Smart City Emergence
Cases From Around the World
Published on 11. June 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
484 pages
978-0-12-816169-2 (ISBN)
Description
Smart City Emergence: Cases from around the World analyzes how smart cities are currently being conceptualized and implemented, examining the theoretical underpinnings and technologies that connect theory with tangible practice achievements. Using numerous cities from different regions around the globe, the book compares how smart cities of different sizes are evolving in different countries and continents. In addition, it examines the challenges cities face as they adopt the smart city concept, separating fact from fiction, with insights from scholars, government officials and vendors currently involved in smart city implementation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
1) Researchers and graduate students in economics, engineering, environmental studies, business administration, transportation, public administration, urban development, computer science,
2) local city officials,
3) planners, entrepreneurs and other practitioners.
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
643 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-816169-2 (9780128161692)
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E-Book
06/2019
Elsevier
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Person
Leonidas Anthopoulos is Professor of e-Business and Strategy at the University of Thessaly, Greece. He also serves as a Mayor's Special Advisor of the city of Trikala, Greece, responsible for the Municipality's smart agenda. Furthermore, he is a member of the ITU SG20 and head of the smart city standardization group of the Greek Standards (ELOT). He has been working in the smart city domain since the early 2000's. His research has been published in such Elsevier journals as Cities, Sustainable Cities and Society, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Government Information Quarterly.
Content
1. Forward
2. Introduction
3. Project Management Guidelines/Frameworks in the Era of Agility and Complexity
4. The smart city of Evora, Portugal
5. The smart city of Torino, Italy
6. The smart city of Leuven, Belgium
7. The smart city of Vienna, Austria
8. The smart city of Amsterdam: the Energy Atlas Project
9. The smart city of Trikala, Greece
10. The evolution of smart city policy of Korea
11. The smart city of Hangzhou, China: the case of Dream Town Internet village
12. The smart city of Changsha, China
13. Smart City evolution in India: the cases of Dehradun, Nagpur and Allahabad
14. The smart city of Pune, India
15. The Smart City of Nara, Japan
16. A smart city of Singapore - Is Singapore truly smart?
17. The Smart City of Newark, NJ: Data Analytics Platform for Economic Development and Policy
18. The Smart City That Might Be: Quayside, Toronto, Canada
19. The Brazilian Smart Cities: A National Literature Review and Cases Examples
20. Porto Alegre, Brazil: the smart health case of Gerint
21. Smart city of Algiers, Africa: defining its context
22. The smart city of Johannesburg, South Africa
23. Smart city of Tunisia, Africa
24. Conclusions: Putting "Sustainable" in Smart Cities
2. Introduction
3. Project Management Guidelines/Frameworks in the Era of Agility and Complexity
4. The smart city of Evora, Portugal
5. The smart city of Torino, Italy
6. The smart city of Leuven, Belgium
7. The smart city of Vienna, Austria
8. The smart city of Amsterdam: the Energy Atlas Project
9. The smart city of Trikala, Greece
10. The evolution of smart city policy of Korea
11. The smart city of Hangzhou, China: the case of Dream Town Internet village
12. The smart city of Changsha, China
13. Smart City evolution in India: the cases of Dehradun, Nagpur and Allahabad
14. The smart city of Pune, India
15. The Smart City of Nara, Japan
16. A smart city of Singapore - Is Singapore truly smart?
17. The Smart City of Newark, NJ: Data Analytics Platform for Economic Development and Policy
18. The Smart City That Might Be: Quayside, Toronto, Canada
19. The Brazilian Smart Cities: A National Literature Review and Cases Examples
20. Porto Alegre, Brazil: the smart health case of Gerint
21. Smart city of Algiers, Africa: defining its context
22. The smart city of Johannesburg, South Africa
23. Smart city of Tunisia, Africa
24. Conclusions: Putting "Sustainable" in Smart Cities