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Rudolf Giffinger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Municipalities' understanding of the Smart City Concept: An exploratory analysis in Belgium
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019
    Co-Authors: Jonathan Desdemoustier, Nathalie Crutzen, Rudolf Giffinger
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Smart City is a fuzzy Concept, which integrates numerous characteristics, components and dimensions. These characteristics are challenged in the academic literature, especially the technocentric approach and the central position of private companies. Moreover, the lack of proper Conceptualisation pushes cities to claim themselves ‘Smart’. Finally, there are few rigorous analytical or statistical analyses of the Concept and its application to territories. Therefore, this paper studies how Belgian municipalities understand the Concept of Smart Cities in 2016. Based on the groundwork of literature on Smart Cities and the results of a survey of 113 Belgian municipalities, a typology of four understandings of the Smart City (technological, societal, comprehensive and non-existent) is elaborated. The results also show that municipalities with no understanding of the Smart City Concept or with a technical understanding are mostly located in small and rural municipalities. This could be a sign of rejection of the phenomenon in this context. Conversely, medium and large-sized municipalities mostly develop a societal or comprehensive understanding. Therefore, this study highlights a dichotomy of understanding and acceptance of the Concept of the Smart City between peripheral (rural and small size municipalities) and central municipalities (urban, medium and large size municipalities).

Jonathan Desdemoustier - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Municipalities' understanding of the Smart City Concept: An exploratory analysis in Belgium
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019
    Co-Authors: Jonathan Desdemoustier, Nathalie Crutzen, Rudolf Giffinger
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Smart City is a fuzzy Concept, which integrates numerous characteristics, components and dimensions. These characteristics are challenged in the academic literature, especially the technocentric approach and the central position of private companies. Moreover, the lack of proper Conceptualisation pushes cities to claim themselves ‘Smart’. Finally, there are few rigorous analytical or statistical analyses of the Concept and its application to territories. Therefore, this paper studies how Belgian municipalities understand the Concept of Smart Cities in 2016. Based on the groundwork of literature on Smart Cities and the results of a survey of 113 Belgian municipalities, a typology of four understandings of the Smart City (technological, societal, comprehensive and non-existent) is elaborated. The results also show that municipalities with no understanding of the Smart City Concept or with a technical understanding are mostly located in small and rural municipalities. This could be a sign of rejection of the phenomenon in this context. Conversely, medium and large-sized municipalities mostly develop a societal or comprehensive understanding. Therefore, this study highlights a dichotomy of understanding and acceptance of the Concept of the Smart City between peripheral (rural and small size municipalities) and central municipalities (urban, medium and large size municipalities).

Sandhiprakash J. Bhide - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Smart cities and the Internet of Things
    2015 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), 2015
    Co-Authors: Robert R. Harmon, Enrique Castro-leon, Sandhiprakash J. Bhide
    Abstract:

    The Smart City Concept represents a compelling platform for IT-enabled service innovation. It offers a view of the City where service providers use information technologies to engage with citizens to create more effective urban organizations and systems that can improve the quality of life. The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) model is foundational to the development of Smart cities. Integrated cloud-oriented architecture of networks, software, sensors, human interfaces, and data analytics are essential for value creation. IoT Smart-connected products and the services they provision will become essential for the future development of Smart cities. This paper will explore the Smart City Concept and propose a strategy development model for the implementation of IoT systems in a Smart City context.

Nathalie Crutzen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Municipalities' understanding of the Smart City Concept: An exploratory analysis in Belgium
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019
    Co-Authors: Jonathan Desdemoustier, Nathalie Crutzen, Rudolf Giffinger
    Abstract:

    Abstract The Smart City is a fuzzy Concept, which integrates numerous characteristics, components and dimensions. These characteristics are challenged in the academic literature, especially the technocentric approach and the central position of private companies. Moreover, the lack of proper Conceptualisation pushes cities to claim themselves ‘Smart’. Finally, there are few rigorous analytical or statistical analyses of the Concept and its application to territories. Therefore, this paper studies how Belgian municipalities understand the Concept of Smart Cities in 2016. Based on the groundwork of literature on Smart Cities and the results of a survey of 113 Belgian municipalities, a typology of four understandings of the Smart City (technological, societal, comprehensive and non-existent) is elaborated. The results also show that municipalities with no understanding of the Smart City Concept or with a technical understanding are mostly located in small and rural municipalities. This could be a sign of rejection of the phenomenon in this context. Conversely, medium and large-sized municipalities mostly develop a societal or comprehensive understanding. Therefore, this study highlights a dichotomy of understanding and acceptance of the Concept of the Smart City between peripheral (rural and small size municipalities) and central municipalities (urban, medium and large size municipalities).

Tomasz Starczewski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Smart Energy in a Smart City: Utopia or Reality? Evidence from Poland
    Energies, 2020
    Co-Authors: Aleksandra Lewandowska, Justyna Chodkowska-miszczuk, Krzysztof Rogatka, Tomasz Starczewski
    Abstract:

    The main principles of the Smart City Concept rely on modern, environmentally friendly technologies. One manifestation of the Smart City Concept is investments in renewable energy sources (RES), which are currently a popular direction in urban transformation. It makes sense, therefore, to analyse how Polish cities are coping with this challenge and whether they are including the implementation of RES facilities in their development strategies. The aim of the article is to analyze and assess the level at which renewable energy facilities are being implemented or developed in the urban space of cities in Poland as a pillar of the implementation of the Smart City Concept. This goal is realized on two levels: the theoretical (analysis of strategic documents) and the practical (analysis of the capaCity of RES installations, questionnaire studies). The study shows that renewable energy installations are an important part of the development strategies of Polish cities, and especially of those that aspire to be termed “Smart cities”. Moreover, it is shown that the predominant RES facilities are those based on solar energy.