02517nam 2200385 450 991059811420332120230224115620.0(CKB)5400000000040401(NjHacI)995400000000040401(EXLCZ)99540000000004040120230224d2018 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSustainable Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research /edited by Miltiadis D. Lytras and Anna VisviziBasel, Switzerland :MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,2018.1 online resource (338 pages) illustrations3-03897-225-8 There is ever more research on smart cities and new interdisciplinary approaches proposed on the study of smart cities. At the same time, problems pertinent to communities inhabiting rural areas are being addressed, as part of discussions in contigious fields of research, be it environmental studies, sociology, or agriculture. Even if rural areas and countryside communities have previously been a subject of concern for robust policy frameworks, such as the European Union's Cohesion Policy and Common Agricultural Policy Arguably, the concept of 'the village' has been largely absent in the debate. As a result, when advances in sophisticated information and communication technology (ICT) led to the emergence of a rich body of research on smart cities, the application and usability of ICT in the context of a village has remained underdiscussed in the literature. Against this backdrop, this volume delivers on four objectives. It delineates the conceptual boundaries of the concept of 'smart village'. It highlights in which ways 'smart village' is distinct from 'smart city'. It examines in which ways smart cities research can enrich smart villages research. It sheds light on the smart village research agenda as it unfolds in European and global contexts.Sino-Swiss Free Trade Agreement – 2018 Academic Evaluation Report Smart citiesSustainable developmentSmart cities.Sustainable development.307.760285Visvizi AnnaLytras Miltiadis D.NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910598114203321Sustainable Smart Cities and Smart Villages Research2822186UNINA