Smart Cities for Technological and Social Innovation: Case Studies, Current Trends, and Future Steps

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Synopsis
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 contextsExplores how smart cities can promote technological and social innovation in terms of direct impacts on livability, productivity and sustainabilityEstablishes an integrative framework based on empirical evidence to develop more innovative smart city initiativesInvestigates the role of governments in coordinating, fostering and guiding innovations resulting from smart city developmentsInterrogates the policies and governance structures which have been effective in supporting the development and deployment of smart cities
Copyright:
2021

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
332 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780128188873
Related ISBNs:
9780128188866
Publisher:
Elsevier Science
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Elsevier Science & Technology
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Anthony Kent
Edited by:
Soheil Sabri
Edited by:
Hyung Min Kim

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