Rapid urbanization creates new challenges and issues, and the smart city concept offers
opportunities to rise to these challenges, solve urban problems and provide citizens with a …

Background The notion of smart city has grown popular over the past few years. It embraces
several dimensions depending on the meaning of the word “smart” and benefits from …

This study aims to shed light on the process of building an effective smart city by integrating
various practical perspectives with a consideration of smart city characteristics taken from …

This conceptual paper discusses how we can consider a particular city as a smart one,
drawing on recent practices to make cities smart. A set of the common multidimensional …

In this paper we put forward two ideas for monitoring the Smart Cities initiative in a better
way. In developing the first idea, we study past and on-going initiatives in the field of …

The smart city is a new concept that has received a lot of attention as a means for enhancing
city performance and quality of life. However, together with the growing interest in the …

Este estudo explora as características de infraestrutura e uso das tecnologias da informação
e comunicação dos municípios brasileiros, refletindo sobre a possibilidade de …

Smart city evaluation is a critical component in smart city construction and plays an important
role in guiding and promoting smart development of cities. Currently, existing research and …

Este estudo explora as características de infraestrutura e uso das tecnologias da informação
e comunicação dos municípios brasileiros, refletindo sobre a possibilidade de …

Many cities are focused on becoming" smarter". They are exploring the power of information
and communication technologies (ICTs) to become more efficient, effective, transparent …