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 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.
1. Chapter 1 Sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the smart city: A tool or an approach? (An introduction) - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Inclusiveness, safety, resilience, and sustainability in the smart city context - p. 15 3. Chapter 3 Sustainability in smart cities: Merging theory and practice - p. 29 4. Chapter 4 Technology and SDGs in smart cities context - p. 45 5. Chapter 5 Governance and SDGs in smart cities context - p. 61 6. Chapter 6 Reinterpreting governance in smart cities: An ecosystem-based view - p. 71 7. Chapter 7 Open data portals for urban sustainable development: People, policies, and technology - p. 91 8. Chapter 8 The potential of location-based social networks for participatory urban planning - p. 107 9. Chapter 9 The Green Turn: Smart cities, the SDGs, and sustainability in the EU parties’ discourse - p. 125 10. Chapter 10 Exploring the relationship between the smart-sustainable city, well-being, and urban planning: An analysis of current approaches in Europe - p. 143 11. Chapter 11 Recognizing intra-urban disparities in smart cities: An example from Poland - p. 163 12. Chapter 12 Cybersecurity, sustainability, and resilience capabilities of a smart city - p. 181 13. Chapter 13 Sociological reflections on smart cities and city times - p. 197 14. Chapter 14 Smart city as the city of knowledge - p. 211 15. Chapter 15 Foresight: A visionary step for becoming a smart city - p. 233 16. Chapter 16 Transforming the city from within: SDGs and their transformative dynamics in the smart city (conclusions) - p. 253 17. Index - p. 259
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 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.
1. Chapter 1 Sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the smart city: A tool or an approach? (An introduction) - p. 1 2. Chapter 2 Inclusiveness, safety, resilience, and sustainability in the smart city context - p. 15 3. Chapter 3 Sustainability in smart cities: Merging theory and practice - p. 29 4. Chapter 4 Technology and SDGs in smart cities context - p. 45 5. Chapter 5 Governance and SDGs in smart cities context - p. 61 6. Chapter 6 Reinterpreting governance in smart cities: An ecosystem-based view - p. 71 7. Chapter 7 Open data portals for urban sustainable development: People, policies, and technology - p. 91 8. Chapter 8 The potential of location-based social networks for participatory urban planning - p. 107 9. Chapter 9 The Green Turn: Smart cities, the SDGs, and sustainability in the EU parties’ discourse - p. 125 10. Chapter 10 Exploring the relationship between the smart-sustainable city, well-being, and urban planning: An analysis of current approaches in Europe - p. 143 11. Chapter 11 Recognizing intra-urban disparities in smart cities: An example from Poland - p. 163 12. Chapter 12 Cybersecurity, sustainability, and resilience capabilities of a smart city - p. 181 13. Chapter 13 Sociological reflections on smart cities and city times - p. 197 14. Chapter 14 Smart city as the city of knowledge - p. 211 15. Chapter 15 Foresight: A visionary step for becoming a smart city - p. 233 16. Chapter 16 Transforming the city from within: SDGs and their transformative dynamics in the smart city (conclusions) - p. 253 17. Index - p. 259
