Smart cities : introducing digital innovation to cities /

Transformation through digital innovation is becoming an imperative for every city. The ̀Smart City' concept promises to solve the most urgent queries of progressive urbanization in the area of mobility, energy, water supply, security, housing deprivation, and inclusion. Despite the exploitatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gassmann, Oliver, 1967- (Author), Böhm, Jonas (Author), Palmié, Maximilian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bingley [England] ; North America : Emerald Publishing, 2019
Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2019]
Edition:First edition
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Table of Contents:
  • 2. Smart cities (A new role for city administration ; The digital shadow of a city ; Service areas of a digital shadow [Smart environment ; Smart living ; Smaer economy ; Smart mobility ; Smart government ; Smart people] ; Obstacles for a smart city [Volatility ; Uncertainty ; Complexity ; Ambiguity ; The most common obstacles] ; Buisness models for a smart city [What is a business model?] ; The smart city management model [Service areas ; The transformation process ; Basic elements])
  • 3. Smart city lighthouse projects (Case study: Vienna [Initiate transformation ; Determine location ; Develop concepts and synchronize partners ; Activate resources ; Realize projects ; OPeration and institutionalization ; Conclusion] ; Case study Munich [Initiate transfornation ; Determine location ; Develop concepts and synchronize partners ; Activate resources ; Realize projects ; OPeration and institutionalization ; Conclusion] ; Case study: Lyon [Initiate transformation ; Determine location ; Develop concepts and synchronize partners ; Activate resources ; Realize projects ; Operation and institutionalization ; Conclusion] ; Case study: Sangdo City [Initiate transformation ; Determine location ; Develop concepts and synchronize partners ; Activate resources ; Realize projects ; OPeration and institutionalization ; Conclusion] ; Case study: Toronto [Initiate transformation ; Determine location ; Develop concepts and synchronize partners ; Activate resources ; Realize projects ; Operation and institutionalization ; Conclusion] ; What can we learn from the lighthouse projects?)
  • 4. Guidelines for smart city transformation (St. Gallen's pilot projects ; Initiate tarnsformation [Preparations and initial considerations ; Assembling a project team ; Developing a vision ; Setting priorities ; Kickoff and clarifying responsibilities] ; Determine location [Internal perspective ; External perspective ; The point-of-view method ; Stakehiolder map ; Environmental analysis ; Identifying strategfic options ; Determining the direction of impact] ; Developing concepts and synchroning partners [Ensuring partner and citizen participation ; Designing and implementing data governance ; Preparing funding ; Developing project concepts ; Selecting the eright technology platform ; Developing business models ; Finding partners for implementation ; Dealing with risks ; Defining criteria for project selection ; Performing project selection ; Developing roadmaps ; Learning to synchronize ] ; Activate resources [Finding partners ; Mobilizing citizens ; Building a project coalition ; Clarify the project organization ; Defining funding ; Removing barriers] ; Realizing projects ; Operation and institualization [Designing an operating model with scaling ; Initiating a continuous improvement process ; Exploiting synergies between initiatives)
  • 4. Guidelines for smart city transformation (St. Gallen's pilot projects ; Initiate tarnsformation [Preparations and initial considerations ; Assembling a project team ; Developing a vision ; Setting priorities ; Kickoff and clarifying responsibilities] ; Determine location [Internal perspective ; External perspective ; The point-of-view method ; Stakehiolder map ; Environmental analysis ; Identifying strategfic options ; Determining the direction of impact] ; Developing concepts and synchroning partners [Ensuring partner and citizen participation ; Designing and implementing data governance ; Preparing funding ; Developing project concepts ; Selecting the eright technology platform ; Developing business models ; Finding partners for implementation ; Dealing with risks ; Defining criteria for project selection ; Performing project selection ; Developing roadmaps ; Learning to synchronize] ; Activate resources [Finding partners ; Mobilizing citizens ; Building a project coalition ; Clarify the project organization ; Defining funding ; Removing barriers] ; Realizing projects ; Operation and institualization [Designing an operating model with scaling ; Initiating a continuous improvement process ; Exploiting synergies between initiatives)
  • 5. Outlook (Software is eating the world ; The ubiquity of data and computing ; Computational materials ; Decreasing transaction costs ; A trend toward ecosystems ; The rise of artificial intelligence ; New work or no work ; The merging of humans and machines ; The dark side of the Moon ; Twenty-one critical questions for smart cities in the twenty-first century)
  • 6. Tools for the transformation into a smart city (The smart city maturity model [How to use the model] ; Stakeholder map ; Worksheet: Smart city initiative ; Risk assessment [How to complete a risk assessment] ; Cause and effect tree [How to use this tool] ; Question for business model scaling [How to use this tool] ; Patterns of synergy)
  • The future of cities and the concept of smart cities
  • 1. The future of cities (Cities as a megatrend ; Current challenges for cities [Challenge 1: Urbanization and opposing trends ; Challenge 2: Modernisation requires time ; Challenge 3: Development of diverse lifestyles ; Challenge 4: Demographic developments ; Challenge 5: Overloading of infrastructure ; Challenge 6: Air quality and smog ; Challenge 7: Noise ; Challenge 8: Limited resources of cities ; Challenge 9: Mobility and tourism ; Challenge 10: Trgaedy of the commons ; Challenge 11: Immigration ; Challenge 12: Flexibility)