Smart Cities and the UN SDGs
- 1st Edition - April 23, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Anna Visvizi, Raquel Perez del Hoyo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 5 1 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 9 1 8 - 9
Smart Cities and the UN's SDGs explores how smart cities initiatives intersect with the global goal of making urbanization inclusive, resilient, and sustainable. Topics explor… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSmart Cities and the UN's SDGs explores how smart cities initiatives intersect with the global goal of making urbanization inclusive, resilient, and sustainable. Topics explored include digital governance, e-democracy, health care access, public-private partnerships, well-being, and more. Examining smart cities concepts, tools, strategies, and obstacles and their applicability to sustainability, the book exposes key structural problems that cities face and how the imperative of sustainability can bypass them. It shows how smart city technological innovation can boost citizens' well-being, serving as a key reference for those seeking to make sense of the issues and challenges of smart cities and SDGs.
- Includes numerous case studies from around the world
- Features interdisciplinary insights from academic and practitioner experts
- Offers an extensive literature review
Researchers, post graduate students, professors. City planners, designers, and policymakers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the smart city: A tool or an approach? (An introduction)
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Connecting the smart city and the SDGs
- 3: Review of the chapters’ content
- Part I: Sustainability, SDGs, technology, and the city space: The smart city in the making
- Chapter 2: Inclusiveness, safety, resilience, and sustainability in the smart city context
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Rethinking the term “inclusive city”
- 3: Challenges and opportunities of the “safe city”
- 4: The “resilient city”: A new path to change the world
- 5: Toward a definition of “sustainable city” based on the social, economic, and environmental dimensions
- 6: Using ICT toward developing inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities
- 7: Conclusions
- Chapter 3: Sustainability in smart cities: Merging theory and practice
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction and literature overview
- 2: Methodology and research design
- 3: Findings: Smart cities challenging sustainability
- 4: Implications
- 5: Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Technology and SDGs in smart cities context
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: SDG 11: Concepts, objectives, and aspirations
- 3: Technologies supporting the smart dimension of cities
- 4: Technological innovations serving the accomplishment of SDG 11
- 5: Discussion and conclusions
- Part II: Why smart governance is a necessity for the attainment of the SDGs and how to make it truly smart? Involving and listening to the citizens
- Chapter 5: Governance and SDGs in smart cities context
- Abstract
- 1: Governance in urban policy
- 2: Methodology
- 3: Urban planning research
- 4: Linking comprehensive sustainable research, SDGs, and urban development
- 5: Conclusion
- Chapter 6: Reinterpreting governance in smart cities: An ecosystem-based view
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Theoretical background
- 3: Methodology
- 4: Results
- 5: Discussion
- 6: Theoretical and managerial implications
- 7: Conclusions
- Chapter 7: Open data portals for urban sustainable development: People, policies, and technology
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction: Open data, cities, and the SDGs
- 2: Open urban data from different perspectives
- 3: Discussion and conclusion: Smart sustainable cities and open data
- Chapter 8: The potential of location-based social networks for participatory urban planning
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Location-based social networks for more participatory and inclusive urban planning
- 3: Some examples of good practice applications
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 9: The Green Turn: Smart cities, the SDGs, and sustainability in the EU parties’ discourse
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Framing the debate: Sustainability and the smart city
- 3: European parties’ discourse: Smart cities and sustainability
- 4: European People’s Party
- 5: Party of European Socialists
- 6: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
- 7: European Democratic Party
- 8: European Green Party
- 9: European Free Alliance
- 10: Identity and Democracy Party
- 11: European Conservatives and Reformists Party
- 12: European Christian Political Movement
- 13: Party of the European Left
- 14: Conclusion
- Part III: Safety, security, exclusion/inclusion, well-being
- Chapter 10: Exploring the relationship between the smart-sustainable city, well-being, and urban planning: An analysis of current approaches in Europe
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Literature review
- 3: The research project
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 11: Recognizing intra-urban disparities in smart cities: An example from Poland
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Trends in smart governance in Poland
- 3: The implementation of smart city concept: The Lublin experience
- 4: Recognizing patterns in intra-urban disparities in neighborhood satisfaction
- 5: Conclusions and future directions
- Chapter 12: Cybersecurity, sustainability, and resilience capabilities of a smart city
- Abstract
- 1: Cybersecurity in context of smart cities and the SDGs
- 2: Cybersecurity aspects in the smart city
- 3: Attacks on the components of the smart city
- 4: Cybersecurity, sustainability, and resilience
- 5: On the management of cybersecurity in smart city
- 6: Discussion
- Part IV: Sociological reflection on the smart city and beyond
- Chapter 13: Sociological reflections on smart cities and city times
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction. The promise of smart cities
- 2: The role of sociology in the construction of smart cities
- 3: Human action and social participation in smart cities
- 4: The relevance of time policies for the development of smart cities within the framework of the SDGs
- 5: Discussion
- Chapter 14: Smart city as the city of knowledge
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The knowledge society: Issues and implications
- 3: The knowledge city
- 4: Knowledge-based urban management and planning
- 5: Conclusions
- Chapter 15: Foresight: A visionary step for becoming a smart city
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Foresight exercises: A conceptual framework
- 3: Sustainable future for cities: The importance of foresight exercises for smart cities
- 4: Conclusions
- Chapter 16: Transforming the city from within: SDGs and their transformative dynamics in the smart city (conclusions)
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The key points and questions raised in this volume
- 3: The way forward: Let’s be pragmatic
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 23, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 278
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323851510
- eBook ISBN: 9780323859189
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Anna Visvizi
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.
Affiliations and expertise
SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland and Effat University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaRP
Raquel Perez del Hoyo
Raquel Pérez del Hoyo is an architect specializing in areas adjacent to city planning, building, and management. Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, Professor Pérez del Hoyo is also a researcher in the Unit of Urban Design and Regional Planning at Building Sciences and Urbanism Department at the same university. Her main area of research interest is the humanization of smart cities, especially the development of models focused on people to improve the planning and management of smart cities.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Alicante, Alicante, SpainRead Smart Cities and the UN SDGs on ScienceDirect