The Historical Small Smart City Protocol (HISMACITY): Toward an Intelligent Tool Using Geo Big Data for the Sustainable Management of Minor Historical Assets

Abstract

This research reports the ongoing design of the HISMACITY (Historical Small Smart City) Protocol, a planning tool with a certification system. The tool is designed for small municipalities in Europe. Through the award-winning certification system, the Protocol supports the fulfillment of best practices. Such practices can enhance town attractiveness. It also counteracts excessive land use that results from urban growth, and reduces demographic decline in internal areas of each country. The research methodology is grounded on building a dynamic dataset using geo big data, local data, and mobile data via information communications technology (ICT), and real-time data through sensors. The tool aims to build algorithms to calculate indicators that measure quality standards of integrated interventions. The aim is to reach specific goals within defined priority areas of the Historical Small Smart City Protocol. Being highly adaptive, the framework follows urban responsive design principles based on weighted suitability models that can be calibrated by changing the input data and the weights of the linear combination formula. The results highlight varying framework data, including the tool’s development procedures and practicality.

Digital Co-Creation in Socially Sustainable Smart City Projects: Lessons From the European Union and Canada

“…Hismacity, a project for small, marginal historic centers far from large cities and tourist flows, is developing a protocol of integrated multidisciplinary interventions to enable smart city type services. Opening up to the citizens of these cities to collect realistic ideas for regeneration also takes place through living labs, for example to identify unused buildings or buildings that used in a non-compliant manner for subsequent refurbishment [99]. In the FESTIVAL project, living labs provide those interested in experimenting with services, people, and physical spaces, with the aim of stimulating user involvement in service co-design, organizing events, receiving expert advice, etc.…”

Towards Smart Planning Conservation of Heritage Cities: Digital Technologies and Heritage Conservation Planning

“…A possible limitation is the use of GIS with other technologies and software to provide a holistic data for strategic and local heritage conservation planning. Integrating GIS is described through the Historical Small Smart City Protocol, dataset framework based on GIS (geographic information system) software proposed by Pica et al, (2019). The framework is primarily implemented using open big data and local data.…”

“…Dynamic real-time data will often use the capabilities of real-time data sources and stations and more recently the use of crowdsourcing. Open geo data published freely online by municipal, regional, and national authorities is used to develop smart heritage frameworks (Pica et al, 2019;Pili, 2018;Scorza et al, 2019).…”

“…The shifts are largely seen in developed countries that have upskilled and developed structures that support the integration of technologies. Smart heritage systems could significantly facilitate the management of public affairs by local administrations moving gradually towards widespread data distribution to the general public (citizens, professionals, public, and/or private bodies) (Pica et al, 2019).…”

Dissemination in archaeology: a GIS-based StoryMap for Chan Chan

“…The answer to this challenging process is represented by an innovative use of the GIS since it can be used to manage large data sets for developing sustainable management plans and to undertake decision-making strategies. Whether some works moves toward this direction (Previtali and Valente, 2019), applications in archeology are very limited (Pica et al, 2019).…”