Smart Cities: Issues and Challenges: Mapping Political, Social and Economic Risks and Threats

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https://www.elsevier.com/books/smart-cities-issues-and-challenges/visvizi/978-0-12-816639-0 Smart Cities: Issues and Challenges: Mapping Political, Social and Economic Risks and Threats serves as a primer on smart cities, providing readers with no prior knowledge on smart cities with an understanding of the current smart cities debates. Gathering cutting-edge research and insights from academics, practitioners and policymakers around the globe, it identifies and discusses the nascent threats and challenges contemporary urban areas face, highlighting the drivers and ways of navigating these issues in an effective manner. Uniquely providing a blend of conceptual academic analysis with empirical insights, the book produces policy recommendations that boost urban sustainability and resilience. Front Cover Smart Cities: Issues and Challenges Smart Cities: Issues and Challenges Contents List of contributors Preface Acknowledgment 1 - Smart cities research and debate: what is in there? 1. Introduction 2. Smart cities: definitional caveats 3. About the book and the conceptual framework it adopts 4. Review of the chapters' content References 1 -Managing publicspace: democracy, participation,well-being 2 - Democracy and governance in the smart city 1. Introduction 2. Smart cities: the context 3. Democracy in the smart city 4. Conclusion References Further reading 3 - Civic participation in smart cities: the role of social media 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Framework for urban analysis based on civic participation 4. Conclusion and general discussion Acknowledgments References Further reading 4 - Citizen participation in the design of smart cities: methods and management framework 1. Introduction 2. Background: role of citizens in smart cities 3. Participation methods 3.1 Citizens as democratic participants 3.2 Citizens as Cocreators 3.3 Citizens as Information and Communication Technology users 4. Evaluation of participation 4.1 Evaluation tool 4.2 Governance tool 4.3 Comparison and creativity tool 5. Conclusion References 5 - Smart city as a platform economy: civic engagement and self-employment in focus 1. Introduction 2. Smart cities concept 3. Platform economy 4. The collaborative economy in smart cities 5. Self-employment in smart city 6. Conclusions References Further reading 6 - Understanding sentiments and activities in green spaces using a social data–driven approach 1. Introduction 2. Related work 3. Experimental design 3.1 Data set and data collection 3.2 Data preprocessing 3.3 Sentiment analysis 3.4 Identifying topics/activities in parks 4. RQ1: green space effects 4.1 Comparison of tweet sentiments in green spaces versus urban areas 4.2 Comparison of tweet emotions in green spaces versus urban areas 5. RQ2: impact of time 5.1 Comparison of sentiments and emotions across seasons 5.1.1 Comparison of sentiments across seasons 5.1.2 Comparison of emotions across seasons 5.2 Comparison of sentiments across hours, days, and months 6. RQ3: green space proximity effect 6.1 Grid-based analysis 6.2 Proximity of green spaces and urban sentiments 7. RQ4: activities, sentiments, and recommendations 7.1 Activities and sentiments 7.2 Sentiment-aware activity recommendations 8. General discussion 8.1 Summary of main findings 8.2 Implications and future directions 9. Conclusion Acknowledgments References 2 -Safety, security,resilience 7 - Smart city is a safe city: information and communication technology–enhanced urban space monitoring and surveil ... 1. Introduction 2. Architecture of information and communication technology–based urban space monitoring and surveillance system 3. Applications 3.1 Surveillance cameras applications 3.1.1 Remote video monitoring, employee safety, and public safety 3.1.2 Traffic monitoring 3.2 Nonintrusive load monitoring 3.3 Health surveillance 4. Limitations 4.1 Government and industries support 4.2 Data quality 4.3 Privacy 4.4 Security 5. Vision and conclusion References 8 - Risks, hazards, and disasters: can a smart city be resilient? 1. Introduction 2. Risk assessment 3. Literature review 4. Disaster risk management: the process 4.1 Stage 1: problem definition 4.1.1 Data gathering 4.1.2 Institutional framework 4.1.3 Framing the problem 4.2 Stage 2: risk analysis and assessment 4.3 Stage 3: risk monitoring and options 4.3.1 The no action option 4.3.2 The minimum requirement option 4.3.3 The full-range option 4.4 Stage 4: act and address the risks 4.5 Prepare a contingency plan 5. Can a smart city be a resilient city? 6. Conclusions Acknowledgments References 3 -Smart cities’sustainability 9 - Smart city as a steering center of the region's sustainable development and competitiveness 1. Introduction 2. City as a socioeconomic and environmental system and a steering center 2.1 Systemic perspective in the concept of the city 3. Steering the territorial socioeconomic system 4. Competitiveness and sustainable development of smart cities—two reconcilable priorities for policy 4.1 Sustainable competitiveness of smart cities 4.2 Drivers of smart city's sustainable competitiveness 5. Smart cities in the process of changes: adaptability versus impact 6. Conclusions References 10 - Smart cities and the search for global talent 1. Introduction 2. Smart cities and the global talent 2.1 Quality of life 2.2 Foreign-born residents 2.3 Creativity and culture 2.4 Education 3. Conclusions and recommendations References Further reading 11 - Knowledge society technologies for smart cities development 1. Knowledge society in the new era 2. Knowledge society and new technologies in the governance of cities 3. Technologies for smart urban planning: a citizen-centric approach 4. Conclusions References 12 - How can artificial intelligence respond to smart cities challenges? 1. Introduction 2. Main challenges in implementing smart cities solutions 3. Artificial intelligence: branches and applications 4. How artificial intelligence can answer challenges at various levels of smart cities 4.1 Applications areas of artificial intelligence in smart cities 4.2 The role of artificial intelligence in effectively addressing the challenges of smart cities 5. Conclusions References 4 -Global contexts 13 - A framework of essential requirements for the development of smart cities: Riyadh city as an example 1. Introduction 1.1 Cities and the world 1.2 Trends toward smart cities 1.3 The presented work 2. Hypothesis and requirements of smart cities 2.1 Smart cities according to ITU 2.2 Smart cities according to the ISO-IEC 2.3 Smart cities according to BSI 2.4 Smart cities according to the EU 3. The framework 3.1 Framework principles 3.2 Framework description 3.3 Use of the framework 4. Riyadh city 4.1 Introducing Riyadh city 4.2 Riyadh smart city strategy 4.3 Riyadh smart city ICT 4.4 Riyadh smart city organizations and people 4.5 Riyadh smart city environment 4.6 Future achievements 5. Contributions and future work 5.1 Contributions 5.2 Future work References 14 - Definition of public safety policies based on the characterization of criminal events using volunteered geogra ... 1. Introduction 2. Crime analysis case study: Mexico 2.1 Acquisition stage 2.2 Connection stage 2.3 Analysis stage 2.4 Pattern analysis process 2.5 Validation stage 2.6 Visualization stage 2.7 Case study results 3. Density comparison 4. Different scale level analysis 5. Temporal patterns 6. Conclusions References 15 - An outlook of a future smart city in Taiwan from post–Internet of things to artificial intelligence Internet o ... 1. Introduction 1.1 Smart cities 1.2 Artificial intelligence 1.2.1 Machine learning 1.2.2 Deep learning 1.2.3 Robots 1.3 The Internet of things 1.4 Big data of smart cities 1.4.1 Definition of big data 1.4.2 Data perception 1.4.3 Data management 1.4.4 Data mining 1.4.5 Data vitalization 1.5 Design of artificial intelligence business applications 1.5.1 Artificial intelligence open collaboration mechanism 1.5.2 Model evaluation and optimization 2. Development of smart cities in Taiwan 2.1 Strategic planning 2.2 Implementation of the value of smart cities in Taiwan 3. Conclusions References 16 - Smart energy in smart cities: insights from the smart meter rollout in the United Kingdom 1. Introduction 2. The smart energy vision 3. What is smart metering 4. Pros and cons 5. The connection between smart metering and smart cities 5.1 Smart people 5.2 Smart governance 5.3 Smart economy 5.4 Smart mobility 5.5 Smart living 5.6 Smart environment 6. The European Union smart meter market 6.1 Rollout in the United Kingdom 7. Aim 8. Methodology 8.1 Analysis of the customer 8.2 Media analysis 8.3 Government analysis 8.4 Industry analysis 8.5 Analysis of academia 8.6 Social media 8.7 Critics 9. Findings 10. Customer 10.1 Interests 10.2 Perception and willingness of customer 10.3 Influence on social acceptance 11. Government 11.1 Interest 11.2 Perception 11.3 Influence on social acceptance 12. Industry 12.1 Interest 12.2 Perception and willingness 12.3 Influence on social acceptance 13. Academia 13.1 Interest 13.2 Perception and willingness 13.3 Influence on social acceptance 14. Media 14.1 Interest 14.2 Perception and willingness 14.3 Influence on social acceptance 15. Social media 15.1 Interest 15.2 Perception and willingness 15.3 Influence on social acceptance 16. Summary of findings 17. Discussion 18. Conclusion 19. Suggestions for future smart cities initiatives References Further reading 17 - Smart city vision and practices across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—a review 1. Introduction 2. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: future vision 2.1 Saudi Vision 2030 2.2 Transforming Saudi cities into smart 2.2.1 Yanbu industrial city 2.2.2 NEOM city 3. Holistic approach to smart practice 3.1 Smart city concept 3.2 Smart city dimensions—assessment criteria 3.2.1 Smart governance 3.2.2 Smart economy 3.2.3 Smart mobility 3.2.4 Smart environment 3.2.5 Smart people 3.2.6 Smart living 4. Smart city practices in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4.1 Makkah smart city 4.2 Riyadh smart city 4.3 Jeddah smart city 4.4 Al-Madinah smart city 4.5 Al-Ahsa smart city 5. Conclusion 6. Recommendations References 18 - Reflecting on oikos and agora in smart cities context: concluding remarks 1. Introduction 2. The context of this volume: beyond the information and communication technology–hype 3. A few points on technology and smart cities 4. By means of conclusion References Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Back Cover