The many faces of the smart city: Differing value propositions in the activity portfolios of nine cities

Csukás, M.; Szabó, Roland Z.

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2021.103116

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“…By shaping concepts and imaginaries about how ICTs will improve urban sustainability, smart city narratives convey ideas and practices which are transmitted and reproduced within different local city contexts around the globe (Joss et al, 2019). Nevertheless, notwithstanding the worldwide permeation of these narratives, research has acknowledged the diversity of smart city narratives within local contexts (Desdemoustier et al, 2019a;2019b) suggesting that the choice of a narrative over another is very dependent on local contextual parameters such as, for example, the perception of new technologies, attitude towards privacy and cultural heuristics (Csukás & Szabó, 2021;Ruhlandt, 2018). A key role in the development and formulation of these local narratives may be played by regional governments whose strategies for smart city implementation within their territories have a powerful influence on local actors, for example, by offering financial support to municipalities in return for compliance with proposed regional strategies (Adapa et al, 2018;Yang & Li, 2013;Ye, 2014).…”

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One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

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Clément

Mora

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Smart city initiatives are increasingly dominating urban policy scripts worldwide, and their diffusion is centered upon different regional strategies. Adopting the Narrative Policy Framework as methodological basis, this article examines the smart city strategies developed by the Wallonia and Brussels-capital regions during the 2014-2019 period. Moving away from corporate-led deterministic models of smart city development, it shows that there is no onesize-fit-all approach to smart urbanism. Regional governments attribute different meanings to urban innovation and formulate place-based strategies of smart city development in relation to their socio-economic contexts, seeking to advance technological solutions to what they perceive as the most pressing problems of their territories and populaces.

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confidence: 99%

One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

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Clément

Mora

et al. 2021

Cities

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“…A smart city seeks to invest in ICT and through participatory processes change the specific investments in public and transport services that can ensure sustainable socio-economic development and increased quality of life and have an impact on the improvement and quality of natural resource management. As it is currently understood, a smart city is one that strategically uses network infrastructure and the related analysis of big data and data [56,58,59], various forms of Internet applications, IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and mobile applications [60,61]. A smart city understood as a technologically advanced city will be able to use its potential stored in digital data.…”

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“…There are some examples of ICT-based mobile application [60,61], especially for transport and tourism in European agglomerations, e.g., the Next Stop Paris (https: //play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ixxi.ratp.tourisme&hl=pl&gl=US, accessed on 24 January 2022) and the Trojmiasto.pl (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details? id=pl.trojmiasto.mobile, accessed on 24 January 2022).…”

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ICT Supported Urban Sustainability by Example of Silesian Metropolis

Pańkowska

Sołtysik-Piorunkiewicz

2022

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The implementation of sustainability in urban spaces has been studied for many years in different countries. Sustainability means maintaining a certain ecological status enabling longevity and durability. However, in the case of smart cities, sustainability is supported by information communication technology (ICT) adoption and implementation. In this paper, authors focus on metropolis architecture modeling and recommend positive experiences gathered by municipalities in different countries. The collected experiences and good practices concern ICT implementation for sustainable metropolis management. Authors formulated an original Model of Metropolis Ecosystem Architecture in the ArchiMate language. This model preparation required literature review and studies on ICT implementation opportunities for urban governance. The Metropolis Ecosystem Architecture Model (MEAM) is to support strategic planning and ICT eco-innovation management in the Silesian Metropolis. This significant model emphasized the metropolis stakeholders’ interests combined with ICT solutions.

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“…On the other hand, the same solutions are not working in different contexts due to the impacts produced in each city [24]. Incentives are thus contextual and specific to energy efficiency technology, as sizes, costs and/or performance measures, development level of the district, local markets and consumer preferences.…”

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Positive Energy Districts: Identifying Challenges and Interdependencies

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Positive Energy Districts (PED) are areas within cities that generate more renewable energy than they consume, contributing to cities’ energy system transformation toward carbon neutrality. Since PED is a novel concept, the implementation is very challenging. Within the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action, which offers an open space for collaboration among scientists across Europe (and beyond), this paper asks what the needs for supporting the implementation of PEDs are. To answer this, it draws on Delphi process (expert reviews) as the main method alongside the literature review and also uses surveys as supplementary methods to identify the main challenges for developing PEDs. Initial findings reveal seven interacting topics that later were ranked as highest to the lowest as the following: governance, incentive, social, process, market, technology and context. These are interrelated and interdependent, implying that none can be considered in isolation of the others and cannot be left out in order to ensure the successful development of PEDs. The resources that are needed to address these challenges are a common need for systematic understanding of the processes behind them, as well as cross-disciplinary models and protocols to manage the complexity of developing PEDs. The results can be the basis for devising the conceptual framework on the development of new PED guides and tools.

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The many faces of the smart city: Differing value propositions in the activity portfolios of nine cities

Cited by 40 publications

References 68 publications

One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

One size does not fit all: Framing smart city policy narratives within regional socio-economic contexts in Brussels and Wallonia

ICT Supported Urban Sustainability by Example of Silesian Metropolis

Positive Energy Districts: Identifying Challenges and Interdependencies

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