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Smart Sustainable Cities: Definition and Challenges

verfasst von : Mattias Höjer, Josefin Wangel

Erschienen in: ICT Innovations for Sustainability

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this chapter, we investigate the concept of Smart Sustainable Cities. We begin with five major developments of the last decades and show how they can be said to build a basis for the Smart Sustainable Cities concept. We argue that for the concept to have any useful meaning, it needs to be more strictly defined than it has previously been. We suggest such a definition and bring up some of the concept’s more crucial challenges.

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Fußnoten
1
Top–down here refers to the conceptual and cognitive process of developing the definition and should not be confused with the extent of participation in the process.
 
2
A search for “smart cit*” in Title, Abstract or Keywords in SCOPUS gave 683 hits. A search for “smart cit*” AND “sustainable*” gave 100 hits, and a search on “smart cit*” AND “green*” gave 33 hits, 12 of which also appeared in the search on “sustainab*”. A search on “smart sustainab* cit*” gave 1 hit only. Searches made in February 2014.
 
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ITU is the United Nations’ specialized agency for information and communication technologies.
 
4
“A smart sustainable city uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide enhanced quality of life to its citizens, improved efficiency of services and sustainable development. Such a city meets the needs of today without sacrificing the needs of future generations with respect to economic, social and environmental aspects” [22].
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Smart Sustainable Cities: Definition and Challenges
verfasst von
Mattias Höjer
Josefin Wangel
Copyright-Jahr
2015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09228-7_20

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