The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies 2019
DOI: 10.1002/9781118568446.eurs0294
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Smart City

Abstract: This entry explores “smart cities,” a concept that has appeared in the urbanization discourse in recent decades. Being a relatively new concept, there are different understandings of what being “smart” constitutes. Therefore, this entry seeks to explore the ways in which “smart cities” have been characterized in the realm of geography and urban studies. Different ways of measuring “smartness” are analyzed, and different examples of “smart city” initiatives in the world are examined. While these cities face vas… Show more

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“…There should be an integration of all key investors and sectors in the process of developing smart cities. The private sector, and technology companies such as Cisco, Siemens, and Cisco are very imminent in the development of smart cities as they are working towards introducing new technologically smart products all the time (Das, 2019;Chourabi et.al. 2012).…”
Section: There Approaches To Smart Cities Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…There should be an integration of all key investors and sectors in the process of developing smart cities. The private sector, and technology companies such as Cisco, Siemens, and Cisco are very imminent in the development of smart cities as they are working towards introducing new technologically smart products all the time (Das, 2019;Chourabi et.al. 2012).…”
Section: There Approaches To Smart Cities Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Australian cities are performing well in terms better in terms of smart living and governance. There are many pillars of the smart city concept and each city will excel differently based on strength and capability (Das, 2019).…”
Section: There Approaches To Smart Cities Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…where the primary emphasis was on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in relation to modern infrastructures and their possible impact on society (Das, 2019). Some may assert that the term was made famous by the mobile phone industry with the advent of smartphones during the birth of the 21st century.…”
Section: The Birth Of 'Smart' and 'Iot'mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The term "smart" was perhaps first used in the 1990s, with the development of the information society, where the primary emphasis was on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in relation to modern infrastructures and their possible impact on society (Das, 2019). Some may assert that the term was made famous by the mobile phone industry with the advent of smartphones during the birth of the 21st century.…”
Section: The Birth Of 'Smart' and 'Iot'mentioning
confidence: 99%