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A Comprehensive View of the 21st Century City: Smartness as Technologies and Innovation in Urban Contexts

In: Smarter as the New Urban Agenda

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  • J. Ramon Gil-Garcia

    (University at Albany, State University of New York
    Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE))

  • Theresa A. Pardo

    (University at Albany, State University of New York)

  • Taewoo Nam

    (Myongji University)

Abstract

This chapter introduces important concepts such as smart cities, innovation, technologies, and “smartness” in government. It argues that a concept of smart city should be more than the use of information technologies in local governments. The study and analysis of cities today requires a multidimensional and multifaceted concept and, therefore, multiple components. Some of these components are (1) public services, (2) city administration and management, (3) policies and other institutional arrangements, (4) governance and collaboration, (5) human capital and creativity, (6) knowledge economy and pro-business environment, (7) built environment and city infrastructure, (8) natural environment and ecological sustainability, (9) ICT and other technologies, and (10) data and information. In addition, the authors refer to smartness as public sector innovation in urban contexts. A comprehensive view of a smart city should encompass government innovation in management and policy as well as technology and must acknowledge how the context of a city shapes the data and the technological, organizational, and policy aspects of a specific initiative. The chapter also briefly describes the content and the target audience of this book.

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  • J. Ramon Gil-Garcia & Theresa A. Pardo & Taewoo Nam, 2016. "A Comprehensive View of the 21st Century City: Smartness as Technologies and Innovation in Urban Contexts," Public Administration and Information Technology, in: J. Ramon Gil-Garcia & Theresa A. Pardo & Taewoo Nam (ed.), Smarter as the New Urban Agenda, edition 1, pages 1-19, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:paitcp:978-3-319-17620-8_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17620-8_1
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    Cited by:

    1. Mauro ROMANELLI, 2021. "Rediscovering urban intelligence within cities by technologies," Smart Cities and Regional Development (SCRD) Journal, Smart-EDU Hub, Faculty of Public Administration, National University of Political Studies & Public Administration, vol. 5(3), pages 115-122, July.
    2. Nicos Komninos & Christina Kakderi & Luca Mora & Anastasia Panori & Elena Sefertzi, 2022. "Towards High Impact Smart Cities: a Universal Architecture Based on Connected Intelligence Spaces," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 13(2), pages 1169-1197, June.

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