This book adopts the managerial perspective to the study of smart cities. As such, this book is a necessary addition to the existing body of literature on smart cities. The chapters included in this book prove the case that transformation of cities to smart cities is a function of effective and efficient management practices implemented at diverse levels of smart cities. While advances in information and communication technology (ICT) are crucial, it is the ability to apply ICT consciously and efficiently that drives the transformation of cities to smart cities in a manner conducive to cities’ sustainability and resilience.
The book covers three sets of interconnected topics:
- Management and decision-making for urban design and infrastructure development
- Management and decision-making in context of smart cities development
- Ways of promoting and ensuring participation, representation and co-creation in smart cities
These three groups of topics offer a great opportunity to acquire a clear, direct, and practice-driven knowledge and understanding of how effective management allows ICT-enhanced tools and applications to change smart cities, possibly making them smarter.
Author(s): Anna Visvizi, Orlando Troisi
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 310
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Effective Management of the Smart City: An Outline of a Conversation
1 Introduction
2 A Chapter Summary
3 Concluding Remarks
References
Managing Infrastructure Accessibility and Usability in the Smart City
A Smart City Initiative for Participatory Urban Accessibility Planning and Management
1 Introduction: Citizen’s Knowledge as a Support to ICT in the Smart City
2 Accessibility Evaluation Model of Smart Cities Integrating ‘Citizens-Public Administrations-Cities’
3 Sampling, Data Collection and Analysis of Case Studies Developed
4 Results and Discussion
5 Implication
6 Conclusions
References
Towards a Smart City in the Tropics: The Malaysian Approach
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Case Studies and Discussion
3.1 Kota Kinabalu
4 Kuala Lumpur
5 Melaka
6 Key Findings
7 Conclusions
References
A Review of Charging Schemes and Machine Learning Techniques for Intelligent Management of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grid
1 Introduction
2 Energy and Governance Sustainability in Smart Cities by Intelligent Information Management
3 Intelligent Management of Electric Vehicles in Smart Grid and Smart Cities
3.1 Electric Vehicles Charging Schemes
3.2 Use of Machine Learning Techniques for the Intelligent Management of Electric Vehicles
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
References
Managing Safety and Security in the Smart City: Covid-19, Emergencies and Smart Surveillance
1 Introduction
2 Public Realm Surveillance: Issues, Management, and the Debate
2.1 Conventional Versus Smart Surveillance Systems
2.2 Multi-sensor Mobile Surveillance
2.3 AI, Big Data/Video Analytics and the Question of Managing Risks and Threats in the Smart City
3 A Functional View of Smart Cities’ Resilience
4 Wireless Mesh Network (WMN)
5 The Co-development of Resilience in Smart Cities Through Integrated Smart Surveillance Systems
6 Concluding Remarks
References
Smart Sport Arenas Make Cities Smarter
1 Introduction
2 Sport and the City. How to Create a Successful Master Plan
3 Sport Arenas for the Development of Deprived Areas
4 Improvement of Renewable Energy and Sustainability Solutions
5 Enhancement of the Event Experience for the Supporters
6 The Management of Human Mobility and People and the Premise of Security
7 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Managing Business and Entrepreneurship in the Smart City
Crowdfunding as a Smart Finance and Management Tool: Institutional Determinants and Well-Being Considerations. Evidence from Four Central and Eastern European Countries
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
3 Materials and Methods
4 An Analysis of It-Related Factors
4.1 Connectivity
4.2 Internet Usage
4.3 IT Skills
4.4 Menaces
5 An Overview of Crowdfunding Regulations
5.1 Bulgaria
5.2 Hungary
5.3 Poland
5.4 Romania
6 A Brief Look into the Traditional Funding Tools
7 Well-Being and Crowdfunding Development
8 Discussion and Conclusions
References
The Role of Smart Cities in Stimulating and Developing Entrepreneurship
1 Introduction
2 Smart Cities and Entrepreneurship
2.1 Smart Cities as Centres of Entrepreneurship
2.2 The Main Determinants of Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance in Cities
2.3 Entrepreneurship Ideas—Opportunities and Challenges in Smart Cities
3 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Smart-Social Business Cities: The Evolution, Concepts, and Determinants
1 Introduction
2 Smart City Definition, Concepts, and Determinants
3 Evolution and Determinants of Social Business Cities
4 Building Smart-Social Business Cities: A Reflective Discussion on a Conceptual Framework
5 Implications and Recommendations
6 Conclusions
References
Managing Participation, Representation and Co-creation in the Smart City
Social Accountability of Local Governments in Smart Cities: A Multiple Case Study
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Social Accountability for Local Governments and City Management
2.2 Social Accountability and Smart Cities
3 Research Design
3.1 Approach
3.2 Data Collection and Analysis
4 Results and Discussion
5 Implications and Final Remarks
References
How to Improve Social Participation of Senior Citizens Thorough ICTs: A Techno-Demographic Challenge for an Effective Smart City
1 Living Older in Contemporary Urban Context: Ageing in Place, Technology, and Heterogeneity Among Older People
2 Ageing, Technology, and Social Participation
3 Technology and Ageing Between Care and Participation: From the Deterministic Model to the Social Construction of Technology
4 Conclusions
References
Stakeholder-Based Management of Smart Cities: The Case of Brussels
1 Introduction
2 The i* Framework
3 Research Design
3.1 Research Methods and Data Collection
4 Case Study
5 Results: Smart Cities Models
6 The Stakeholder’s Interests
7 Sustainable Mobility
8 Citizen Participation
9 Collaboration in An Ecosystem
10 Conclusion
References
Culture Powered by Blockchain in Smart Cities
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 The Conceptual Background
3.1 Culture and Smart City
3.2 Blockchain and Culture
4 Discussion. Access to Cultural Goods Powered by Blockchain in Smart Cities
4.1 Artists/Creators
4.2 Consumers
4.3 City Authorities
5 Key Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations
References
The Evolution of the Smart City in Italy: An Empirical Investigation on the Importance of Smart Services
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Smart City Definition
2.2 Smart City Dimensions
2.3 Smarter City and Smart Collaboration
3 Italian Smart Cities
4 Methodology
5 Results
5.1 Profile of Respondents
5.2 Results of Smart City Services
6 Discussions and Conclusions
References
Managing Emergencies Through Resilience: The Case of Turin Smart City
1 Introduction
2 Conceptual Background
2.1 Resilience in Smart Cities
2.2 Reinterpreting Resilient Smart Cities as Service Ecosystems: Toward Innovation
3 Methodology
3.1 The Context of the Study
3.2 Data Analysis and Collection
4 Results
4.1 Micro-level: Digital Skills and Removal of Barriers to Use Technology
4.2 Meso-level: Co-Working Spaces, Engagement and Collaboration
4.3 Macro-level: Community’s Culture and New Social Practices
5 Discussion
6 Concluding Remarks
References
Circular Practices with a Public Driven Local Development Processes
1 Introduction
2 Discussing Main Practices of CE and Their Features
3 Discussing the Role of Public Stakeholders in CE Developments
4 Cases Studies: The Projects P3ST and Eco3R
5 Eco3R Process
6 Practices for Enabling Energy Efficient Collective Solutions
7 Practices for Low Impact Waste Flow Management
8 P3ST Project
9 Conclusions
References
