Data-driven smart eco-cities and sustainable integrated districts: A best-evidence synthesis approach to an extensive literature review

European Journal of Futures Research, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 9(1)

Published: Nov. 13, 2021

Abstract As materializations of trends toward developing and implementing urban socio-technical enviro-economic experiments for transition, eco-cities have recently received strong government institutional support in many countries around the world due to their ability function as an innovative strategic niche where test introduce various reforms. There are models eco-city based mainly on either following principles ecology or combining strategies sustainable cities solutions smart cities. The most prominent among these integrated districts data-driven eco-cities. latter model represents unprecedented transformative changes is currently undergoing light recent paradigm shift science technology brought by big data analytics. This motivated growing need tackle problematicity surrounding terms planning, development, governance approaches practices. Employing a combination both best-evidence synthesis narrative approaches, this paper provides comprehensive state-of-the-art thematic literature review new area significant gap itself that seeks fill together with what extent integration eco-urbanism urbanism addressed era data, driving factors behind it, forms directions it takes. study reveals district developments increasingly embracing compact city becoming common expansion route achieve sustainability. It also shows projects capitalizing technologies implement environmental, economic, social being accomplished strengths harnessing synergies ways enable improve performance respect sustainability its tripartite composition. turn means will change fundamental irreversible how be monitored, understood, analyzed, planned, designed, governed. However, poses risks drawbacks overcome order desired outcomes ecological broader sense. One key critical questions raised regard pertains very potentiality technocratic associated negative implications hidden pitfalls. In addition, shedding increasing adoption uptake eco-urbanism, assist policymakers planners assessing pros cons when effectuating ecologically transformations well stimulate prospective research further debates topic.

Language: Английский

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The Use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) as an Element of Smart City Implementation: A Case Study of Electricity Billing Document Management at Bydgoszcz City Hall

Energies, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 14(16), P. 5191 - 5191

Published: Aug. 22, 2021

Smart cities are an extremely important, multi-faceted subject, both in terms of their practical aspects and research. This is expressed, among other things, the multitude approaches to this concept. These differ based on emphasis placed individual aspects: some focus more technology, others put weight social issues, while still value sustainable development issues. Currently, important topic discussion about smart city—the importance which has become even greater context COVID-19 pandemic—is digital transformation city. The use robotic process automation (RPA) tools can be a part such transformation, as tools, using advanced software, enable those tasks carried out thus far by humans. Although approach has, date, been widespread case enterprises (in particular, operating financial BPO/SSC sectors, but less often utilities sector, first applications these solutions for also beginning emerge various parts world. article study approach. implementation conditions (including constraints) approach, benefits achieved, lessons learned (which local government units) outlined example Bydgoszcz city hall’s (Poland) electricity billing document management. results presented here lead conclusion that RPA enables, very quickly at relatively low cost, measurable achieved related processing documentation Bydgoszcz. allows assertion made taken into consideration one used build cities.

Language: Английский

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Data-Driven Smart Eco-Cities of the Future: An Empirically Informed Integrated Model for Strategic Sustainable Urban Development

World Futures, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 79(7-8), P. 703 - 746

Published: Sept. 21, 2021

The eco-city is seenas a major force in the overall transition toward more sustainable urban development paradigm, acting as set of exemplary techno-environmental solutions for social transformation. However, scale and rate urbanization fundamentally disrupt challenges that eco-cities must contend with. This coupled with increased need to understand, plan, manage new innovative ways. On this account, transformative processes practices within are being highly responsive form data-driven urbanism effective way address overcome kinds designed solve. That is, increasingly embracing leveraging what smart cities have offer terms technologies applied an effort monitor, evaluate, improve their performance respect sustainability—under has been termed "data-driven eco-cities." aim paper develop integrated model strategic based on empirical research case studies. combines integrates leading global paradigms urbanism—namely eco-cities, data–driven cities, environmentally cities—in strategies solutions. main contribution study lies providing building future models development, well practical insights into developing planning change sustainability approaches. proposed serves facilitate progress achieving long-term goals those badging or regenerating themselves manifestly be become era big data.

Language: Английский

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Evolution of the smart city: three extensions to governance, sustainability, and decent urbanisation from an ICT-based urban solution

International Journal of Urban Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 27(sup1), P. 10 - 28

Published: Aug. 10, 2022

Language: Английский

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Exploring the potential impact of smart urban technologies on urban sustainability using structural topic modelling: Evidence from Belgium

Cities, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 141, P. 104475 - 104475

Published: July 6, 2023

This study explores the potential impact of smart urban technologies used in city projects on three dimensions sustainability (economic, environmental and social). Although literature notes that their capabilities are saviours when it comes to challenges cities, there is a lack studies exploring sustainability. Thus, we address this gap by conducting structural topic modelling retrieved from Smart Territory call for projects. In these projects, managers' report extensively how can support Our results show nine groups will at least two dimensions. mobility systems all Technology benefits be realised technology through involvement city's community use technology.

Language: Английский

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Cyber-Physical-Social Systems: Taxonomy, Challenges, and Opportunities

IEEE Access, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10, P. 42404 - 42419

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

A Cyber-Physical-Social System (CPSS) is a novel paradigm of cyber-physical and cyber-social systems with highly inhomogeneous distributed nature integrating dynamic stochastic hybrid including computation, communication, sensing actuation, social systems.Their usage can be traced to homes such as smart homes, manufacturers in Industry 5.0, critical infrastructures, cities, medicines, healthcare systems, many other examples. They simplify speed up tasks provide higher level control accessibility. In this study, we systematic review the definition CPSS,and an uniform CPSS. We propose taxonomy define CPSS help future researches system designing. The aims comprehensive understating characteristics aspects from system-to-system point view. Furthermore, discuss about integration their relationships CPS. mention issues opportunities designing implementing phases.

Language: Английский

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Advanced Techniques for Monitoring and Management of Urban Water Infrastructures—An Overview

Water, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(14), P. 2174 - 2174

Published: July 9, 2022

Water supply systems are essential for a modern society. This article presents an overview of the latest research related to information and communication technology water resource monitoring, control management. The main objective our review is show how emerging technologies offer support smart administration infrastructures. paper covers results cities, big data, data analysis decision support. Our evaluation reveals that there many possible solutions generated through combinations advanced methods. Emerging open new possibilities including functionalities such as social involvement in offers researchers area monitoring management identify useful models designing better solutions.

Language: Английский

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Does city smartness improve urban environment and reduce income disparity? Evidence from an empirical analysis of major cities worldwide

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 96, P. 104711 - 104711

Published: June 4, 2023

Language: Английский

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Schools’ air quality monitoring for health and education: Methods and protocols of the SAMHE initiative and project

Developments in the Built Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16, P. 100266 - 100266

Published: Nov. 19, 2023

Children spend significant amounts of time at school, making the school environment a potentially important contributor to air quality exposure. The SAMHE initiative has dual aim: 1) develop and test bespoke citizen science framework for collecting indoor data in classrooms, alongside contextual capable enriching analysis, an unprecedented scale; and, 2) simultaneously use these methods raise awareness among communities regarding their exposure pollution environment. To achieve this aim, project was initiated deploy more than 2 000 low-cost monitors classrooms. A Web App been co-designed with schools support large comprehensive dataset (including buildings' characteristics, operation behavioural patterns) enable students teachers interact gathered school. We present design interface visuals that have 20+ tested 120+ schools. Within one week launch week, 537 had registered join project, writing (just seven weeks later) number grown around 800 This highlights potential novel provide step-change way datasets are national potentially, international level while enabling better manage empowering reduce environmental health risks.

Language: Английский

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Internet of Things in Smart Cities: Comprehensive Review, Open Issues, and Challenges

IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(21), P. 34941 - 34952

Published: Aug. 26, 2024

Language: Английский

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