Smart Cities - Social and Environmental Challenges and Opportunities for Local Authorities

This edited volume discusses the socioeconomic, environmental, and policy implications of smart cities. Written by international experts in energy economics and policy, the chapters present wide range of high quality theoretical and empirical studies at the nexus of social, entrepreneurial, governmental and ecological transformation. The book covers a wide range of topics, with a view towards providing empirical evidence of the benefits of smart cities as well as practical frameworks for smart city initiatives. Topics discussed include: smart city transition pillars, innovation for smart and sustainable cities design and implementation, smart city governance, smart mobility within cities, and smart cities in emerging economies. This volume will be of use to students and researchers interested in resource economics, energy economics, sustainability, ICT, and governance, as well as policymakers working on smart city initiatives.
This is an open access book.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

1. Innovation and Smart Cities Research: A Review and Future Directions.- 2. The role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies in driving smart cities.- 3. Finance and economic return of smart city projects.- 4. Cities transformation and benefits of Smart Cities.- 5. Cities: the new form of international environmental governance.- 6. Smart Energy Cities: The Role of Behavioral Interventions in Reducing Electricity Demand in Buildings in Principality of Monaco.- 7. Back to the future: tapping into ancient knowledge toward human centered smart cities.- 8. Environmental retrofitting, a mandate for NEZ livable and sustainable GCC cities.- 9. A comprehensive smart system for social housing.- 10. Smart Modelling for Greener Urban Environments: The Digital Twin of the City of Imola.- 11. MUST-B: a multi-agent model to envisage the future challenges of sustainable urban development.- 12. A Systematic Literature Review on an Expansion of Transit-Oriented Development's Station Areas .- 13. Ergonomics of access: a new, broad and inclusive vision to better understand the links between the urban context on the conditions of access, accessibility and appropriation of resources of daily life in active modes.- 14. Mobility hubs, an innovative concept for a sustainable urban mobility? State of the art, guidelines and assessments of two European experiences.- 15. Micromobility in urban areas: Evaluation of several scenarios with respect to detailed characteristics of the city.- 16. Smart Cities initiatives and perspectives in emerging economies.- 17. Data driven urban management for Saudi cities: Practices, challenges, and opportunities.- 18. Smart Cities: GCC and Kuwait Experience.- 19. Smart Cities from an Indian Perspective: Evolving Ambitions and Incorporating Sustainable Practices