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Smart Cities are being discussed all around the world. Information and communication technology is being implemented to contribute to solving current and future social challenges within cities. This book shows how a Smart City was actually developed over five years, as a Public-Private Partnership between Deutsche Telekom and the city of Friedrichshafen. The aim of the project was to enhance the quality of life of the citizens, to increase the locational advantages for businesses and to raise the level of interconnection in the urban society. The idea was put into practice over a five-year period and was accompanied by social-scientific research. The authors re veal the impact and purpose of the project, which provides a concrete contribution to the worldwide debate about Smart Cities. in Practice Smart City Converting Innovative Ideas into Reality 227 Taking chances-learning from experience 228 In a nutshell-summary 232 Finding balance-considering the local context and adapting to the world 233 Visions and individual projectsboth are needed 235 Innovations through PPPusing what is familiar and making changes possible 240 Focusing on concrete applications-necessary for fostering enthusiasm 242 In conclusion 244 Authors Glossary Literature Picture credits Acknowledgements Imprint Develop Enter Install Open Avoid crash Update 02 01 03 04 05 06 011 Enter Smart Cities 019 Global challengescities get smarter 021 Unclear concept-smart what? 025 Various fields of actiona cross-section of smart spheres 027 Practical approachesprojects and rankings 032 Spatial context-integration and new building 036 Participants-the state, cities, and businesses 039 A new start-Germany goes smart 041 Smart City in practice-T-City Friedrichshafen 069 Converting ideas into realitygrand visions and manageable work packages 070 The city of Friedrichshafena small city at Lake Constance 075 Deutsche Telekoma large global corporation 077 Broadband infrastructurelandlines and mobile communications 080 Public Private Partnershipthe basic rules of cooperation 084 Projects in practicesolutions for everyday life 096 Complexity-the limits of controllability 098 Idiosyncrasies-unique features of Friedrichshafen 103 Heterogeneity and dynamicschallenges for Deutsche Telekom 105 Public relationsdo good and talk about it 129 Everyday life-new possibilities and new limitations 131 Urban society-the interplay of urbanity and virtuality 133 Information and communication-what's new? 136 The Digital Dividegaps are opening up 144 Always on-global on location 154 Networking-the invisible city 156 T-City-what does it have in store for us? 158 Participationa difficult process 163 Advantages and usefulnessa matter of perspective 189 Avoiding crashdealing with concerns 190 Project partners-differing objectives and cultures 193 About trust in the system and concerns-are the technologies harmless? 195 Mobile communications and WLAN-"They are bringing radiation directly into the home …" 197 Data protection-"Where did they get my address?" 202 Data security-"Oops! Your data could not be uploaded" 204 Attitudes towards information and communication technologytaking concerns seriously Appendix 053 Citizens become pioneers René Obermann 055 "Compact Innovation" in one of Germany's strongest economic regions Andreas Brand 058 Infrastructures get smart Franz-Reinhard Habbel 060 Information and communication technology and the accelerated pace of life
Smart City: How to Create Public and Economic Value with High Technology in Urban Space
2014
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the various aspects for the development of smart cities from a European perspective. It presents both theoretical concepts as well as empirical studies and cases of smart city programs and their capacity to create value for citizens. The contributions in this book are a result of an increasing interest for this topic, supported by both national governments and international institutions. The book offers a large panorama of the most important aspects of smart cities evolution and implementation. It compares European best practices and analyzes how smart projects and programs in cities could help to improve the quality of life in the urban space and to promote cultural and economic development.
Explanation of Concept and Features of a Smart City
Statement of the problem: Cities inherently encounter complex, interrelated, and widespread challenges that can only be solved through a systematic approach. In other words, the accumulation of a huge mass of people has led to chaos, and created the conditions that not only led to the collapse of the balance of the cities but also achievement of stability is impossible with the current methods of administration and urban development. As a result, urban planners around the world are trying to provide models with an integrative perspective to all aspects of urbanization development in the 21st century in order to meet new demands and expectations of today. One of the new concepts that deals with the current challenges in the field of urban planning is development of a smart city that has attracted much attention in recent years. Smart City has been raised as a pivotal factor of the Millennium Development that can open new concepts in urban planning and combine capabilities of real and virtual world to solve urban problems. Research goal: The aim of this study is to provide a foundation for researches in smart cities. In fact, it aims to explain the concept, meanings, dimensions, attributes, indexes, conventional beliefs, challenges and risks facing the smart city theoretically through profound analysis of relevant literature in this field and discussing the concept. Research Methodology: The research method is descriptive-analytical. Results: The results show that despite extensive literature on the concept of smart cities, a clear understanding and consensus on this issue does not exist and various academic researchers have suggested various contents. So that some smart technologies are considered as the only or least important component of the smart city, others have suggested a definition that goes beyond technology and believe that technology adoption is not the end. Technologies can be used in cities to empower citizens by adapting these technologies to their needs rather than adapting their lives to the requirements of technology. In addition, the meaning of a smart city is multifaceted. The key point is that cities must respond to changes in the context in which they operate. Moreover, what should be considered as intelligent depends on a variety of underlying conditions such as the political system, geography and dissemination of technology. In fact, smart solutions simply cannot be copied; therefore, the value for each field should be evaluated differently.
2018
What is today a Smart City? When the word appeared at the end of last century as an innovative concept, the world looked at technological innovation inside urban contexts with significant expectations. Innovation was, in fact, seen as the path for the improvement of citizens' life in cities. Since there and within a time frame of around twenty years, several experiences took place in Europe and in the world seeing a more or less consistent digital implementation or actions around the idea of smart city. Frequently, cities installed sensors, collected data, boosted the implementation of WiFi and broadband: in other world cities promoted digital technologies as enablers of change. What are the outcomes of these processes today? Is it already possible to draw conclusions and to verify the progress of these experiences? review by Saveria O. M. Boulanger NOTES Rethinking the Smart City
Smart Cities-A View of Societal Aspects
MDPI, 2019
Smart city projects are considered real challenges to the development of cities everywhere. The concept itself has many definitions, but a smart city should be defined less based on implemented IT solutions, and more based on optimization of its basic functions using new technologies. There are societal aspects of smart city implementations, similar to eGovernment early projects, and aspects of the use of digital technology that raise concerns. In most cities, the digital divide is still a problem. Smart city projects are the result of the fourth industrial revolution, but cities still lack a full implementation of solutions derived from previous industrial revolutions. Despite that, cities report a lot of smart city projects. Money still gets spent, as being a smart city is, in many cases, an artificial priority and a fashionable topic. Moreover, non-Internet technologies and their relations to a good smart city solution are also not considered. Digital divide bridging is one requirement for a full implementation of a smart city concept. A review of acceleration and deceleration factors shows the obstacles faced by smart city projects. Rankings of cities based on several smart city criteria are published frequently. Various approaches lead to contradictory rankings. A new set of comprehensive rankings developed by an international organization and based on reputable reports and statistics would be useful. The study is based on several smart city and eGovernment projects in Romania.
Developing Smart Cities: An Integrated Framework
Procedia Computer Science, 2016
With the advent of "smartphones", technology has helped mankind to solve some of its difficulties. On a similar note, "smart city" is a futuristic approach to alleviate obstacles triggered by ever-increasing population and fast urbanization which is going to benefit the governments as well as the masses. Modern day cities are deprived of vital elements like quality of life and socioeconomic development which can be delivered by the smart cities. Smart cities are an endeavour to make cities more efficient, sustainable and liveable. In other words, a smart city is a city that can monitor and integrate functionality of all the critical infrastructure like roads, tunnels, airways, waterways, railways, communication power supply, etc., control maintenance activities and can help in optimizing the resources while keeping an eye on the security issues as well. This research paper explores various aspects and dimensions of a smart city. To bridge the gap in literature regarding the concept of smart cities and its implementation, a framework has been developed to get better insights about the idea of smart city. On the basis of extensive and deep research of literature from diverse domains, we have identified six significant pillars for developing the framework as: Social, Management, Economic, Legal, Technology and Sustainability (SMELTS). The paper throws light upon how these factors can make the smart city initiative a successful project. The proposed framework has been used to figure out various agendas for research and traces its practical implications.
Smart Cities: The Hopes and Hypes
ArXiv, 2019
Smart cities are being planned for several advanced applications and services for the inhabitants. Smart cities initiative promise many new services which are not possible in the traditional city frameworks. In the smart city framework, the basic aim is to provide all the essential services through sensor based systems which does not need much human intervention. This system is designed to operate on its own in a self-organizing manner. Therefore, the hopes are really big from the smart cities to enhance the quality of lives and the economy. However, some of the promises in the smart cities are very much over hyped. In this article, we analyse the realities of the smart cities and their practical significances based on the technological aspects of these projects. We also address the false promises that are around which are just the hypes. We clarify these hypes with appropriate logical explanations.
Smart cities have been considered the wave of the future. A smart city integrates information and communication technology (ICT) in a secure manner so as to manage the city's assets. This paper presents a brief overview of the concept of the smart city. It is argued that smart cities promise sustainable development and a high quality of life for the residents.