The impacts of open data initiatives on smart cities: A framework for evaluation and monitoring

Regional Smart City Development Focus: The South Korean National Strategic Smart City Program

“…In other words, the Korean definition of key smart city elements is based on the application of ICT, and other smart city services have been divided into other specialized domains. Although the academic discussion of smart cities has already shifted to a more ICT-centered concept [15], [38]- [40], an actual case or model has not yet been concretely planned.…”

“…These are studies of the elements of technology and unit spaces utilized in a smart city. Furthermore, this kind of research deals with such subjects as computer science, big data, governance [37]- [40] key performance indicators [41], [42], virtual reality [43], [44], education [45], resilience [46], sharing economies [47], environment [48], tourism [49], development [50], security [51], food supply [52], transportation systems [53], [54], wireless sensors [55], data and services [56], [57], ecosystems [58], energy management [59]- [63], the Internet of Things (IoT) [64], and water management [65]. This is the case with studies that demonstrate how smart city technology is applied to almost all city components.…”

Strategies of the Universities in Managing the Intellectual Capital Within the Smart City Concept: Narrative Literature Review

“…Intellectual capital maturity model by Secundo and co-authors is chosen due to its fl exible structure and due to the fact that it can be adapted to the individual characteristics of diff erent institutions and diff erent stages of management development. Open data model for university-industry partnerships presented by Perkmann and Schildt is chosen because, according to the modern concept, open data plays an important role in the creation and analysis of contextual and actionable data aimed at understanding, managing and planning the urban development strategies within smart city concept [Neves et al, 2020].…”

Mobile Applications in China's Smart Cities

“…Nevertheless, it was very rare to retrieve articles to investigate and offer a holistic view on current development patterns, challenges and usage of smart city apps in a particular city and even country. We feel that an in-depth research on one specific smart city app can provide useful insights and lessons, but a holistic study of common trends, functions and issues of smart city apps available in a given city and/or country will Privacy and security issues and provisions in smart cities Li and Liao, 2017;Sookhak et al, 2018 The role of big data, data management, and open data in smart cities Liu et al, 2017;Pereira et al, 2017b;Neves et al, 2020 Usefulness and usability of smart city technologies and services Yeh, 2017;Cledou et al, 2017;Gholami et al, 2020 probably lead to more significant findings to guide future policy making, city planning, and technical development. Such holistic study is particularly needed in the Chinese context, considering China's smart city initiatives and market size, as well as the rapidly increasing number of smart city apps emerging in hundreds of Chinese cities.…”