We have a clear idea today about the necessity and usefulness of making cities smarter, the
potential market size, and trials and tests. However, it seems that business around Smart …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a critical component of smart cities and a key contributor to the
achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG) 11 …

Smart Cities are approaching the Internet of Things (IoT) World. Most of the first-generation
Smart City solutions are based on Extract Transform Load (ETL); processes and languages …

The Internet of Things is a novel cutting edge technology that proffers to connect a plethora
of digital devices endowed with several sensing, actuation, and computing capabilities with …

The smart cities vision is inexorably turning into a reality. Among the different approaches
used to realize more intelligent and sustainable environments, a common denominator is …

Abstract# SmartME has been one of the first initiatives in Italy to realize a Smart City through
the use of open technologies. Thanks to the use of low cost sensor-powered devices …

The articles in this special section focus on the application of the Internet of Things in smart
cities. Smart cities are creating emerging innovation in academia, industry, and government …

Any effective smart city application proposal must consider both the technological and policy
challenges to be optimally beneficial to the city; and not only in functioning of the narrow …

We know that digital technologies are offering new opportunities for cities to meet the
challenges of the 21st century. There is an opportunity to use ubiquitous urban sensing, big …

Enhancing the effectiveness of city services and assisting on a more sustainable
development of cities are two of the crucial drivers of the smart city concept. This paper …