11 SMART CITIES

This book discusses smart city implementation in 11 smart cities — Auckland, Boston, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Melbourne, Milan, Seoul, Tokyo, and Vancouver. The cities encompass a range of smart city development on selected critical issues in economic prosperity (future digital economy, smart retail, smart tourism), social inclusion (digital inclusion, digital placemaking, smart health service, smart youth empowerment), and environmental sustainability (climate resilience action, circular economy, smart climate action). The focus is on their challenges and course of action in and around the socio-technical systems and processes of sustainability transition. The chapters focus on emerging issues, enabling technologies, practical approaches, policies and case studies. The analysis recognises that smart city development takes place in a social context that, to some degree, will influence the adoption and effectiveness of technologies and ultimately, determine whether they meet end-user satisfaction. Smart city development is pivoted on technological changes, connectivity, and data, but also on people and government involvement and the transformation of urban living practices and conditions. This book aims to deepen dialogues on possible smart city strategies from the perspective of how people, organisations (e.g., processes, communication networks), and technologies interact to achieve individual, organisational, or societal goals.

Contents:
AcknowledgementsIntroductionAuckland: Smart EconomyGothenburg: Smart TourismHangzhou: Smart RetailBoston: Digital PlacemakingGuangzhou: Digital InclusionSeoul: Smart Youth EmpowermentTokyo: Smart Health ServicesVancouver: Smart GovernanceCopenhagen: Climate Resilience ActionMelbourne: Smart Climate ActionMilan: Sustainable Food AvailabilityEpilogue
Readership: Researchers, academics and students studying or teaching planning and development of smart cities; government officials, policymakers in the fields of public administration, science and technology studies, urban planning and development well as those working on implementing smart city development.

Dr Belinda Yuen is Professorial Fellow and Research Director at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design where she leads its Ageing Urbanism and Cities and Innovation research programmes. Belinda is a qualified urban planner interested in the planning and design of inclusive, liveable, and sustainable cities, and understanding the interactions between the urban built environment and its environmental, health and sociocultural dynamics. Her recent research involves two main areas: studying smart sustainability transformation; built environment and population health (see publication on ).Kelly Lim is currently attached to the Chen Tianqiao Programme on Urban Innovation: Cities and Innovation. She holds a BSc in Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering System Design) with a focus track in Urban Infrastructure Systems and Business Analytics and Operations Research at Singapore University of Technology and Design. She is interested broadly in the humanities and social sciences and the social role and impacts of innovations in the fields of technology and design.