Sustainable smart cities : creating spaces for technological, social and business development

• Other Authors: Peris-Ortiz, Marta, (Editor), Bennett, Dag R., (Editor), Pérez-Bustamante Yábar, Diana C., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
• Series: Innovation, technology, and knowledge management.
• Subjects: Cities and towns > Technological innovations.; City planning > Technological innovations.; Sustainable urban development.; Urban ecology (Sociology); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319408958; 9783319408941
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

"Regardless of their size, all cities are ultimately agglomerations of people and institutions. Agglomeration economies make it possible to attain minimum efficiencies of scale in the organization and delivery of services. However, the economic benefits do not constitute the main advantage of a city. A city's status rests on three dimensions: (1) political impetus, which is the result of citizens' participation and the public administration's agenda; (2) applications derived from technological advances (especially in ICT); and (3) cooperation between public and private initiatives in business development and entrepreneurship. These three dimensions determine which resources are necessary to create smart cities. But a smart city, ideal in the way it channels and resolves technological, social and economic-growth issues, requires many additional elements to function at a high-performance level, such as culture (an environment that empowers and engages citizens) and physical infrastructure designed to foster competition and collaboration, encourage new ideas and actions, and set the stage for new business creation"--Page 4 of cover.