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    Rewriting city narratives and spirit: Post-pandemic urban recovery mechanisms in the shadow of the global ‘black lives matter’ movement
    Elsevier BV ; 2021
    In:  Research in Globalization Vol. 3 ( 2021-12), p. 100064-
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    In: Research in Globalization, Elsevier BV, Vol. 3 ( 2021-12), p. 100064-
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    ISSN: 2590-051X
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resglo.2021.100064
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2021
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    On the taxonomy of smart city indicators and their alignment with sustainability and resilience
    SAGE Publications ; 2022
    In:  Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science Vol. 49, No. 5 ( 2022-06), p. 1536-1555
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    In: Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, SAGE Publications, Vol. 49, No. 5 ( 2022-06), p. 1536-1555
    Abstract: As interest in smart city initiatives continues to grow rapidly, various involved actors and stakeholders increasingly rely on assessment frameworks or indicator sets for different purposes such as monitoring and benchmarking performance, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and determining priority intervention areas. Accordingly, many smart city assessment frameworks and/or indicator sets have been developed in the last decade. To guide actors and stakeholders in their selection of the most suitable frameworks, several studies have examined contents and structure of smart city assessment frameworks or indicator sets. Such studies have significantly improved our understanding of the thematic focus of assessment tools and their methodological approaches. However, there is still a lack of knowledge on the taxonomy of smart city indicators. In addition, since other concepts such as sustainability and resilience are increasingly recognized to be connected to the smart city concept, more clarity on how different assessment frameworks or indicator sets are aligned with sustainability and resilience dimensions and characteristics is needed. To fill these gaps, we developed a taxonomy and examined 33 assessment frameworks or indicator sets in terms of indicator type, sectoral linkages, and alignment with sustainability and resilience dimensions and characteristics. In terms of indicator type, results show that output indicators are dominant but limited attention has been paid to impact indicators. In terms of sectoral focus, existing indicators are mainly related to information and communication technologies, economy, and governance. Regarding resilience abilities, indicators are mainly related to planning abilities and limited attention has been paid to recovery and adaptation. As for resilience characteristics, reasonable levels of alignment with resourcefulness and efficiency were observed, but indicators are not well-aligned with other important characteristics such as redundancy and diversity. Finally, in terms of sustainability, limited alignment with the environmental dimension was found, which raises concerns regarding the suitability of smart city indicators for guiding environmental sustainability and informing efforts aimed at addressing climate change issues. Results of this study can support interested stakeholders in their efforts to select the most suitable assessment frameworks or indicator sets for promoting resilient, smart, and sustainable communities.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2399-8083 , 2399-8091
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1177/23998083211058798
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Three Decades of Research on Smart Cities: Mapping Knowledge Structure and Trends
    MDPI AG ; 2021
    In:  Sustainability Vol. 13, No. 13 ( 2021-06-25), p. 7140-
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    In: Sustainability, MDPI AG, Vol. 13, No. 13 ( 2021-06-25), p. 7140-
    Abstract: The concept of smart cities has gained significant momentum in science and policy circles over the past decade. This study aims to provide an overview of the structure and trends in the literature on smart cities. Bibliometric analysis and science mapping techniques using VOSviewer and CiteSpace are used to identify the thematic focus of over 5000 articles indexed in the Web of Science since 1991. In addition to providing insights into the thematic evolution of the field, the three-decade study period is divided into two sub-periods (1991–2015 and 2016–2021). While splitting the dataset into more sub-periods would have been desirable, we decided to only examine two sub-periods as only very few papers have been published until 2010. The annual number of publications has progressively increased since then, with a surge in the annual number of publications observable from 2015 onwards. The thematic analysis showed that the intellectual base of the field has been very limited during the first period, but has expanded significantly since 2015. Over time, some thematic evolutions, such as further attention to linkages to climate change and resilience, and more emphasis on security and privacy issues, have been made. The thematic analysis shows that existing research on smart cities is dominated by either conceptual issues or underlying technical aspects. It is, therefore, essential to do more research on the implementation of smart cities and actual and/or potential contributions of smart cities to solving societal issues. In addition to elaborating on thematic focus, the study also highlights major authors, journals, references, countries, and institutions that have contributed to the development of the smart cities literature.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2071-1050
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/su13137140
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Enhancing Memorable Experiences, Tourist Satisfaction, and Revisit Intention through Smart Tourism Technologies
    MDPI AG ; 2022
    In:  Sustainability Vol. 14, No. 5 ( 2022-02-25), p. 2721-
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    In: Sustainability, MDPI AG, Vol. 14, No. 5 ( 2022-02-25), p. 2721-
    Abstract: Global connectivity facilitated tourism and redefined economic landscapes, highlight an interest in better understanding tourism retention factors. Today, in view of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this is made even more important as the world prepares to lift lockdown restrictions and to re-engage in cross border circulation; reiterating needs to understand tourism satisfaction and revisit intentions. This study thus sheds light on the predictors of tourists’ intention to the explorative and exploitative use of Smart Tourism Technologies (STTs) and memorable experiences in tourism destinations via an integrated model and a self-administered questionnaire—distributed among domestic tourists visiting Tehran—employing the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The results indicated that tourists’ attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control toward STTs had significant positive impacts on their explorative and exploitative intentions. Furthermore, tourists’ explorative/exploitative intention and perceived behavioral control exercised significant, positive effects on their memorable experiences. Finally, the results demonstrate that tourists’ memorable experiences significantly influence their satisfaction and intention to revisit smart destinations. This study expands existing literature by exploring a new model for enhancing memorable experiences and revisit intention using STTs, and presents findings applicable to the city of Tehran, while adopting a model which can be replicated in other geographies looking at better understanding its tourism landscape. Finally, the results in this study can be helpful for both researchers and policy makers in their quest to rejuvenate local post-pandemic economies via tourism measures.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2071-1050
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/su14052721
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Introducing the “15-Minute City”: Sustainability, Resilience and Place Identity in Future Post-Pandemic Cities
    MDPI AG ; 2021
    In:  Smart Cities Vol. 4, No. 1 ( 2021-01-08), p. 93-111
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    In: Smart Cities, MDPI AG, Vol. 4, No. 1 ( 2021-01-08), p. 93-111
    Abstract: The socio-economic impacts on cities during the COVID-19 pandemic have been brutal, leading to increasing inequalities and record numbers of unemployment around the world. While cities endure lockdowns in order to ensure decent levels of health, the challenges linked to the unfolding of the pandemic have led to the need for a radical re-think of the city, leading to the re-emergence of a concept, initially proposed in 2016 by Carlos Moreno: the “15-Minute City”. The concept, offering a novel perspective of “chrono-urbanism”, adds to existing thematic of Smart Cities and the rhetoric of building more humane urban fabrics, outlined by Christopher Alexander, and that of building safer, more resilient, sustainable and inclusive cities, as depicted in the Sustainable Development Goal 11 of the United Nations. With the concept gaining ground in popular media and its subsequent adoption at policy level in a number of cities of varying scale and geographies, the present paper sets forth to introduce the concept, its origins, intent and future directions.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-6511
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/smartcities4010006
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2021
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    The Emergence of Anti-Privacy and Control at the Nexus between the Concepts of Safe City and Smart City
    MDPI AG ; 2019
    In:  Smart Cities Vol. 2, No. 1 ( 2019-03-11), p. 96-105
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    In: Smart Cities, MDPI AG, Vol. 2, No. 1 ( 2019-03-11), p. 96-105
    Abstract: The emergence of Big Data, accelerated through the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence, from the emerging, contemporary concept of smart cities coupled with that of the notion for safe cities is raising concerns of privacy and good governance that are impacting on socio-economic and liveability dimensions of urban fabrics. As these gain ground, largely due to economic pressures from large ICT providers, there is a notable increase towards the need for inclusion of human dimensions, complemented by the use of technology. However, the latter is seen as catalysing elements of control and propaganda which are thriving through oversimplified and non-inclusive urban IT policy measures. This paper dwells on the intersecting subjects of smart and safe cities and explores the highlighted issues that are deemed to cause concern and further explore the need for transparency and inclusivity in urban processes and systems. This paper is oriented towards urban planners and policy makers looking at the implementation of smart and safe cities concepts.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-6511
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/smartcities2010007
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2019
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    Economically Incentivising Smart Urban Regeneration. Case Study of Port Louis, Mauritius
    MDPI AG ; 2018
    In:  Smart Cities Vol. 1, No. 1 ( 2018-08-09), p. 53-74
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    In: Smart Cities, MDPI AG, Vol. 1, No. 1 ( 2018-08-09), p. 53-74
    Abstract: Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius, has been the preferred city for hosting the judicial, political and business activities of the country for the past two centuries. However, new policies have created nine new smart cities in greenfield locations within 10 km from Port Louis, so the capital city is facing economic decline as it is losing businesses, as well as administrative functions. This loss equates to an erosion in municipal revenue along with a reduced interest in contributing to the development of the city; all of which takes a toll on its urban economic landscape, as well as on the broader Mauritian economy. This paper builds from the findings of a focus group study to propose a smart urban regeneration model for the City of Port Louis, which could enable the old city to be restored and regenerated rather than redeveloped in modernist architecture, as has happened in the new smart cities model. A smart urban regeneration model is proposed backed by the pillars of smart infrastructure, culture, metabolism and governance. The proposed model is applied to the context of Port Louis to generate an urban regeneration scheme. The potential benefits in terms of financial outcomes, investment attraction and job creation are explored through a combined application of econometric forecasting models. The results support positive figures of both investment and job creation, and the findings of this study aim at informing and providing the governing bodies of Port Louis with a tangible solution for revamping the centuries-old capital city, as well as demonstrating to the world that smart cities can mean sensitive urban regeneration.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-6511
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/smartcities1010004
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2018
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    Towards Smart Urban Regeneration: Findings of an Urban Footprint Survey in Port Louis, Mauritius
    MDPI AG ; 2018
    In:  Smart Cities Vol. 1, No. 1 ( 2018-10-23), p. 121-133
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    In: Smart Cities, MDPI AG, Vol. 1, No. 1 ( 2018-10-23), p. 121-133
    Abstract: The Smart City Scheme, as part of the Smart Mauritius initiative, adopted by the Government of Mauritius in 2014, heavily incentivised the emergence of new smart cities in greenfields. The resulting migration of business and residents from existing cities to new cities affected the liveability standard of existing cities and encouraged property speculation. This shift reduced home pricing affordability further from the grasp of young professionals. With the Mauritian Landlord and Tenant Act of 1999 discouraging investment in Mauritian city centres, property developers were additionally encouraged to invest in housing projects in these emerging Smart Cities. As part of the Smart Urban Regeneration strategy of Port Louis that sought to reduce competition between new and existing cities, the provision of housing was seen as paramount to enabling the Smart Cities concept as promoted by the Government. The findings of this paper, which explores the urban footprint of Port Louis through field survey, provides insights, as to the components of the city, that can assist policy-makers and developers to better shape projects that are more responsive to the Smart Urban Regeneration plan.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-6511
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/smartcities1010007
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2018
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    Correction: Bibri, S.E.; Allam, Z. The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Data-Driven Smart Urbanism: On Post-Pandemic Governance through the Prism of the Logic of Surveillance Capitalism. Smart Cities 2022, 5, 715–727
    MDPI AG ; 2022
    In:  Smart Cities Vol. 5, No. 4 ( 2022-09-23), p. 1241-1242
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    In: Smart Cities, MDPI AG, Vol. 5, No. 4 ( 2022-09-23), p. 1241-1242
    Abstract: The authors wish to make the following corrections to their paper [...]
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-6511
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/smartcities5040063
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2022
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    The Metaverse as a Virtual Form of Smart Cities: Opportunities and Challenges for Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability in Urban Futures
    MDPI AG ; 2022
    In:  Smart Cities Vol. 5, No. 3 ( 2022-07-08), p. 771-801
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    In: Smart Cities, MDPI AG, Vol. 5, No. 3 ( 2022-07-08), p. 771-801
    Abstract: Data infrastructures, economic processes, and governance models of digital platforms are increasingly pervading urban sectors and spheres of urban life. This phenomenon is known as platformization, which has in turn given rise to the phenomena of platform society, where platforms have permeated the core of urban societies. A recent manifestation of platformization is the Metaverse, a global platform project launched by Meta (formerly Facebook) as a globally operating platform company. The Metaverse represents an idea of a hypothetical “parallel virtual world” that incarnate ways of living and working in virtual cities as an alternative to smart cities of the future. Indeed, with emerging innovative technologies—such as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, the IoT, and Digital Twins—providing rich datasets and advanced computational understandings of human behavior, the Metaverse has the potential to redefine city designing activities and service provisioning towards increasing urban efficiencies, accountabilities, and quality performance. However, there still remain ethical, human, social, and cultural concerns as to the Metaverse’s influence upon the quality of human social interactions and its prospective scope in reconstructing the quality of urban life. This paper undertakes an upper-level literature review of the area of the Metaverse from a broader perspective. Further, it maps the emerging products and services of the Metaverse, and explores their potential contributions to smart cities with respect to their virtual incarnation, with a particular focus on the environmental, economic, and social goals of sustainability. This study may help urban policy makers to better understand the opportunities and implications of the Metaverse upon tech-mediated practices and applied urban agendas, as well as assess the positives and negatives of this techno-urban vision. This paper also offers thoughts regarding the argument that the Metaverse has disruptive and substantive effects on forms of reconstructing reality in an increasingly platformized urban society. This will hopefully stimulate prospective research and further critical perspectives on the topic.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2624-6511
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/smartcities5030040
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2022
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