City, identify and analyze the efforts of the Purwakarta Regency government in realizing Smart City. The research method used in this study is a qualitative research method with a descriptive approach.. The results showed that the smart city that was implemented in Purwakarta Regency focused more on the use of information technology to improve services to the community, meaning this concept was more accurately referred to as a digital city. Some programs that have been implemented by the Regional Government are the first steps to realize Purwakarta Regency as a smart city. Barriers and obstacles faced include: not yet comprehensive existing policies to accommodate the problems faced in the implementation of smart cities, ICT human resources are still limited both in quantity and quality, budget limitations cause the existing infrastructure is not optimal, especially in villages, interoperability is not optimal, and blueprint has not been prepared comprehensively. Efforts that have been made by the Purwakarta Regency government include: Several legal products both regent regulations and regent instructions have been issued to support the implementation of smart city, ICT competency enhancement, application interoperability in each OPD, budgeting for device maintenance, Budgeting for developing systems, and budgeting for improving the welfare of ICT employees. Keywords: Village and City Integration, Implementation of Smart City, Digital City, ICT Infrastructure

scholarly journals Managing large distributed dynamic graphs for smart city network applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadav Voloch ◽  
Noa Voloch - Bloch ◽  
Yair Zadok
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Directed Graphs ◽  
Large City ◽  
Dynamic Graphs ◽  
Distributed Monitoring ◽  
Dynamic Graph ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Network Applications ◽  
On Line

AbstractSmart cities and traffic applications can be modelled by dynamic graphs for which vertices or edges can be added, removed or change their properties. In the smart city or traffic monitoring problem, we wish to detect if a city dynamic graph maintains a certain local or global property. Monitoring city large dynamic graphs, is even more complicated. To treat the monitoring problem efficiently we divide a large city graph into sub-graphs. In the distributed monitoring problem we would like to define some local conditions for which the global city graph G maintains a certain property. Furthermore, we would like to detect if a local city change in a sub-graph affect a global graph property. Here we show that turning the graph into a non-trivial one by handling directed graphs, weighted graphs, graphs with nodes that contain different attributes or combinations of these aspects, can be integrated in known urban environment applications. These implementations are demonstrated here in two types of network applications: traffic network application and on-line social network smart city applications. We exemplify these two problems, show their experimental results and characterize efficient monitoring algorithms that can handle them.

scholarly journals SMART SPECIALISATION DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PIERIGAS REGION (LATVIA)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baiba RIVŽA ◽  
Ligita ĀZENA
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Smart Specialisation ◽  
Ict Development ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Environmental Capital ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
The City

There are two widely used “smart” concepts, often considered to be synonymous with one another - “smart city” and “smart specialisation”. The origin and initial meaning of each concept is different, although there are certain similarities. On the city level, multiple policy initiatives are oriented towards the concept of a “smart city”, which originally developed around the ICT infrastructure as a means to connect cities and thus provide opportunity for development. Recently the term “smart” has also found its way in regional policy. Therefore, it is necessary to interpret both concepts in a wider sense not limiting them only to meanings associated with technology. There is an empirical connection between smart specialisation development (in a wider sense) and introduction of smart cities (in a wider sense). But it does not mean that all regions (especially those with low manufacturing development index) should follow a strategy of research and development and/or hi-tech manufacturing. Smart development is a multi-dimensional concept, consisting of sustainable economic growth and sustainable city or regional development, based on the advantages of sustainable competition. It is also perceived as means to increase overall quality of life. This means that social and environmental capital also plays an important role together with infrastructural and ICT development.

scholarly journals Determinants of Smart City Commitment among Citizens from a Middle City in Argentina

Smart Cities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1113-1129
Author(s):  
María Verónica Alderete
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Labor Condition ◽  
Ict Use ◽  
The City

This paper aims to examine the determinants of smart-city commitment across individuals from Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Literature has identified different factors explaining citizens’ commitment to smart cities, such as education, age, labor condition, and other more subjective factors, such as trust and awareness about the smart-city concept. A mediator factor of smart commitment is e-readiness or digital readiness, that is, the level of preparedness to properly exploit internet opportunities such as e-government and e-commerce. To achieve this goal, we used a survey conducted on 97 citizens (followers of the Moderniza Bahía Facebook) from the city of Bahía Blanca, Argentina. By estimating a structural equation model, we found that higher levels of ICT use are associated with higher levels of smart-city commitment and that higher awareness of the smart-city concept is related to higher levels of smart-city commitment. Sociodemographic factors such as age and labor condition also explain ICT use.

Benchmarking of European smart cities – a maturity model and web-based self-assessment tool

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 654-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Warnecke ◽  
Rikka Wittstock ◽  
Frank Teuteberg
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Maturity Model ◽  
City Development ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Benchmarks provide a strategic tool for assessing the sustainability impacts of urban development. Addressing the need for practitioners to evaluate their initiatives, track progress and determine their competitive position, this paper aims to introduce the conception and implementation of a smart city maturity assessment and benchmarking tool. Design/methodology/approach Following a design science approach, application objectives are defined based on a review of literature and related benchmarking tools. Focusing on a subset of functions for the prototype version, these objectives are operationalized by development of a smart mobility maturity model, indicator set and survey. A two-step evaluation by means of a test run using data of five cities and expert interviews confirms the tool’s functionality. Findings Compliance with the defined objectives is achieved by implementation of a Web-based self-assessment tool using objective indicators. Future development iterations are to integrate additional smart city action fields. Practical implications Delivering a city’s maturity level, the tool enables stakeholders to measure the impact of their initiatives. Benchmarking functions for tracking progress and comparison with other projects are provided in the form of graphical analyses. Ac-tionable guidance is supplied for improving the city’s standing. Social implications Strategies supporting a sustainable lifestyle are crucial for smart city development, as the shaping of attractive living spaces and a reliable information and communication technology and physical infrastructure form major selling points for attracting skilled workers, businesses, tourists and citizens. Originality/value Enabling practitioners to self-evaluate their initiatives, providing the option to track progress and supplying guidance for improving a city’ standing, the proposed solution represents a novel form of knowledge transfer.

scholarly journals The Application of the Latest Technologies for Smart City Construction in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufang Huang ◽  
Hongtao Peng ◽  
Aocheng Zhong ◽  
Zhiyuan Zhou ◽  
Massoud Sofi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Information Management System ◽  
Satellite System ◽  
City Development ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Visualization Technology ◽  
City Construction

With the continuous emergence and application of new technologies, the construction of smart cities has entered the practical promotion period. Since 2012, the pilot construction of smart city has been promoted by the government in China. On the basis of these practical experiences, this paper presents an overview of the latest technologies and applications for smart city construction in China and demonstrates that smart city strategy needs to be implemented according to local conditions, adhering to the people-oriented concept and using scientific and effective top-level design and planning. The construction of smart city is comprehensive system engineering, including the integration of geographic information sharing service platform, full-cycle management and control system of urban planning, construction and social management, as well as intelligent business information management system of gardening, water conservancy, environmental protection and other industries and departments. The information system (GIS), satellite remote sensing (SRS), global navigation satellite system (GNSS), Internet of things, mobile applications, cloud computing, visualization technology ware used to promote urban construction and sustainable development, and to meet the needs of future smart city development. Results show that centralized management is very important for the construction of smart city. The government plays a major role in the construction of smart city, which will be conducive to the development of new technologies and the effective use of smart city construction resources.

scholarly journals Supporting Multiple Smart-City Applications based on MUSANet, a Common IoMT Middleware

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Malheiros Meslin ◽  
Noemi De La Rocque Rodriguez ◽  
Markus Endler
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Mobile Data ◽  
Network Load ◽  
Stationary Layer ◽  
Basic Infrastructure ◽  
New Applications

The MUSANet system is a three-tier middleware for smart cities implemented using InterSCity, ContextNet, and Mobile-Hub. In order to decentralize processing from the cloud, the system includes stationary layer processing in the fog and collection of mobile data in the edge. In this article, we explore the flexibility and decoupling offered by MUSANet. We present two different applications for smart cities and discuss how they can be implemented in MUSANet, showing that, using the basic infrastructure, we can build new applications without interfering in existing ones due to the low coupling between the entities that make up the tiers of MUSANet. A third application illustrates how the distribution of data processing among MUSANet layers can help reduce the network load, preserving energy.

Adaptive learning in smart cities – The cases of Catania and Helsinki

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilpo Laitinen ◽  
Roberta Piazza ◽  
Jari Stenvall
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Key Players

Our research is a comparative qualitative study. The material has been gathered from the cities of Helsinki and Catania. The target cities showcase varied successes and models of smart cities. In the cities, key people involved in the smart city concept – with different kinds of professional backgrounds – were interviewed, both individually and in teams. All interviewees had at least a basic knowledge of information technology and of organizational learning processes. On the basis of these interviews it has been possible to create an overall picture of learning processes occurring in the organizations involved (universities and local government) and within the smart city programmes produced or still to be developed. We explore how the expertise has been challenged: how the key players of the smart city uphold the concept and promote it.

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