Smart Cities: Issues and Challenges

Anna Visvizi is an economist and political scientist, editor, and research and political consultant with extensive experience in academia, think tank and government sectors in Europe and the United States. Associate Professor at SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland, and Visiting Scholar at Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Professor Visvizi’s expertise covers issues pertinent to the intersection of politics, economics, and ICT. This translates in her research and advisory roles in the fields of AI and geopolitics, smart cities and smart villages, knowledge and innovation management, and technology diffusion, especially with regard to the EU and BRI. Miltiadis D. Lytras is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, and Knowledge Management at Effat University (Saudi Arabia) and The American College of Greece. He is an internationally recognized researcher with extensive experience in AI, data science, smart systems, and digital innovation across healthcare, education, government, and business. He has served as Principal Investigator and Senior Researcher in numerous international and national research projects and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and over 40 books with leading international publishers. His work focuses on responsible and human-centered AI, advanced decision-making systems, and the strategic impact of emerging technologies on organizations and society.

• 1. Smart cities: emerging issues and challengesPart I: Safety and Security2. ICTs’-enhanced urban space monitoring & surveillance systems3. Public Safety Policies using Volunteered Geographic Information4. Managing Public Health in Smart CitiesPart II: Managing public space: democracy, participation, decision-making5. Civic participation and social media6. Knowledge society technologies for Smart Cities development7. Bridging the virtual and the real in smart cities: smart cities’ tangible public spacePart III: Well-being and social inclusion8. Challenges and limitation of smart cities’ (re)-design and applications9. Well-being and mental health 10. Sustainable development in the Smart Cities ecosystem11. Politics of Support in Big IS ProjectsPart IV: Global contexts12. Smart cities diplomacy13. Smart city as a steering regional competitiveness and sustainable development 14. Re-thinking the migration-smart city nexus15. involuntary Smart city migration re-considered