Smart City Emergence

Cases From Around the World

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av Anthopoulos,Leonida, Leonidas Anthopoulos, Greece.) Anthopoulos, Leonidas (Professor of Strategy and e-Business, School of Business and Economics, TEI of Thessaly, and Director, Postgraduate Program, Project and Program Management

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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.

Utilizes a sound and systematic research methodology
Includes a review of the latest research developments
Contains, in each chapter, a brief summary of the case, an illustration of the theoretical context that lies behind the case, the case study itself, and conclusions showing learned outcomes
Examines smart cities in relation to climate change, sustainability, natural disasters and community resiliency

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-06-11
Mått152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt770 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSmart Cities
Antal sidor484
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780128161692

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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.

1. Forward2. Introduction3. Project Management Guidelines/Frameworks in the Era of Agility and Complexity4. The smart city of Évora, Portugal5. The smart city of Torino, Italy6. The smart city of Leuven, Belgium7. The smart city of Vienna, Austria8. The smart city of Amsterdam: the Energy Atlas Project9. The smart city of Trikala, Greece10. The evolution of smart city policy of Korea11. The smart city of Hangzhou, China: the case of Dream Town Internet village12. The smart city of Changsha, China13. Smart City evolution in India: the cases of Dehradun, Nagpur and Allahabad14. The smart city of Pune, India15. The Smart City of Nara, Japan16. A smart city of Singapore – Is Singapore truly smart?17. The Smart City of Newark, NJ: Data Analytics Platform for Economic Development and Policy18. The Smart City That Might Be: Quayside, Toronto, Canada19. The Brazilian Smart Cities: A National Literature Review and Cases Examples20. Porto Alegre, Brazil: the smart health case of Gerint21. Smart city of Algiers, Africa: defining its context22. The smart city of Johannesburg, South Africa23. Smart city of Tunisia, Africa24. Conclusions: Putting "Sustainable" in Smart Cities