There have recently been intensive efforts aimed at addressing the challenges of
environmental degradation and climate change through the applied innovative solutions of …

Research on smart cities lacks a systematic understanding of the different components of
smart city governance, the metrics to measure these components, their envisaged outcomes …

Smart city transitions are a fast-proliferating example of urban innovation processes, and
generating the insight required to support their unfolding should be a key priority for …

The number of smart city initiatives is growing worldwide at an incredible pace. Their
ambition is to add to the competitiveness of local communities through innovation while …

Who benefits from smart technology? Whose interests are served when we trade our
personal data for convenience and connectivity? Smart technology is everywhere: smart …

The popularity and application of artificial intelligence (AI) are increasing rapidly all around
the world—where, in simple terms, AI is a technology which mimics the behaviors commonly …

Technological innovation is constantly reshaping the materiality and mechanics of smart-city
initiatives. Recently, innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) in the shape of self-driving cars …

The Smart City concept is still evolving and can be viewed as a branding exercise by big
corporations, which is why the concept is not being used by the United Nations (UN). Smart …

City assessment tools can be used as support for decision making in urban development as
they provide assessment methodologies for cities to show the progress towards defined …

This paper examines the neoliberal ideals that underpin participation and citizenship in the
smart city and their replication mechanisms at the European level, particularly focusing on …