Smart City : How to Create Public and Economic Value with High Technology in Urban Space / / edited by Renata Paola Dameri, Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298559803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• ISBN: 3-319-06160-7
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Collana: Progress in IS, , 2196-8705
• Disciplina: 307.1216
• Soggetti: Information technology; Business—Data processing; Regional planning; City planning; Public administration; Environmental economics; Regional economics; Space in economics; IT in Business; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Public Administration; Environmental Economics; Regional/Spatial Science
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Smart and Digital City: A Systematic Literature Review -- Comparing Smart and Digital City: Project and Strategies in Amsterdam and Genova. Are they Digital and/or Smart? -- Smart, Smarter, Smartest: Redefining our Cities -- Recommendations to Improve the Smartness of a City -- Smart City and Creation of Public Value -- Performance Measurement in the Smart Cities -- Empowered Cities? A Framework for Analyzing the Structure and Generated Value of ; a Smart City. Case Study Gent -- A Fleet Routing Problem on Edge Labeled Urban Distribution Networks -- Smart Security: Integrated System for Safety Policies in Urban Environments.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents a comprehensive overview of the various aspects for the development of smart cities from a European perspective. It presents both theoretical concepts as well as empirical studies and cases of smart city programs and their capacity to create value for citizens. The contributions in this book are a result of an increasing interest for this topic, supported by both national governments and international institutions. The book offers a large panorama of the most important aspects of smart cities evolution and implementation. It compares European best practices and analyzes how smart projects and programs in cities could help to improve the quality of life in the urban space and to promote cultural and economic development.