Conceptualizing Small and Medium-Sized Smart Cities in the Mediterranean Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-41
Author(s):  
Maria Panagiotopoulou ◽  
Margarita Kokla ◽  
Anastasia Stratigea
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Semantic Interoperability ◽  
Spatial Context ◽  
Deep Insight ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Insight Into

Despite the remarkable interest in smart cities, noticed during the last decade, a consistent comprehension of the concept is not yet fully realized. Various definitions, ranging from exclusively technology-oriented perceptions to broader views, have been introduced, establishing a definitional polyphony and causing lack of semantic interoperability. Empirical evidence witnesses the prevalence of technology-pushed smart city initiatives as well as their failure to meet expectations in several urban domains. When planning “smart,” the relevance of ICT and their applications should be in alignment with spatial and other urban peculiarities and sub-systems' interactions, implying the need for getting deep insight into the city's ontology. The paper focuses on the extension/enrichment of an existing smart city ontology, with concepts and relationships stemming from Mediterranean small and medium-sized cities, in an attempt to outline their main key drivers and their interrelationships and fully grasp the smart city concept in the particular spatial context.

An Innovative Company in a Smart City

2018 ◽  
pp. 131-151
Author(s):  
Francesca Culasso ◽  
Sara Giovanna Mauro
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Innovative Company ◽  
Lively Debate

The aim of this chapter is to analyze the business model of an innovative company in the context of a smart city. Specifically, this research investigates key components and challenges concerning the operationalization of a business model originally conceived to be sustainable. This chapter relies on the analysis of the empirical evidence collected at the organizational level by combining different data sources, including official and internal documents, face-to-face interviews, and questionnaires. It is thus designed to contribute to the lively debate on sustainability by providing empirical evidence and shedding light on the operationalization of the concept of sustainable business model. Further, in light of the smart context where the company operates, this research paves the way for further investigation into the potential win-win collaboration between innovative companies and smart cities to foster sustainability consistent with a systems approach to the topic.

scholarly journals GEO-VISUALISATION AND VISUAL ANALYTICS FOR SMART CITIES: A SURVEY

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W11 ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
S. Harbola ◽  
V. Coors
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Visual Analytics ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban System ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
White Spots ◽  
Data Requirements ◽  
Insight Into

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Geo-Visualisation (GV) and Visual Analytics (VA) of geo-spatial data have become a focus of interest for research, industries, government and other organisations for improving the mobility, energy efficiency, waste management and public administration of a smart city. The geo-spatial data requirements, increasing volumes, varying formats and quality standards, present challenges in managing, storing, visualising and analysing the data. A survey covering GV and VA of the geo-spatial data collected from a smart city helps to portray the potential of such techniques, which is still required. Therefore, this survey presents GV and VA techniques for the geo-spatial urban data represented in terms of location, multi-dimensions including time, and several other attributes. Further, the current study provides a comprehensive review of the existing literature related to GV and VA from cities, highlighting the important open white spots for the cities’ geo-spatial data handling in term of visualisation and analytics. This will aid to get a better insight into the urban system and enable sustainable development of the future cities by improving human interaction with the geo-spatial data.</p>

An Innovative Company in a Smart City

2020 ◽  
pp. 1038-1058
Author(s):  
Francesca Culasso ◽  
Sara Giovanna Mauro
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Innovative Company ◽  
Lively Debate

The aim of this chapter is to analyze the business model of an innovative company in the context of a smart city. Specifically, this research investigates key components and challenges concerning the operationalization of a business model originally conceived to be sustainable. This chapter relies on the analysis of the empirical evidence collected at the organizational level by combining different data sources, including official and internal documents, face-to-face interviews, and questionnaires. It is thus designed to contribute to the lively debate on sustainability by providing empirical evidence and shedding light on the operationalization of the concept of sustainable business model. Further, in light of the smart context where the company operates, this research paves the way for further investigation into the potential win-win collaboration between innovative companies and smart cities to foster sustainability consistent with a systems approach to the topic.

scholarly journals Smart City

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-234
Author(s):  
Gábor Szögi
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Everyday Language ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The purpose of my research is to provide insight into the current state of smart cities. According to the everyday language, settlements use digital solutions for smart cities, which make life easier for people, who living there. The article demonstrates the impact on smart cities and how complex this concept is in practice. A smart city is constantly exploring and analysing the effects of the developments and innovations introduced.

An Innovative Company in a Smart City

2020 ◽  
pp. 424-444
Author(s):  
Francesca Culasso ◽  
Sara Giovanna Mauro
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Innovative Company ◽  
Lively Debate

The aim of this chapter is to analyze the business model of an innovative company in the context of a smart city. Specifically, this research investigates key components and challenges concerning the operationalization of a business model originally conceived to be sustainable. This chapter relies on the analysis of the empirical evidence collected at the organizational level by combining different data sources, including official and internal documents, face-to-face interviews, and questionnaires. It is thus designed to contribute to the lively debate on sustainability by providing empirical evidence and shedding light on the operationalization of the concept of sustainable business model. Further, in light of the smart context where the company operates, this research paves the way for further investigation into the potential win-win collaboration between innovative companies and smart cities to foster sustainability consistent with a systems approach to the topic.

Allele Variation of DYS19 and Y- Alu Insertion (YAP) Polymorphisms in Basques: An Insight into the Peopling of Europe and the Mediterranean Region

Human Biology ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Calderon ◽  
M Carrion ◽  
A Perez-Miranda ◽  
J. A. Pena ◽  
J. M. Dugoujon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Alu Insertion ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Allele Variation ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Blockchain and Trust in a Smart City

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debasish Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Network Effect ◽  
Digital City ◽  
Independent Manner ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Better Than

Trust in a smart city is fundamental to its transparency, the participation of its people in governance, entrepreneurial initiatives, trade, commerce and hence the growth of its economy. A city gets smart by transforming itself to a digital city, and a digital city runs on data, analytics, internet of things, artificial intelligence and machine learning. This inevitable transformation creates the fundamental need for trust. How does data remain sacrosanct and verifiable? How do people trust institutions? How do institutions trust each other? How do devices trust each other? This article explores blockchain as an essential layer of trust in a smart city. It explains the technology by drawing real-life examples to the ‘memory game’ that operates in an ecosystem of ‘trust and consensus.’ The article provides further insight into institutions that can be governed on blockchain through ‘smart contracts’ in a sovereign and human independent manner. The use cases of blockchain have been corroborated with examples of successful blockchain implementation. The value for blockchain, in general, and smart cities, in particular, has been presented across four categories: (a) the network effect on trust on society, governments and industries; (b) empowering the individual and strengthening the economy; (c) the liquid economy and (d) the shareable economy. Given the current topology of technology innovations, there is no solution better than blockchain that embodies trust. It is a hope and expectation that this article will help smart city planners, developers, architects and thinkers implement blockchain as the embodiment of trust in smart cities that are increasingly becoming digital.

Smart City Projects Assessment Matrix: Connecting Challenges and Actions in the Mediterranean Region

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Fernandez-Anez ◽  
Guillermo Velazquez ◽  
Fiamma Perez-Prada ◽  
Andrés Monzón
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Assessment Matrix ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Disruptive Technologies in Smart Cities: A Survey on Current Trends and Challenges

Smart Cities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1022-1038
Author(s):  
Laura-Diana Radu
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
World Population ◽  
Disruptive Technologies ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Water Transportation ◽  
Key Sectors ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Energy Transportation

This paper aims to explore the most important disruptive technologies in the development of the smart city. Every smart city is a dynamic and complex system that attracts an increasing number of people in search of the benefits of urbanisation. According to the United Nations, 68% of the world population will be living in cities by 2050. This creates challenges related to limited resources and infrastructure (energy, water, transportation system, etc.). To solve these problems, new and emerging technologies are created. Internet of Things, big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine and cognitive learning are just a few examples. They generate changes in key sectors such as health, energy, transportation, education, public safety, etc. Based on a comprehensive literature review, we identified the main disruptive technologies in smart cities. Applications that integrate these technologies help cities to be smarter and offer better living conditions and easier access to products and services for residents. Disruptive technologies are generally considered key drivers in smart city progress. This paper presents these disruptive technologies, their applications in smart cities, the most important challenges and critics.

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