Smarter as the New Urban Agenda: A Comprehensive View of the 21st Century City (Public Administration and Information Technology Book 11)

This Book Will Provide One Of The First Comprehensive Approaches To The Study Of Smart City Governments With Theories And Concepts For Understanding And Researching 21st Century City Governments Innovative Methodologies For The Analysis And Evaluation Of Smart City Initiatives. The Term 'smart City' Is Now Generally Used To Represent Efforts That In Different Ways Describe A Comprehensive Vision Of A City For The Present And Future. A Smarter City Infuses Information Into Its Physical Infrastructure To Improve Conveniences, Facilitate Mobility, Add Efficiencies, Conserve Energy, Improve The Quality Of Air And Water, Identify Problems And Fix Them Quickly, Recover Rapidly From Disasters, Collect Data To Make Better Decisions, Deploy Resources Effectively And Share Data To Enable Collaboration Across Entities And Domains. These And Other Similar Efforts Are Expected To Make Cities More Intelligent In Terms Of Efficiency, Effectiveness, Productivity, Transparency, And Sustainability, Among Other Important Aspects. Given This Changing Social, Institutional And Technology Environment, It Seems Feasible And Likeable To Attain Smarter Cities And By Extension, Smarter Governments: Virtually Integrated, Networked, Interconnected, Responsive, And Efficient. This Book Will Help Build The Bridge Between Sound Research And Practice Expertise In The Area Of Smarter Cities And Will Be Of Interest To Researchers And Students In The E-government, Public Administration, Political Science, Communication, Information Science, Administrative Sciences And Management, Sociology, Computer Science, And Information Technology. As Well As Government Officials And Public Managers Who Will Find Practical Recommendations Based On Rigorous Studies That Will Contain Insights And Guidance For The Development, Management, And Evaluation Of Complex Smart Cities And Smart Government Initiatives.--provided By Publisher. A Comprehensive View Of The 21st Century City: Smartness As Technologies And Innovation In Urban Contexts -- Exploring The Nature Of The Smart Cities Research Landscape -- Characterizing The Role Of Governments In Smart Cities: A Literature Review -- Smart City Governance: A Local Emergent Perspective -- Rethinking Learning In The Smart City: Innovating Through Involvement, Inclusivity, And Interactivities With Emerging Technologies -- Ad Hoc Byod Information Services In Public Places Of Smart Cities -- Toward A Methodological Approach To Assess Public Value In Smart Cities -- Smart Cities And Resilience Plans: A Multi-agent Based Simulation For Extreme Event Rescuing -- Smart City Implementation Framework For Developing Countries: The Case Of Egypt -- How Do Southern European Cities Foster Innovation? Lessons From The Experience Of The Smart City Approaches Of Barcelona And Milan -- Smart Cities In A Digital Nation: Are Swedish Cities Enough Innovative? -- Implementing Smart Services In Moscow: The Integrated Mobile Platform -- Smart Public Safety: Application Of Mobile Electronic System Integration (mobese) In Istanbul -- Building An Intelligent Government, Intelligent City, And Intelligent Citizenry Through Icts: Smart City Innovations In New Taipei City, Taiwan -- Social Media Experiences At County Level: The Case Of The State Of Mexico -- The Role Of Citizen Participation In Municipal Smart City Projects: Lessons Learned From Norway -- Eparticipation In Smart Cities Of Developing Countries: Research-based Practical Recommendations -- Technology Helps, People Make: A Smart City Governance Framework Grounded In Deliberative Democracy -- Privacy And Security In Smart Data Collection By Citizens -- Innovation And Opportunities For Citizen Participation In Spanish Smart Cities. J. Ramon Gil-garcia, Theresa A. Pardo, Taewook Nam, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii A Comprehensive View of the 21st Century City: Smartness as Technologies and Innovation in Urban Contexts....Pages 1-19 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Exploring the Nature of the Smart Cities Research Landscape....Pages 23-47 Characterizing the Role of Governments in Smart Cities: A Literature Review....Pages 49-71 Smart City Governance: A Local Emergent Perspective....Pages 73-85 Rethinking Learning in the Smart City: Innovating Through Involvement, Inclusivity, and Interactivities with Emerging Technologies....Pages 87-107 Ad Hoc BYOD Information Services in Public Places of Smart Cities....Pages 109-127 Toward a Methodological Approach to Assess Public Value in Smart Cities....Pages 129-148 Smart Cities and Resilience Plans: A Multi-Agent Based Simulation for Extreme Event Rescuing....Pages 149-170 Smart City Implementation Framework for Developing Countries: The Case of Egypt....Pages 171-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 How Do Southern European Cities Foster Innovation? Lessons from the Experience of the Smart City Approaches of Barcelona and Milan....Pages 191-206 Smart Cities in a Digital Nation: Are Swedish Cities Enough Innovative?....Pages 207-224 Implementing Smart Services in Moscow: The Integrated Mobile Platform....Pages 225-241 Smart Public Safety: Application of Mobile Electronic System Integration (MOBESE) in Istanbul....Pages 243-258 Building an Intelligent Government, Intelligent City, and Intelligent Citizenry Through ICTs: Smart City Innovations in New Taipei City, Taiwan....Pages 259-278 Social Media Experiences at County Level: The Case of the State of Mexico....Pages 279-295 Front Matter....Pages 297-297 The Role of Citizen Participation in Municipal Smart City Projects: Lessons Learned from Norway....Pages 299-314 eParticipation in Smart Cities of Developing Countries: Research-Based Practical Recommendations....Pages 315-332 Technology Helps, People Make: A Smart City Governance Framework Grounded in Deliberative Democracy....Pages 333-347 Privacy and Security in Smart Data Collection by Citizens....Pages 349-366 Innovation and Opportunities for Citizen Participation in Spanish Smart Cities....Pages 367-392 This book will provide one of the first comprehensive approaches to the study of smart city governments with theories and concepts for understanding and researching 21st century city governments innovative methodologies for the analysis and evaluation of smart city initiatives. The term ĺlsmart cityĺl is now generally used to represent efforts that in different ways describe a comprehensive vision of a city for the present and future. A smarter city infuses information into its physical infrastructure to improve conveniences, facilitate mobility, add efficiencies, conserve energy, improve the quality of air and water, identify problems and fix them quickly, recover rapidly from disasters, collect data to make better decisions, deploy resources effectively and share data to enable collaboration across entities and domains. These and other similar efforts are expected to make cities more intelligent in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, transparency, and sustainability, among other important aspects. Given this changing social, institutional and technology environment, it seems feasible and likeable to attain smarter cities and by extension, smarter governments: virtually integrated, networked, interconnected, responsive, and efficient. This book will help build the bridge between sound research and practice expertise in the area of smarter cities and will be of interest to researchers and students in the e-government, public administration, political science, communication, information science, administrative sciences and management, sociology, computer science, and information technology. As well as government officials and public managers who will find practical recommendations based on rigorous studies that will contain insights and guidance for the development, management, and evaluation of complex smart cities and smart government initiatives