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Smart Cities: Issues and Challenges
Mapping Political, Social and Economic Risks and Threats
Drawing on the latest theoretical and applied research, examines the political, economic, and social impacts of implementing smart city technologies
Anna Visvizi (Edited by), Miltiadis Lytras (Edited by)
9780128166390
Paperback, published 18 June 2019
372 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.4 cm, 0.77 kg
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. Smart cities: emerging issues and challenges Part I: Safety and Security2. ICTs’-enhanced urban space monitoring & surveillance systems3. Public Safety Policies using Volunteered Geographic Information4. Managing Public Health in Smart Cities Part II: Managing public space: democracy, participation, decision-making5. Civic participation and social media6. Knowledge society technologies for Smart Cities development7. Bridging the virtual and the real in smart cities: smart cities’ tangible public space Part III: Well-being and social inclusion8. Challenges and limitation of smart cities’ (re)-design and applications9. Well-being and mental health 10. Sustainable development in the Smart Cities ecosystem11. Politics of Support in Big IS Projects Part IV: Global contexts12. Smart cities diplomacy13. Smart city as a steering regional competitiveness and sustainable development 14. Re-thinking the migration-smart city nexus15. involuntary Smart city migration re-considered
Subject Areas: Urban & municipal planning [RPC], Regional & area planning [RP]
