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Book The Making of a Smart City in Korea

Download or read book The Making of a Smart City in Korea written by Hojeong Lee and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Making of a Smart City in Korea: The Quest for E-Seoul displays how the notion of the smart city has been interpreted and applied in Seoul—the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. The contributors show how a shift into a digital city has brought about noticeable changes in the governance, economics, and cultures of Seoul. This edited volume on the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s quest for e-Seoul provides great resources for many cities worldwide seeking to benchmark this particular type of smart city, as well as for all those academics in the fields to learn it, given that Seoul has systematically pushed different stages and strategies of the smart urbanization.

Book Smart City Emergence

Download or read book Smart City Emergence written by Leonidas Anthopoulos and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart City Emergence: Cases from Around the World analyzes how smart cities are currently being conceptualized and implemented, examining the theoretical underpinnings and technologies that connect theory with tangible practice achievements. Using numerous cities from different regions around the globe, the book compares how smart cities of different sizes are evolving in different countries and continents. In addition, it examines the challenges cities face as they adopt the smart city concept, separating fact from fiction, with insights from scholars, government officials and vendors currently involved in smart city implementation. Utilizes a sound and systematic research methodology Includes a review of the latest research developments Contains, in each chapter, a brief summary of the case, an illustration of the theoretical context that lies behind the case, the case study itself, and conclusions showing learned outcomes Examines smart cities in relation to climate change, sustainability, natural disasters and community resiliency

Book Smart Cities in Asia

Download or read book Smart Cities in Asia written by Yu-Min Joo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when Asia is rapidly growing in global influence, this much-needed and insightful book bridges two major current policy topics in order to offer a unique study of the latest smart city archetypes emerging throughout Asia. Highlighting the smart city aspirations of Asian countries and their role in Asian governments’ new development strategies, this book draws out timely narratives and insights from a uniquely Asian context and policymaking space.

Book Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation

Download or read book Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation written by Hyung Min Kim and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation establishes a key theoretical framework to understand the implementation and development of smart cities as innovation drivers, in terms of lasting impacts on productivity, livability and sustainability of specific initiatives. This framework is based on empirical analysis of 12 case studies, including pioneer projects from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and more. It explores how successful smart cities initiatives nurture both technological and social innovation using a combination of regulatory governance and private agency. Typologies of smart city-making approaches are explored in depth. Integrative analysis identifies key success factors in establishing innovation relating to the effectiveness of social systems, institutional thickness, governance, the role of human capital, and streamlining funding of urban development projects. Cases from a range of geographies, scales, social and economic contexts Explores how smart cities can promote technological and social innovation in terms of direct impacts on livability, productivity and sustainability Establishes an integrative framework based on empirical evidence to develop more innovative smart city initiatives Investigates the role of governments in coordinating, fostering and guiding innovations resulting from smart city developments Interrogates the policies and governance structures which have been effective in supporting the development and deployment of smart cities

Book Smart Cities  Big Data  Civic Hackers  and the Quest for a New Utopia

Download or read book Smart Cities Big Data Civic Hackers and the Quest for a New Utopia written by Anthony M. Townsend and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. From Beijing to Boston, cities are deploying smart technology—sensors embedded in streets and subways, Wi-Fi broadcast airports and green spaces—to address the basic challenges faced by massive, interconnected metropolitan centers. In Smart Cities, Anthony M. Townsend documents this emerging futuristic landscape while considering the motivations, aspirations, and shortcomings of the key actors—entrepreneurs, mayors, philanthropists, and software developers—at work in shaping the new urban frontier.

Book Songdo Smart City

Download or read book Songdo Smart City written by StoryBuddiesPlay and published by StoryBuddiesPlay. This book was released on 2024-05-12 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the Futuristic Metropolis of Songdo, South Korea: A Hub of Innovation, Sustainability, and Green Living Songdo, a marvel of modern urban planning, isn't your average city. Imagine a thriving business district seamlessly integrated with lush parks and canals, where cutting-edge technology empowers a sustainable lifestyle. This innovative metropolis in South Korea is a glimpse into the future of smart cities, and here's why you should know about it: Sustainable Living at its Finest: Songdo prioritizes eco-friendly practices. Walkable neighborhoods, green building initiatives, and a network of parks and gardens create a healthy and harmonious living environment. A Tech-Driven Paradise: Embrace the future with Songdo's smart city solutions. From a network of sensors collecting real-time data to smart homes and self-driving car integration (in development), Songdo optimizes efficiency and convenience. A Global Hub for Business and Innovation: Attract top talent and access international markets. Songdo's strategic location, free trade zones, and world-class infrastructure make it a magnet for businesses and a breeding ground for groundbreaking ideas. A Flourishing International Community: Experience a vibrant cultural tapestry. Songdo attracts residents from around the world, fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. International schools, restaurants serving global cuisine, and multilingual services cater to a globalized world. A Living Laboratory for the Future: Be part of an ongoing experiment. Songdo is constantly evolving, embracing new technologies and adapting to the ever-changing needs of its residents. Whether you're a sustainability advocate, a tech enthusiast, or simply curious about the future of urban living, Songdo offers a glimpse into a world where innovation and eco-consciousness go hand-in-hand. This SEO description uses relevant keywords and focuses on the unique aspects of Songdo, making it more discoverable in search engine results.

Book Sustainable Smart Cities

Download or read book Sustainable Smart Cities written by Marta Peris-Ortiz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the most current research on smart cities. Specifically, it focuses on the economic development and sustainability of smart cities and examines how to transform older industrial cities into sustainable smart cities. It aims to identify the role of the following elements in the creation and management of smart cities:• Citizen participation and empowerment • Value creation mechanisms • Public administration• Quality of life and sustainability• Democracy• ICT• Private initiatives and entrepreneurship Regardless of their size, all cities are ultimately agglomerations of people and institutions. Agglomeration economies make it possible to attain minimum efficiencies of scale in the organization and delivery of services. However, the economic benefits do not constitute the main advantage of a city. A city’s status rests on three dimensions: (1) political impetus, which is the result of citizens’ participation and the public administration’s agenda; (2) applications derived from technological advances (especially in ICT); and (3) cooperation between public and private initiatives in business development and entrepreneurship. These three dimensions determine which resources are necessary to create smart cities. But a smart city, ideal in the way it channels and resolves technological, social and economic-growth issues, requires many additional elements to function at a high-performance level, such as culture (an environment that empowers and engages citizens) and physical infrastructure designed to foster competition and collaboration, encourage new ideas and actions, and set the stage for new business creation. Featuring contributions with models, tools and cases from around the world, this book will be a valuable resource for researchers, students, academics, professionals and policymakers interested in smart cities.

Book Towards Sustainable and Smart City

Download or read book Towards Sustainable and Smart City written by Yookyung Lee and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether Korea's smart city promotion strategy is advancing towards a sustainable and smart direction at the global level with a case study of representative smart city R&D projects, called the National Strategic Smart City Program (NSSCP). The discussion on smart cities has been activated, and the information of real build-up experience on smart cities was accumulated when the NSSCP started in 2018. As a theoretical framework, the United 4 Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative of the United Nations, which suggests the direction of the city's development by considering both 'sustainability' and 'smart', is deployed. The results show that the NSSCP contributes to the achievement of SDG 3 (good health and well-being), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 9 (industry, innovation, and infrastructure), and SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities). The NSSCP provides smart services based on the cloud-based open-data hub model developed in the NSSCP. However, it lacks a tool for evaluating the outcomes and effects of the program, and it is highly focused on achieving quantitative goals and results.

Book The Smart Enough City

Download or read book The Smart Enough City written by Ben Green and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity. Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intelligence will relieve congestion, restore democracy, prevent crime, and improve public services. In The Smart Enough City, Ben Green warns against seeing the city only through the lens of technology; taking an exclusively technical view of urban life will lead to cities that appear smart but under the surface are rife with injustice and inequality. He proposes instead that cities strive to be “smart enough”: to embrace technology as a powerful tool when used in conjunction with other forms of social change—but not to value technology as an end in itself. In a technology-centric smart city, self-driving cars have the run of downtown and force out pedestrians, civic engagement is limited to requesting services through an app, police use algorithms to justify and perpetuate racist practices, and governments and private companies surveil public space to control behavior. Green describes smart city efforts gone wrong but also smart enough alternatives, attainable with the help of technology but not reducible to technology: a livable city, a democratic city, a just city, a responsible city, and an innovative city. By recognizing the complexity of urban life rather than merely seeing the city as something to optimize, these Smart Enough Cities successfully incorporate technology into a holistic vision of justice and equity.

Book Smart City Implementation

Download or read book Smart City Implementation written by Renata Paola Dameri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of essays, this book describes and analyzes the concept and theory of the recent smart city phenomenon from a global perspective, with a focus on its implementation around the world. After defining the concept it then elaborates on the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as an enabler for smart cities, and the role of ICT in the interplay with smart mobility. A separate chapter develops the concept of an urban smart dashboard for stakeholders to measure performance as well as the economic and public value. It offers examples of smart cities around the globe, and two detailed case studies on Genoa and Amsterdam exemplify the book’s theoretical and empirical findings, helping readers understand and evaluate the effectiveness and capability of new smart city programs.

Book Seoul

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kristi Shalla
  • Publisher : Atmosphere Press
  • Release : 2024-04-02
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Seoul written by Kristi Shalla and published by Atmosphere Press. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seoul, the capital of South Korea, serves as a shining example of the potential and transformative impact of smart city interventions. In just two decades, Seoul has evolved from a chaotic and struggling mega-city into a global benchmark, all thanks to its innovative use of technology to enhance the quality of life. The revitalization of the Cheonggye Stream, hidden beneath a road for decades, brought nature back to the heart of the city. Alongside this transformation, an advanced smart transport system catalyzed a significant shift toward public transportation over personal vehicles. And a sequence of urban renewal and beautification initiatives contributed to reshape Seoul's urban landscape into a smarter, more sustainable city. In this book, we delve into the ingenious initiatives taken by Seoul's leadership to transform the city into a global smart city. Seoul's journey in smart city development offers a compelling narrative filled with invaluable insights, making it an essential resource for cities worldwide facing unsustainable, chaotic growth. It provides a roadmap for intelligent urban progress and enhancing the quality of life.

Book Smart cities

    Book Details:
  • Author : Netexplo
  • Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 9231003178
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Smart cities written by Netexplo and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Uneven Development of Smart Cities

Download or read book Uneven Development of Smart Cities written by Jun Ik Sohn and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: neglect human factors at the expense of introducing technologies. Smart cities in Asia often excessively focus on technology factors relatively more than the ones in the West. Resultingly, smart cities in Asia often create wealthy communities with relatively expensive housing and amenity costs, which may directly affect people, specifically the low-income classes. If the living cost of the city is too high, public services may only privilege a wealthy population and worsen socio-economic inequalities. This study draws attention to the social impact of technology-oriented smart cities in Songdo to find the utility of smart city development and addresses the people-centric smart city development. The study found that smart cities are favorable to younger, more educated, and wealthier people, which means technology-oriented smart cities can create social inequalities in terms of housing and regional growth; thus, they are not sustainable from socio-economic perspectives.

Book Housing Dynamics in Korea Building Inclusive and Smart Cities

Download or read book Housing Dynamics in Korea Building Inclusive and Smart Cities written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housing in Korea has been part of the government policy development agenda for the past three decades contributing to reducing the historical housing shortage and improving the quality of dwellings. Despite its achievements, Korea now faces a housing affordability challenge as prices are too ...

Book Architecture and the Smart City

Download or read book Architecture and the Smart City written by Sergio M. Figueiredo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly the world around us is becoming ‘smart.’ From smart meters to smart production, from smart surfaces to smart grids, from smart phones to smart citizens. ‘Smart’ has become the catch-all term to indicate the advent of a charged technological shift that has been propelled by the promise of safer, more convenient and more efficient forms of living. Most architects, designers, planners and politicians seem to agree that the smart transition of cities and buildings is in full swing and inevitable. However, beyond comfort, safety and efficiency, how can ‘smart design and technologies’ assist to address current and future challenges of architecture and urbanism? Architecture and the Smart City provides an architectural perspective on the emergence of the smart city and offers a wide collection of resources for developing a better understanding of how smart architecture, smart cities and smart systems in the built environment are discussed, designed and materialized. It brings together a range of international thinkers and practitioners to discuss smart systems through four thematic sections: ‘Histories and Futures’, ‘Agency and Control’, ‘Materialities and Spaces’ and ‘Networks and Nodes’. Combined, these four thematic sections provide different perspectives into some of the most pressing issues with smart systems in the built environment. The book tackles questions related to the future of architecture and urbanism, lessons learned from global case studies and challenges related to interdisciplinary research, and critically examines what the future of buildings and cities will look like.

Book Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2022

Download or read book Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2022 written by Jason L. Stienmetz and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents the proceedings of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)’s 29th Annual International eTourism Conference, which assembles the latest research presented at the ENTER2022 conference, which will be held on January 11–14, 2022. The book provides an extensive overview of how information and communication technologies can be used to develop tourism and hospitality. It covers the latest research on various topics within the field, including augmented and virtual reality, website development, social media use, e-learning, big data, analytics, and recommendation systems. The readers will gain insights and ideas on how information and communication technologies can be used in tourism and hospitality. Academics working in the eTourism field, as well as students and practitioners, will find up-to-date information on the status of research.

Book The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI written by Markus Dirk Dubber and published by Oxford Handbooks. This book was released on 2020 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary and international handbook captures and shapes much needed reflection on normative frameworks for the production, application, and use of artificial intelligence in all spheres of individual, commercial, social, and public life.