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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of contributors - p. xi 6. Preface - p. xv 7. Acknowledgment - p. xvii 8. Chapter 1. Smart cities research and debate: what is in there? - p. 1 9. Part 1. Managing public space: democracy, participation, well-being - p. 14 10. Chapter 2. Democracy and governance in the smart city - p. 17 11. Chapter 3. Civic participation in smart cities: the role of social media - p. 31 12. Chapter 4. Citizen participation in the design of smart cities: methods and management framework - p. 47 13. Chapter 5. Smart city as a platform economy: civic engagement and self-employment in focus - p. 63 14. Chapter 6. Understanding sentiments and activities in green spaces using a social data–driven approach - p. 77 15. Part 2. Safety, security, resilience - p. 107 16. Chapter 7. Smart city is a safe city: information and communication technology–enhanced urban space monitoring and surveillance systems: the promise and limitations - p. 111 17. Chapter 8. Risks, hazards, and disasters: can a smart city be resilient? - p. 125 18. Part 3. Smart cities’ sustainability - p. 146 19. Chapter 9. Smart city as a steering center of the region's sustainable development and competitiveness - p. 149 20. Chapter 10. Smart cities and the search for global talent - p. 171 21. Chapter 11. Knowledge society technologies for smart cities development - p. 185 22. Chapter 12. How can artificial intelligence respond to smart cities challenges? - p. 199 23. Part 4. Global contexts - p. 216 24. Chapter 13. A framework of essential requirements for the development of smart cities: Riyadh city as an example - p. 219 25. Chapter 14. Definition of public safety policies based on the characterization of criminal events using volunteered geographic information, case study: Mexico - p. 241 26. Chapter 15. An outlook of a future smart city in Taiwan from post–Internet of things to artificial intelligence Internet of things - p. 263 27. Chapter 16. Smart energy in smart cities: insights from the smart meter rollout in the United Kingdom - p. 283 28. Chapter 17. Smart city vision and practices across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—a review - p. 309 29. Chapter 18. Reflecting on oikos and agora in smart cities context: concluding remarks - p. 333 30. Index - p. 341
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.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. List of contributors - p. xi 6. Preface - p. xv 7. Acknowledgment - p. xvii 8. Chapter 1. Smart cities research and debate: what is in there? - p. 1 9. Part 1. Managing public space: democracy, participation, well-being - p. 14 10. Chapter 2. Democracy and governance in the smart city - p. 17 11. Chapter 3. Civic participation in smart cities: the role of social media - p. 31 12. Chapter 4. Citizen participation in the design of smart cities: methods and management framework - p. 47 13. Chapter 5. Smart city as a platform economy: civic engagement and self-employment in focus - p. 63 14. Chapter 6. Understanding sentiments and activities in green spaces using a social data–driven approach - p. 77 15. Part 2. Safety, security, resilience - p. 107 16. Chapter 7. Smart city is a safe city: information and communication technology–enhanced urban space monitoring and surveillance systems: the promise and limitations - p. 111 17. Chapter 8. Risks, hazards, and disasters: can a smart city be resilient? - p. 125 18. Part 3. Smart cities’ sustainability - p. 146 19. Chapter 9. Smart city as a steering center of the region's sustainable development and competitiveness - p. 149 20. Chapter 10. Smart cities and the search for global talent - p. 171 21. Chapter 11. Knowledge society technologies for smart cities development - p. 185 22. Chapter 12. How can artificial intelligence respond to smart cities challenges? - p. 199 23. Part 4. Global contexts - p. 216 24. Chapter 13. A framework of essential requirements for the development of smart cities: Riyadh city as an example - p. 219 25. Chapter 14. Definition of public safety policies based on the characterization of criminal events using volunteered geographic information, case study: Mexico - p. 241 26. Chapter 15. An outlook of a future smart city in Taiwan from post–Internet of things to artificial intelligence Internet of things - p. 263 27. Chapter 16. Smart energy in smart cities: insights from the smart meter rollout in the United Kingdom - p. 283 28. Chapter 17. Smart city vision and practices across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—a review - p. 309 29. Chapter 18. Reflecting on oikos and agora in smart cities context: concluding remarks - p. 333 30. Index - p. 341
