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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Smart city concept"”.
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Combating Climate Change through Smart Innovations - Examination of smart city concept in light of sustainability
… were seen as excellent testing-grounds to put smart solutions in a new prospective and examine whether they could be or has been adapted into sustainable climate change combat by increasing the efficiency of mitigation and adaptation processes. For that reason, it will be investigated whether …
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Understanding the contributing factors and the barriers prohibiting successful implementation of smart cities in Africa
… continent with immense potential. Several “Smart solutions” or “Smart Cities” have been initiated at various scales and with different ethos's. The Smart City concept has been proposed as a solution that aims to aid in solving some of the socio-economic problems that are currently being …
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From Heaven on Earth to Smart Cities: How Utopianism Shifted from Social Structures to Digital Built Environments in the 21st Century
… texts or designs. In the early 21st century, the concept of a digital city began to be connected to utopian ideas. Smart city, sustainable city,15-minute city, and many more city forms use "utopian" as an adjective. However, there has been limited research into the utopian features of ideal cities …
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Public engagement in sustainable urban development: From engagement to co-creation through a smart city approach, Windhoek, Namibia
The City of Windhoek plays a unique role in the social and economic success of Namibia, as the center of international networks and where the government sits, this places a significant responsibility on national and local authorities to sustain the population. Globally, 55% of the world’s …
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Development of integrated performance indicators and integrated energy systems for smart cities
… develop and innovate net zero energy systems for smart city applications has never been more pressing. As the world population is rapidly growing, the global energy demand expands exponentially. The setback with higher energy consumption is the substantial greenhouse gas emissions associated with …
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Investigation of the smart cities strategies within the United Kingdom
The Smart City (SC) concept has emerged as an innovative response to the challenges and opportunities faced by cities around the world. However, despite many attempts to implement various strategies, many organisations within the United Kingdom still encounter difficulties embedding the smart city …
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Not a dashboard, not a sandcastle : unpacking the smart city discourse
While the idea of the ‘Smart City’ has attracted increasing attention from academia, industry, and government, this interest has largely had a technical and technological focus. This thesis explores the notion of the smart city in several different but related fashions. I first review and unpack …
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Demanda inteligente de energía y servicios energéticos: objetivos de una metodología de mejora continua para agencias de energía. Aplicación al Principado de Asturias, España
… económicas y energéticas, lo que dio origen a conceptos como el trilema energía-economía-medioambiente (World Energy Council), que determina estrategias empresariales y territoriales. España se enfrenta a sus propios retos, derivados de una evolución socio-política orientada a la …