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Universidad Mayor
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Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
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Queensland University of Technology
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ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Preventive Medicine | Innovation and Technology Management | Health Promotion | Urban and Regional Planning | Public Health and Health Services | Health And Community Services | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering Design | Urban Policy | Environmental Engineering Modelling | Applied Hydrology (Drainage, Flooding, Irrigation, Quality, Etc.) | Urban Analysis and Development |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Land and water management | Urban Planning | Government and Politics not elsewhere classified | Health education and promotion | Social structure and health | Evaluation of health outcomes | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Ground transport
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Publications
Association between park visits and mental health in a developing country context: The case of Tabriz, Iran
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2020
Measures of transport-related social exclusion: A critical review of the literature
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 20-07-2016
DOI: 10.3390/SU8070696
Open Innovation in Value Chain for Sustainability of Firms
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 12-05-2017
DOI: 10.3390/SU9050811
Planning Online
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-929-3.CH002
Abstract: The first use of computing technologies and the development of land use models in order to support decision-making processes in urban planning date back to as early as mid 20th century. The main thrust of computing applications in urban planning is their contribution to sound decision-making and planning practices. During the last couple of decades many new computing tools and technologies, including geospatial technologies, are designed to enhance planners’ capability in dealing with complex urban environments and planning for prosperous and healthy communities. This chapter, therefore, examines the role of information technologies, particularly internet-based geographic information systems, as decision support systems to aid public participatory planning. The chapter discusses challenges and opportunities for the use of internet-based mapping application and tools in collaborative decision-making, and introduces a prototype internet-based geographic information system that is developed to integrate public-oriented interactive decision mechanisms into urban planning practice. This system, referred as the ‘Community-based Internet GIS’ model, incorporates advanced information technologies, distance learning, sustainable urban development principles and community involvement techniques in decision-making processes, and piloted in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
O desenvolvimento urbano baseado no conhecimento como estratégia para promoção de cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis
Publisher: University Nove de Julho
Date: 21-12-2020
Abstract: Na era do conhecimento, o rápido progresso tecnológico, especialmente no c o das tecnologias de informação e comunicação, é visto como o principal aliado para responder às crescentes crises ambientais e socioeconômicas urbanas. Nesse contexto, as cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis são aquelas que empregam tecnologia e inovação para melhorar a qualidade de vida de seus cidadãos e a eficiência dos serviços, buscando o desenvolvimento urbano sustentável. Na prática, entretanto, ersos desafios se impõem às cidades que buscam tornar-se inteligentes e sustentáveis. Para agregar as dimensões de inteligência e sustentabilidade, as cidades precisam de soluções desenhadas localmente e planejamento urbano estratégico integrado e equilibrado. Um modelo estratégico aderente a esses requisitos é o Desenvolvimento Urbano Baseado no Conhecimento (DUBC), que articula quatro domínios de desenvolvimento baseado no conhecimento (econômico, social, espacial e institucional) para um processo de transformação urbana de longo prazo, no contexto da nova economia do conhecimento e da competitividade global. Por meio de revisão de literatura, este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar e discutir os principais aspectos conceituais e de aplicação do DUBC como uma abordagem estratégica para a promoção de cidades inteligentes e sustentáveis. Os resultados indicam que o DUBC pode contribuir ao oferecer uma abordagem multidimensional e integrada para o planejamento urbano estratégico que inclui a implementação de tecnologias urbanas, desenvolvidas por processos endógenos de inovação e voltadas a um desenvolvimento urbano verdadeiramente inteligente e sustentável.
Smart Cities and Innovative Urban Technologies
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-2019
Ubiquitous urban infrastructure: Infrastructure planning and development in Korea
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2008
Urban Freight Logistics and Land Use Planning Education: Trends and Gaps through the Lens of Literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2023
Understanding autonomous vehicles: A systematic literature review on capability, impact, planning and policy
Publisher: Center for Transportation Studies
Date: 28-01-2019
Abstract: Advancement in automated driving technology has created opportunities for smart urban mobility. Automated vehicles are now a popular topic with the rise of the smart city agenda. However, legislators, urban administrators, policymakers, and planners are unprepared to deal with the possible disruption of autonomous vehicles, which potentially could replace conventional transport. There is a lack of knowledge on how the new capabilities will disrupt and which policy strategies are needed to address such disruption. This paper aims to determine where we are, where we are headed, what the likely impacts of a wider uptake could be, and what needs to be done to generate desired smart urban mobility outcomes. The methodology includes a systematic review of the existing evidence base to understand capability, impact, planning, and policy issues associated with autonomous vehicles. The review reveals the trajectories of technological development, disruptive effects caused by such development, strategies to address the disruptions, and possible gaps in the literature. The paper develops a framework outlining the inter-links among driving forces, uptake factors, impacts and possible interventions. It concludes by advocating the necessity of preparing our cities for autonomous vehicles, although a wider uptake may take quite some time.
Knowledge-Based Development for Cities and Societies
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
Creative Industries and the Urban Hierarchy
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-720-1.CH003
Abstract: As the 21st century progresses, the most successful economies and societies will be creative ones. Worldwide, governments are producing strategies to encourage the development of creative industries and to strengthen the role of knowledge cities nationally and internationally. There is significant policy discussion regarding the role of creative clusters in strengthening local economies and significant energy has been expended discussing the many positive outcomes of such developments. This chapter takes these issues as a starting point and considers the role of creative industries within broader concerns regarding regional development. Referring to data and analysis on the urban and regional geographies of creative industries the chapter considers the extent to which places at different levels of the settlement hierarchy can successfully develop creative industry nodes.
Geopolitics of the knowledge-based economy
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-09-2019
What to assess to model the transport impacts of urban growth? A Delphi approach to examine the space–time suitability of transport indicators
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-09-2019
Rethinking Sustainable Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
Factors Affecting Electric Vehicle Uptake: Insights from a Descriptive Analysis in Australia
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 04-11-2020
Abstract: Transport activities are among the major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting global climate crisis. Despite some efforts in shifting from internal combustion engines to electric motors, the global market share of electric vehicles (EVs) is very low—about 1%. This figure even goes as low as 0.4% for some developed countries—e.g., Australia. There is a growing, but still limited, number of studies investigating the key factors affecting the uptake of EVs. Additionally, there is no regional analysis in late-moving countries, which would provide knowledge for a better understanding why some countries are falling behind in the EV market. This paper focuses on Australia as a late mover in the EV market and generates insights into a regional analysis of key factors affecting the uptake of EVs. The unit of analysis for this study is determined as the states and territories of Australia. The methodologic approach of the study includes a descriptive analysis of publicly accessible fast and slow charging stations in Australia, the distribution of renewable energy, as well as electric vehicle sales in Australia, along with further factors relating to differences in income and education and subsidies for EVs from the government. The findings of the study reveal that (a) EV uptake conditions is an emerging research topic (b) renewable energy, EV subsidies, charging stations, income, and education do generally favor EV sales in Australia (c) the Australian Capital Territory has the highest readiness level among all the Australian states and territories and (d) future research should be conducted on a local government level to capture the local readiness levels accurately. The study findings inform policymakers, car manufacturers, the energy sector, and scholars on the critical success factors for the uptake of EVs in Australia.
An Efficient Management Platform for Developing Smart Cities: Solution for Real-Time and Future Crowd Detection
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-03-2021
DOI: 10.3390/ELECTRONICS10070765
Abstract: A smart city is an environment that uses innovative technologies to make networks and services more flexible, effective, and sustainable with the use of information, digital, and telecommunication technologies, improving the city’s operations for the benefit of its citizens. Most cities incorporate data acquisition elements from their own systems or those managed by subcontracted companies that can be used to optimise their resources: energy consumption, smart meters, lighting, irrigation water consumption, traffic data, camera images, waste collection, security systems, pollution meters, climate data, etc. The city-as-a-platform concept is becoming popular and it is increasingly evident that cities must have efficient management systems capable of deploying, for instance, IoT platforms, open data, etc., and of using artificial intelligence intensively. For many cities, data collection is not a problem, but managing and analysing data with the aim of optimising resources and improving the lives of citizens is. This article presents deepint.net, a platform for capturing, integrating, analysing, and creating dashboards, alert systems, optimisation models, etc. This article shows how deepint.net has been used to estimate pedestrian traffic on the streets of Melbourne (Australia) using the XGBoost algorithm. Given the current situation, it is advisable not to transit urban roads when overcrowded, thus, the model proposed in this paper (and implemented with deepint.net) facilitates the identification of areas with less pedestrian traffic. This use case is an ex le of an efficient crowd management system, implemented and operated via a platform that offers many possibilities for the management of the data collected in smart territories and cities.
Integrating strategic environmental assessment and material flow accounting: a novel approach for moving towards sustainable urban futures
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-06-2018
What are the key factors affecting smart city transformation readiness? Evidence from Australian cities
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
Analysis of a city-region from the knowledge perspective: Tampere, Finland
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 05-08-2014
DOI: 10.1108/VINE-09-2013-0056
Abstract: – The paper aims to evaluate the knowledge-based urban development (KBUD) dynamics of a rapidly emerging knowledge city-region, T ere region, Finland. – The paper empirically investigates T ere region’s development achievements and progress from the knowledge perspective. – The research, through qualitative and quantitative analyses, reveals the regional development strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of T ere region. – The paper provides useful suggestions based on the lessons learned from the T ere case investigation that could shed light on the KBUD journey of city-regions.
Attributes of successful place-making in knowledge and innovation spaces: Evidence from Brisbane's Diamantina knowledge precinct
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-05-2018
The implications of creative industries for regional outcomes
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2009
Barriers and risks of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) adoption in cities: A systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2021
City Competitiveness and Improving Urban Subsystems
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2012
Mapping Two Decades of AI in Construction Research: A Scientometric Analysis from the Sustainability and Construction Phases Lenses
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-09-2023
Development Pathways
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Best Practice
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Stimulating technological innovation through incentives: Perceptions of Australian and Brazilian firms
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2019
Cultivating the Pedagogy of Experience Through International Field Trips
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 04-2013
Abstract: Urban and regional planners, in the era of globalization, require being equipped with necessary skill sets to better deal with complex and rapidly changing economic, sociocultural, political, and environmental fabrics of cities and their regions. To provide such skill sets, urban and regional planning curriculum of Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, offers planning practice in the international context. This article, first, reports the findings of pedagogic analyses of the international field trips conducted to Malaysia, Korea, Turkey, and Taiwan. The article, then, discusses the opportunities and constraints of exposure of students to planning practice beyond the Australian context.
Digital Commons
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Participatory Governance
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Development and validity of a virtual street walkability audit tool for pedestrian route choice analysis—SWATCH
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2018
Understanding Sensor Cities: Insights from Technology Giant Company Driven Smart Urbanism Practices
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 06-08-2020
DOI: 10.3390/S20164391
Abstract: The data-driven approach to sustainable urban development is becoming increasingly popular among the cities across the world. This is due to cities’ attention in supporting smart and sustainable urbanism practices. In an era of digitalization of urban services and processes, which is upon us, platform urbanism is becoming a fundamental tool to support smart urban governance, and helping in the formation of a new version of cities—i.e., City 4.0. This new version utilizes urban dashboards and platforms in its operations and management tasks of its complex urban metabolism. These intelligent systems help in maintaining the robustness of our cities, integrating various sensors (e.g., internet-of-things) and big data analysis technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence) with the aim of optimizing urban infrastructures and services (e.g., water, waste, energy), and turning the urban system into a smart one. The study generates insights from the sensor city best practices by placing some of renowned projects, implemented by Huawei, Cisco, Google, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Alibaba, under the microscope. The investigation findings reveal that the sensor city approach: (a) Has the potential to increase the smartness and sustainability level of cities (b) Manages to engage citizens and companies in the process of planning, monitoring and analyzing urban processes (c) Raises awareness on the local environmental, social and economic issues, and (d) Provides a novel city blueprint for urban administrators, managers and planners. Nonetheless, the use of advanced technologies—e.g., real-time monitoring stations, cloud computing, surveillance cameras—poses a multitude of challenges related to: (a) Quality of the data used (b) Level of protection of traditional and cybernetic urban security (c) Necessary integration between the various urban infrastructure, and (d) Ability to transform feedback from stakeholders into innovative urban policies.
Transportation disadvantage impedance indexing: A methodological approach to reduce policy shortcomings
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2015
Does smart city policy lead to sustainability of cities?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
How Can Smart Mobility Innovations Alleviate Transportation Disadvantage? Assembling a Conceptual Framework through a Systematic Review
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 10-09-2020
DOI: 10.3390/APP10186306
Abstract: Transportation disadvantage is about the difficulty accessing mobility services required to complete activities associated with employment, shopping, business, essential needs, and recreation. Technological innovations in the field of smart mobility have been identified as a potential solution to help in iduals overcome issues associated with transportation disadvantage. This paper aims to provide a consolidated understanding on how smart mobility innovations can contribute to alleviate transportation disadvantage. A systematic literature review is completed, and a conceptual framework is developed to provide the required information to address transportation disadvantage. The results are categorized under the physical, economic, spatial, temporal, psychological, information, and institutional dimensions of transportation disadvantage. The study findings reveal that: (a) Primary smart mobility innovations identified in the literature are demand responsive transportation, shared transportation, intelligent transportation systems, electric mobility, autonomous vehicles, and Mobility-as-a-Services. (b) Smart mobility innovations could benefit urban areas by improving accessibility, efficiency, coverage, flexibility, safety, and the overall integration of the transportation system. (c) Smart mobility innovations have the potential to contribute to the alleviation of transportation disadvantage. (d) Mobility-as-a-Service has high potential to alleviate transportation disadvantage primarily due to its ability to integrate a wide-range of services.
Towards australian regional turnaround: Insights into sustainably accommodating post-pandemic urban growth in regional towns and cities
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-12-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU122410492
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has made many urban policymakers, planners, and scholars, all around the globe, rethink conventional, neoliberal growth strategies of cities. The trend of rapid urbanization, particularly around capital cities, has been questioned, and alternative growth models and locations have been the subjects of countless discussions. This is particularly the case for the Australian context: The COVID-19 pandemic heightened the debates in urban circles on post-pandemic urban growth strategies and boosting the growth of towns and cities across regional Australia is a popular alternative strategy. While some scholars argue that regional Australia poses an invaluable opportunity for post-pandemic growth by ‘taking off the pressure from the capital cities’ others warn us about the risks of growing regional towns and cities without carefully designed national, regional, and local planning, design, and development strategies. Superimposing planning and development policies meant for metropolitan cities could simply result in transferring the ills of capital cities to regions and exacerbate unsustainable development and heightened socioeconomic inequalities. This opinion piece, by keeping both of these perspectives in mind, explores approaches to regional community and economic development of Australia’s towns and cities, along with identifying sustainable urban growth locations in the post-pandemic era. It also offers new insights that could help re-shape the policy debate on regional growth and development.
Policy in Action
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
How Does Peri-Urbanization Trigger Climate Change Vulnerabilities? An Investigation of the Dhaka Megacity in Bangladesh
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 12-2020
DOI: 10.3390/RS12233938
Abstract: This paper aims to scrutinize in what way peri-urbanization triggers climate change vulnerabilities. By using spatial analysis techniques, the study undertakes the following tasks. First, the study demarcates Dhaka’s—the capital of Bangladesh—peri-urban growth pattern that took place over the last 24-year period (1992–2016). Afterwards, it determines the conformity of ongoing peri-urban practices with Dhaka’s stipulated planning documents. Then, it identifies Dhaka’s specific vulnerabilities to climate change impacts—i.e., flood, and groundwater table depletion. Lastly, it maps out the socioeconomic profile of the climate change victim groups from Dhaka. The findings of the study reveal that: (a) Dhaka lacks adequate development planning, monitoring, and control mechanisms that lead to an increased and uncontrolled peri-urbanization (b) Dhaka’s explicitly undefined peri-urban growth boundary is the primary factor in misguiding the growth pockets—that are the most vulnerable locations to climate change impacts, and (c) Dhaka’s most vulnerable group to the increasing climate change impacts are the climate migrants, who have been repeatedly exposed to the climate change-triggered natural hazards. These study findings generate insights into peri-urbanization-triggered climate change vulnerabilities that aid urban policymakers, managers, and planners in their development policy, planning, monitoring and control practices.
Policy Outcomes
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Artificial intelligence in local government services: Public perceptions from Australia and Hong Kong
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2023
Policy Acceptance
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Planning for Sustainable Urban Futures
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-022-7.CH002
Abstract: In recent years, cities have shown increasing signs of environmental problems due to the negative impacts of urban activities. The degradation and depletion of natural resources, climate change, and development pressure on green areas have become major concerns for cities. In response to these problems, urban planning policies have shifted to a sustainable focus and authorities have begun to develop new strategies for improving the quality of urban ecosystems. An extremely important function of an urban ecosystem is to provide healthy and sustainable environments for both natural systems and communities. Therefore, ecological planning is a functional requirement in the establishment of sustainable built environment. With ecological planning, human needs are supplied while natural resources are used in the most effective and sustainable manner and ecological balance is sustained. Protecting human and environmental health, having healthy ecosystems, reducing environmental pollution and providing green spaces are just a few of the many benefits of ecological planning. In this context, this chapter briefly presents a short overview of the importance of the implementation of ecological planning into sustainable urban development. Furthermore, it presents a conceptual framework for a new methodology for developing sustainable urban ecosystems through ecological planning approach.
Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-022-7.CH003
Abstract: Stormwater has been recognised as one of the main culprits of aquatic ecosystem pollution and as a significant threat to the goal of ecological sustainable development. Water sensitive urban design is one of the key responses to the need to better manage urban stormwater runoff, the objectives of which go beyond rapid and efficient conveyance. Underpinned by the concepts of sustainable urban development, water sensitive urban design has proven to be an efficient and environmentally-friendly approach to urban stormwater management, with the necessary technical know-how and skills already available. However, large-scale implementation of water sensitive urban design is still lacking in Australia due to significant impediments and negative perceptions. Identification of the issues, barriers and drivers that affect sustainability outcomes of urban stormwater management is one of the first steps towards encouraging the wide-scale uptake of water sensitive urban design features which integrate sustainable urban stormwater management. This chapter investigates key water sensitive urban design perceptions, drivers and barriers in order to improve sustainable urban stormwater management efforts.
Understanding ‘smart cities’: Intertwining development drivers with desired outcomes in a multidimensional framework
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2018
Preface: Introducing Knowledge-based Development of Prosperous Knowledge Cities
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 31-01-2012
Perceived Opportunities and Challenges of Autonomous Demand-Responsive Transit Use: What Are the Socio-Demographic Predictors?
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-2023
DOI: 10.3390/SU151511839
Abstract: The adoption of autonomous demand-responsive transit (ADRT) to support regular public transport has the potential to enhance sustainable mobility. There is a dearth of research on the socio-demographic characteristics associated with perceived opportunities and challenges regarding ADRT adoption in Australia. In this research, we fill this knowledge gap by determining socio-demographic predictors of perceptions and attitudes towards ADRT, specifically autonomous shuttle buses (ASBs), among adult residents of South East Queensland. This study incorporates a review of prior global studies, a stated preference survey distributed across the case study region, and descriptive and logistic regression analysis. We found that the main perceived opportunity of ASBs is reduced congestion/emissions, while the primary anticipated challenge relates to unreliable technology. Fully employed respondents are likely to be more familiar with autonomous vehicles. Females and those from lower-income households are less likely to have ridden in an autonomous vehicle. Males, those who are younger, have high employment, hail from higher-income households, and with no driver’s licence are all more favourable towards ASBs. Males, those with high employment, and without driver’s licence are likely to be more concerned about traffic accidents when using ASBs. Less-educated respondents and those living in peri-urban areas are likely to be more concerned about fares. Insights are drawn from the current study to inform policymakers to consider key challenges (e.g., trust issues) and target groups (particularly females) in planning public communication strategies to enhance receptiveness to ADRT.
Attracting and retaining knowledge workers in knowledge cities
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 18-09-2007
Sustainable Urban and Transport Development for Transportation Disadvantaged: A Review~!2009-09-21~!2009-12-15~!2010-03-16~!
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Date: 17-03-2010
Sustainable Urban Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-022-7.CH001
Abstract: Sustainable development has long been promoted as the best answer to the world’s environmental problems. This term has generated mass appeal as it implies that both the development of the built environment and its associated resource consumption can be achieved without jeopardising the natural environment. In the urban context, sustainability issues have been reflected in the promotion of sustainable urban development, which emphasises the sensible exploitation of scarce natural resources for urbanisation in a manner that allows future generations to repeat the process. This chapter highlights attempts to promote sustainable urban development through an integration of three important considerations: planning, development and the ecosystem. It highlights the fact that spatial planning processes were traditionally driven by economic and social objectives, and rarely involved promoting the sustainability agenda to achieve a sustainable urban future. As a result, rapid urbanisation has created a variety of pressures on the ecosystem upon which we rely. It is believed that the integration of the urban planning and development processes within the limitations of the ecosystem, monitored by a sustainability assessment mechanism, would offer a better approach to maintaining sustainable resource use without compromising urban development.
Factors affecting transport privatization: An empirical analysis of the EU
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
Ubiquitous Eco Cities
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-051-8.CH006
Abstract: Efficient and effective urban management systems for Ubiquitous Eco Cities require having intelligent and integrated management mechanisms. This integration includes bringing together economic, socio-cultural and urban development with a well orchestrated, transparent and open decision-making system and necessary infrastructure and technologies. In Ubiquitous Eco Cities telecommunication technologies play an important role in monitoring and managing activities via wired and wireless networks. Particularly, technology convergence creates new ways in which information and telecommunication technologies are used and formed the backbone of urban management. The 21st Century is an era where information has converged, in which people are able to access a variety of services, including internet and location based services, through multi-functional devices and provides new opportunities in the management of Ubiquitous Eco Cities. This chapter discusses developments in telecommunication infrastructure and trends in convergence technologies and their implications on the management of Ubiquitous Eco Cities.
Contribution of Social Media Analytics to Disaster Response Effectiveness: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 31-05-2023
DOI: 10.3390/SU15118860
Abstract: Disasters are sudden and catastrophic events with fatal consequences. Time-sensitive information collection from disaster zones is crucial for improved and data-driven disaster response. However, information collection from disaster zones in a prompt way is not easy or even possible. Human-centric information provided by citizen sensors through social media platforms create an opportunity for prompt information collection from disaster zones. There is, nevertheless, limited scholarly work that provides a comprehensive review on the potential of social media analytics for disaster response. This study utilizes a systematic literature review with PRISMA protocol to investigate the potential of social media analytics for enhanced disaster response. The findings of the systematic review of the literature pieces (n = 102) disclosed that (a) social media analytics in the disaster management research domain is an emerging field of research and practice (b) the central focus on the research domain is on the utilization of social media data for disaster response to natural hazards, but the social media data-driven disaster response to human-made disasters is an increasing research focus (c) human-centric information intelligence provided by social media analytics in disaster response mainly concentrates on collective intelligence, location awareness, and situation awareness, and (d) there is limited scholarly research investigating near-real-time transport network management aftermath disasters. The findings inform authorities’ decision-making processes as near-real time disaster response management depending on social media analytics is a critical element of securing sustainable cities and communities.
Planning, development and management of sustainable cities: A commentary from the guest editors
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 03-11-2015
DOI: 10.3390/SU71114677
Innovation District Typology Classification via Performance Framework: Insights from Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 06-09-2022
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS12091398
Abstract: As a new land use type, innovation districts are taking prominence in the urban development policies and plans of many cities across the globe. This new urban land use comes in many shapes and forms and offers various features and functions to the users. Despite its increasing popularity, there exist only limited approaches to classify innovation districts, and there are no holistic typologies developed so far. This study focuses on this understudied, but important area of research. The paper aims to develop an innovation district typology matrix and evaluates its practicality with real innovation district data. The methodological approach is three-fold. First, the multidimensional innovation district classification framework is adopted as a performance framework. Second, data from three eminent Australian innovation districts—i.e., Macquarie Park Innovation District (Sydney), Monash Technology Precinct (Melbourne), and Kelvin Grove Urban Village (Brisbane)—are collected. Third, both qualitative and quantitative analysis methods are employed for data analysis. The study finds that innovation district performances can be measured, and typologies can be developed though a novel approach. These, in return, inform property developers and managers, city administrators, and urban planners in their efforts to plan, design, develop, and manage competitive innovation districts.
Intelligent transport systems in Turkish urban environments: a comprehensive review
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2020
Digitalisation driven urban metabolism circularity: A review and analysis of circular city initiatives
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
Understanding Autonomous Shuttle Adoption Intention: Predictive Power of Pre-Trial Perceptions and Attitudes
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 26-11-2022
DOI: 10.3390/S22239193
Abstract: The capability of ‘demand-responsive transport’, particularly in autonomous shared form, to better facilitate road-based mobility is considered a significant advantage because improved mobility leads to enhanced quality of life and wellbeing. A central point in implementing a demand-responsive transit system in a new area is adapting the operational concept to the respective structural and socioeconomic conditions. This requires an extensive analysis of the users’ needs. There is presently limited understanding of public perceptions and attitudes toward the adoption of autonomous demand-responsive transport. To address this gap, a theory-based conceptual framework is proposed to provide detailed empirical insights into the public’s adoption intention of ‘autonomous shuttle buses’ as a form of autonomous demand-responsive transport. South East Queensland, Australia, was selected as the testbed. In this case study, relationships between perceptions, attitudes, and usage intention were examined by employing a partial least squares structural equation modeling method. The results support the basic technology acceptance model casual relationships that correspond with previous studies. Although the direct effects of perceived relative advantages and perceived service quality on usage intention are not significant, they could still affect usage intention indirectly through the attitude factor. Conversely, perceived risks are shown to have no association with perceived usefulness but can negatively impact travelers’ attitudes and usage intention toward autonomous shuttle buses. The research findings provide implications to assist policymakers, transport planners, and engineers in their policy decisions and system plans as well as achieving higher public acknowledgment and wider uptake of autonomous demand-responsive transport technology solutions.
Are climate change, urbanisation and political views correlated? Empirical evidence from South East Queensland
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
Opportunities and Adoption Challenges of AI in the Construction Industry: A PRISMA Review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2022
Scientific Landscape of Sustainable Urban and Rural Areas Research: A Systematic Scientometric Analysis
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 11-02-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12041293
Abstract: Urban and rural areas are the cradles of human development and civilization as all practical progress and feasible products have emerged from these places. Having a clear understanding of the sustainability of these areas, especially the progress of research in this field, is highly important. This study undertakes a comprehensive scientometric analysis to visualize and quantitatively measure the outcome of the scientific enterprise to construct sustainable urban and rural areas. The scientific productivity of recorded publications, their impacts, and their importance were systematically measured in erse aspects by virtue of ten distinctive techniques. A critical assessment of the respected criteria for sustainable urban and rural areas is presented in order to further clarify its boundaries with other related topics, as well as providing a clear benchmark for future studies. After screening the search results between 1900 and 2018 on the Web of Science database, 7397 publications explicitly related to sustainable urban and rural areas were extracted and analyzed by the CiteSpace software via the relevant bibliometric indicators. The results of this study shed light on the trends and patterns, consisting of kernel research areas, countries, journals, institutions, and how these entities have been concatenated, inside the bibliographic records around sustainable urban and rural areas. The findings facilitate in identifying the barriers and weakness in the current sustainable urban and rural areas research, and consequently help in identifying auspicious directions for prospective investigations.
Motivations, Barriers and Risks of Smart Home Adoption: From Systematic Literature Review to Conceptual Framework
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2021
How engaging are disaster management related social media channels? The case of Australian state emergency organisations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2020
Responsible Urban Innovation with Local Government Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2021
Blue and Green Spaces as Therapeutic Landscapes: Health Effects of Urban Water Canal Areas of Isfahan
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-11-2018
DOI: 10.3390/SU10114010
Abstract: Blue and green spaces contribute to the quality of cities in various ways—ranging from providing air corridors and visual amenities to positively affecting public psychological health and wellbeing. Urban blue and green spaces had geopolitical and agricultural functions in the past. These functions are still evident in many cities. They also provide ecological qualities for the surrounding (sub)urban neighborhoods. While in recent decades, many studies have explored the features and characteristics of urban blue and green spaces that are associated with positive health benefits, the healthy lifestyle promoting role of artificial water canals has received little attention. This case report investigates the canals in Isfahan from Iran that branch off from the Zayandeh Rood River and provide blue and green corridors to the city. The aim of this case report study is to explore the health aspects of urban water canals in physical, mental, and social dimensions based on the residents’ experiences. The study develops a framework for assessing the quality of therapeutic effect of canals in Isfahan, Iran. The paper employs qualitative content analysis as the methodological approach. In total, 200 people from the residential neighborhoods of the Niasarm Canal participated in semi-structured interviews in early 2018. The results of this research reveal that the canal—with ‘upgrade of active life’, ‘sense of rehabilitation, relaxation and concentration along with the canal’, ‘promotion of social life’, and ‘place identity’ characteristics—plays an important therapeutic role on the physical, psychological, and social health conditions of local residents.
Iktishaf+: A Big Data Tool with Automatic Labeling for Road Traffic Social Sensing and Event Detection Using Distributed Machine Learning
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-04-2021
DOI: 10.3390/S21092993
Abstract: Digital societies could be characterized by their increasing desire to express themselves and interact with others. This is being realized through digital platforms such as social media that have increasingly become convenient and inexpensive sensors compared to physical sensors in many sectors of smart societies. One such major sector is road transportation, which is the backbone of modern economies and costs globally 1.25 million deaths and 50 million human injuries annually. The cutting-edge on big data-enabled social media analytics for transportation-related studies is limited. This paper brings a range of technologies together to detect road traffic-related events using big data and distributed machine learning. The most specific contribution of this research is an automatic labelling method for machine learning-based traffic-related event detection from Twitter data in the Arabic language. The proposed method has been implemented in a software tool called Iktishaf+ (an Arabic word meaning discovery) that is able to detect traffic events automatically from tweets in the Arabic language using distributed machine learning over Apache Spark. The tool is built using nine components and a range of technologies including Apache Spark, Parquet, and MongoDB. Iktishaf+ uses a light stemmer for the Arabic language developed by us. We also use in this work a location extractor developed by us that allows us to extract and visualize spatio-temporal information about the detected events. The specific data used in this work comprises 33.5 million tweets collected from Saudi Arabia using the Twitter API. Using support vector machines, naïve Bayes, and logistic regression-based classifiers, we are able to detect and validate several real events in Saudi Arabia without prior knowledge, including a fire in Jeddah, rains in Makkah, and an accident in Riyadh. The findings show the effectiveness of Twitter media in detecting important events with no prior knowledge about them.
Modelling and analysing effects of complex seasonality and weather on an area's daily transit ridership rate
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2016
Smart City Blueprint
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Place making for knowledge generation and innovation: Planning and branding Brisbane's knowledge community precincts
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2016
Dismantling of the Inverted U-Curve of Open Innovation
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 11-08-2017
DOI: 10.3390/SU9081423
Understanding Local Government Digital Technology Adoption Strategies: A PRISMA Review
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-06-2023
DOI: 10.3390/SU15129645
Abstract: Digital technologies are used in various local government activities. Adopting suitable digital technology strategies could enhance service efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. The challenges of technology adoption among local governments, however, are also evident. One of the major challenges is capacity, including the lack of knowledge or awareness of how to balance the local government’s resources and the strategies that need to be implemented. This challenge also forms a research gap. The study aims to consolidate the understanding of local government digital technology adoption strategies via the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). It analyses the adoption opportunities, challenges, and strategies through the lens of people, processes, and technology frameworks. The results show that: (a) Strategies concerning the people aspects include building a platform for public participation, employees’ skills, and decision-makers' positive mindset development. (b) Strategies concerning the process aspects include recognizing the players’ roles, having a clear aim and procedure, proper regulation, and receiving user input. (c) Strategies considering the technology aspects include understanding the effect of the technology, technological preparedness, and convenience adoption. The findings inform local government policymakers in digital technology adoption and transformation endeavors.
Application of Life Cycle Assessment in buildings
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 31-07-2019
A Spatial-Indexing Model for Measuring Neighbourhood-Level Land-Use and Transport Integration
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-2014
DOI: 10.1068/B39028
Abstract: Significant attention has been given in urban policy literature to the integration of land-use and transport planning and policies—with a view to curbing sprawling urban form and diminishing externalities associated with car-dependent travel patterns. By taking land-use and transport interaction into account, this debate mainly focuses on how a successful integration can contribute to societal well-being, providing efficient and balanced economic growth while accomplishing the goal of developing sustainable urban environments and communities. The integration is also a focal theme of contemporary urban development models, such as smart growth, liveable neighbourhoods, and new urbanism. Even though available planning policy options for ameliorating urban form and transport-related externalities have matured—owing to growing research and practice worldwide—there remains a lack of suitable evaluation models to reflect on the current status of urban form and travel problems or on the success of implemented integration policies. In this study we explore the applicability of indicator-based spatial indexing to assess land-use and transport integration at the neighbourhood level. For this, a spatial index is developed by a number of indicators compiled from international studies and trialled in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The results of this modelling study reveal that it is possible to propose an effective metric to determine the success level of city plans considering their sustainability performance via composite indicator methodology. The model proved useful in demarcating areas where planning intervention is applicable, and in identifying the most suitable locations for future urban development and plan amendments. Lastly, we integrate variance-based sensitivity analysis with the spatial indexing method, and discuss the applicability of the model in other urban contexts.
Machine learning and remote sensing integration for leveraging urban sustainability: A review and framework
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Traffic and climate change impacts on water quality : measuring build-up and wash-off of heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-022-7.CH011
Abstract: Understanding the impacts of traffic and climate change on water quality helps decision makers to develop better policy and plans for dealing with unsustainable urban and transport development. This chapter presents detailed methodologies developed for s le collection and testing for heavy metals and total petroleum hydrocarbons, as part of a research study to investigate the impacts of climate change and changes to urban traffic characteristics on pollutant build-up and wash-off from urban road surfaces. Cadmium, chromium, nickel, copper, lead, iron, aluminium, manganese and zinc were the target heavy metals, and selected gasoline and diesel range organics were the target total petroleum hydrocarbons for this study. The study sites were selected to encompass the urban traffic characteristics of the Gold Coast region, Australia. An improved s le collection method referred to as ‘the wet and dry vacuum system’ for the pollutant build-up, and an effective wash-off plan to incorporate predicted changes to rainfall characteristics due to climate change, were implemented. The novel approach to s le collection for pollutant build-up helped to maintain the integrity of collection efficiency. The wash-off plan helped to incorporate the predicted impacts of climate change in the Gold Coast region. The robust experimental methods developed will help in field s le collection and chemical testing of different stormwater pollutants in build-up and wash-off.& nbsp
Place quality and urban competitiveness symbiosis? A position paper
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2016
Green Artificial Intelligence: Towards an Efficient, Sustainable and Equitable Technology for Smart Cities and Futures
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 10-08-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU13168952
Abstract: Smart cities and artificial intelligence (AI) are among the most popular discourses in urban policy circles. Most attempts at using AI to improve efficiencies in cities have nevertheless either struggled or failed to accomplish the smart city transformation. This is mainly due to short-sighted, technologically determined and reductionist AI approaches being applied to complex urbanization problems. Besides this, as smart cities are underpinned by our ability to engage with our environments, analyze them, and make efficient, sustainable and equitable decisions, the need for a green AI approach is intensified. This perspective paper, reflecting authors’ opinions and interpretations, concentrates on the “green AI” concept as an enabler of the smart city transformation, as it offers the opportunity to move away from purely technocentric efficiency solutions towards efficient, sustainable and equitable solutions capable of realizing the desired urban futures. The aim of this perspective paper is two-fold: first, to highlight the fundamental shortfalls in mainstream AI system conceptualization and practice, and second, to advocate the need for a consolidated AI approach—i.e., green AI—to further support smart city transformation. The methodological approach includes a thorough appraisal of the current AI and smart city literatures, practices, developments, trends and applications. The paper informs authorities and planners on the importance of the adoption and deployment of AI systems that address efficiency, sustainability and equity issues in cities.
Mapping Two Decades of Autonomous Vehicle Research: A Systematic Scientometric Analysis
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-08-2021
Quality of life of HIV-infected individuals: insights from a study of patients in Kermanshah, Iran
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-02-2021
DOI: 10.1186/S12879-021-05908-Z
Abstract: Quality of life (QOL) is one of the major factors to assessing the health and wellbeing of People living with HIV (PLWH). Likewise, improved QOL is among the prominent goals of patient treatment. This study was conducted to investigate the QOL of PLWH in Kermanshah, Iran. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 364 PLWH of Kermanshah between 2016 and 2017. Outpatients were selected as the s le through the convenience s ling method from HIV Positive Clients of Kermanshah Behavioral Diseases Counseling Center. The reasons for the selection of outpatients include: (a) some patients were substance users, homeless or did not have a fixed address to follow-up (b) addresses and personal details that were registered on the first admission were incorrect or incomplete (c) due to financial issues, some were forced to relocate frequently and were difficult to track (d) some patients were convicts or prisoners, making it hard to find them after their release (e) some of them were from other provinces, where managing access was not easy ossible. Data was collected using WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire (Persian Version). Data also analyzed with STATA 14, and SPSS 23 using T-test and multiple regression. This study showed that mean (SD) age of PLWH was 40.21 (10.45) years. Females had better QOL than males except for spirituality, religion and personal beliefs. The gender differences disappeared in multivariate results. A significant association was observed between education and the independence, environment, and spirituality domains of QOL. In addition, being married was correlated with overall QOL, psychological and social relationships domains of QOL of PLWH. Drug use was a behavioral factor with negative influence on the QOL. This study found that marital status and drug use were the main predictors of various domains of QOL. Drug use was a behavioral factor with a negative influence on the QOL. Hence, it is recommended that health professionals, planners, and policymakers take effective measures to improve the status quo.
Mapping two decades of smart home research: A systematic scientometric analysis
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2022
Public perceptions of peri-urbanism triggered climate change: Survey evidence from South East Queensland, Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Stakeholder perception of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-08-2020
DOI: 10.1002/BSE.2609
Investigating the link between carbon dioxide emissions and transport-related social exclusion in rural Northern Ireland
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-02-2015
Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Volume 1: 18th International Conference
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2022
Interrelationship between underprivileged neighborhoods and health promotion lifestyles: insights from Kermanshah, Iran
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-05-2020
Sustainable Urban Development for Older Australians: Understanding the Formation of Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in the Greater Brisbane Region
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-09-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU13179853
Abstract: As most older Australians prefer to age-in-place, providing sustainable and age-friendly communities poses a significant challenge to urban policymakers. The naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) have organically emerged as a collaborative model of care to support older adults to age-in-place, but neither academic research nor government policies recognise this housing option for older Australians. This paper aims to analyse the distributions and temporal patterns of NORCs in the Greater Brisbane Region, Australia, to understand the formation and development of NORCs. The geovisualisation method was employed to identify the distribution changes of NORCs between 2006 and 2016. The Global Moran’s I and Local Moran’s I measures were utilised to analyse the spatial correlation and the clusters of NORCs. The results show that NORCs increased significantly from 2006 to 2016, and their distribution was mainly clustered or co-located along the coastline and Brisbane River areas. The evolvement of NORCs reflected the change of aggregation pattern of older population between 2006 and 2016. Understanding the distribution trend of NORCs informs government policy and decisions in addressing issues of service delivery and community cooperation, and eventually leads to sustainable urban development and successful ageing in place for older Australians.
A Fairer Renewable Energy Policy for Aged Care Communities: Data Driven Insights across Climate Zones
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 08-10-2022
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS12101631
Abstract: Communal living for older people exists in many different forms, such as suburban communities, lifestyle communities, retirement villages and residential aged care communities (RAC) where electricity is supplied via a main gate meter to the whole community. Australia’s Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme incentivizes in iduals and businesses to install renewable energy systems up to 100 kW peak. A system of this size, however, may not meet a community’s energy needs or sustainability goals. In contrast, other residential dwellings are allowed to install a minimum solar inverter of 5 kW. Therefore, this paper investigates small-scale renewable energy targets on a per bed basis for RACs and the impact of a change from the current 100 kW peak small-scale renewable energy policy. A data driven clustering-based method has been implemented to identify financially optimal photovoltaic (PV) system ratings for ten RACs across four climate zones. Explored are 100 kW peak PV and net zero electricity scenarios. Results show RACs with 5 kW PV per bed can move closer to a net zero electricity goal and generate 800 to 1400 GWh of renewable electricity each year with significant financial savings. A fairer renewable policy, based on kilowatts per bed, is advocated to improve communities’ energy resilience, financial sustainability, and environmental sustainability.
Towards a comprehensive and integrated knowledge-based urban development model: status quo and directions
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2012
Smart Cities and Mobility: Does the Smartness of Australian Cities Lead to Sustainable Commuting Patterns?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 13-06-2019
Can volunteer crowdsourcing reduce disaster risk? A systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2019
Challenges to Urban Transport Sustainability and Smart Transport in a Tourist City: The Gold Coast, Australia
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Date: 25-09-2008
Smart Urban Mobility Innovations: A Comprehensive Review and Evaluation
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 2020
Measures of spatial accessibility to health centers: investigating urban and rural disparities in Kermanshah, Iran
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-08-2019
Comparing: Knowledge-based Urban Development of Vancouver, Melbourne, Manchester and Boston
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 31-01-2012
Understanding Urban Heat Vulnerability Assessment Methods: A PRISMA Review
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 23-09-2022
DOI: 10.3390/EN15196998
Abstract: Increasingly people, especially those residing in urban areas with the urban heat island effect, are getting exposed to extreme heat due to ongoing global warming. A number of methods have been developed, so far, to assess urban heat vulnerability in different locations across the world concentrating on erse aspects of these methods. While there is growing literature, thorough review studies that compare, contrast, and help understand the prospects and constraints of urban heat vulnerability assessment methods are scarce. This paper aims to bridge this gap in the literature. A systematic literature review with the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) approach is utilized as the methodological approach. PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The results are analyzed in three aspects—i.e., indicators and data, modelling approaches, and validation approaches. The main findings disclose that: (a) Three types of indicators are commonly used—i.e., demographic properties and socioeconomic status, health conditions and medical resources, and natural and built environmental factors (b) Heat vulnerability indexing models, equal weighting method, and principal component analysis are commonly used in modelling and weighting approaches (c) Statistical regressions and correlation coefficients between heat vulnerability results and adverse health outcomes are commonly used in validation approaches, but the performance varies across studies. This study informs urban policy and generates directions for prospective research and more accurate vulnerability assessment method development.
Impacts of Covid-19 interventions on air quality: evidence from Brazilian metropolitan regions
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-05-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S13762-022-04189-6
Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively disrupted the way our economy and society functions. Nonetheless, there have also been some positive externalities of the pandemic on the environment. This paper aims to evaluate the concentration of nitrogen dioxide in Brazilian metropolitan regions after the policies adopted to confront Covid-19. In terms of methodological approach, the study employs cross-sectional quantitative analyses to compare the period of 36 days, i.e., 12 March to 16 April—before (in 2019) and after (in 2020) the pandemic declaration. The data were obtained from the Sentinel 5-P low-Earth polar satellite concerning Brazilian metropolitan regions ( n = 24). Thorough spatial and statistical analyses were undertaken to identify the pre- and during pandemic nitrogen dioxide concentrations. Complementarily, Spearman’s correlation test was performed with variables that impact air quality. The study results a fall in nitrogen dioxide concentration levels in 21 of the 24 metropolitan regions which was observed. The Spearman’s correlation coefficient between the nitrogen dioxide variation and the vehicle density was 0.485, at a significance level of 0.05. With these findings in mind, the paper advocates that while the pandemic has a significant negative consequence on the health of population globally, a series of measures that result in a new social organization directly interfere in the reduction of air pollution that contributes to the quality of the air we breathe.
Editorial: The governance of artificial intelligence in the “autonomous city”
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 12-09-2023
Integrated Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Management
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH419
Abstract: Sustainable urban development and the liveability of a city are increasingly important issues in the context of land use planning and infrastructure management. In recent years, the promotion of sustainable urban development in Australia and overseas is facing various physical, socio-economic and environmental challenges. These challenges and problems arise from the lack of capability of local governments to accommodate the needs of the population and economy in a relatively short timeframe. The planning of economic growth and development is often dealt with separately and not included in the conventional land use planning process. There is also a sharp rise in the responsibilities and roles of local government for infrastructure planning and management. This increase in responsibilities means that local elected officials and urban planners have less time to prepare background information and make decisions. The Brisbane Urban Growth Model has proven initially successful in providing a dynamic platform to ensure timely and coordinated delivery of urban infrastructure. Most importantly, this model is the first step for local governments in moving toward a systematic approach to pursuing sustainable and effective urban infrastructure management.
Knowledge-Based Urban Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
Perceptions and Attitudes Towards the Deployment of Autonomous and Connected Vehicles: Insights from Las Vegas, Nevada
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2021
Online Participatory Decision Support Tools for Knowledge-Based Urban Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-838-3.CH011
Abstract: Particularly in the last decade, there have been a number of efforts to develop and then integrate planning support systems into existing geographic information systems. This integration brought a new technology called WebGIS, which enables geographic information systems functionalities through the Internet for decision support. No doubt there is a growing demand as more and more in iduals want to use online government services to express their views and most importantly to take part in decisionmaking processes interactively. At this point, WebGIS offers a challenging opportunity for online participatory planning since the public could easily access alternative plans and the existing information in geographic information systems databases. This technology enables in iduals to be able to take part in plan-making processes and contribute. This chapter explores how these new technological advances could achieve truly transparent plan-making process based on online participatory planning support tools that knowledge-based urban development could benefit from.
Moving Towards a Knowledge City?
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2013
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1873-2.CH007
Abstract: In the global knowledge economy, knowledge-intensive industries and knowledge workers are extensively seen as the primary factors to improve the welfare and competitiveness of cities. To attract and retain such industries and workers, cities produce knowledge-based urban development strategies, where such strategising is an important development mechanism for cities and their economies. This paper investigates knowledge-based urban development strategies of Brisbane, Australia that support generation, attraction, and retention of investment and talent. The paper puts forward a clear understanding on the policy frameworks, and relevant applications of Brisbane’s knowledge-based urban development experience in becoming a prosperous knowledge city, and concludes by providing invaluable insights and directions for other cities seeking knowledge-based urban development.
Empirical approaches in knowledge city research
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2014
Benchmarking knowledge-based urban development performance: Results from the international comparison of Helsinki
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2013
LidSonic V2.0: LiDAR and Deep Learning-based Green Assistive Edge Device to Enhance Mobility for the Visually Impaired
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 11-08-2022
DOI: 10.20944/PREPRINTS202208.0215.V1
Abstract: Over a billion people around the world are disabled, among them, 253 million are visually impaired or blind, and this number is greatly increasing due to ageing, chronic diseases, poor environment, and health. Despite many proposals, the current devices and systems lack maturity and do not completely fulfill user requirements and satisfaction. Increased research activity in this field is required to encourage the development, commercialization, and widespread acceptance of low-cost and affordable assistive technologies for visual impairment and other disabilities. This paper proposes a novel approach using a LiDAR with a servo motor and an ultrasonic sensor to collect data and predict objects using deep learning for environment perception and navigation. We adopted this approach in a pair of smart glasses, called LidSonic V2.0, to enable the identification of obstacles for the visually impaired. The LidSonic system consists of an Arduino Uno edge computing device integrated into the smart glasses and a smartphone app that transmits data via Bluetooth. Arduino gathers data, operates the sensors on smart glasses, detects obstacles using simple data processing, and provides buzzer feedback to visually impaired users. The smartphone application collects data from Arduino, detects and classifies items in the spatial environment, and gives spoken feedback to the user on the detected objects. In comparison to image processing-based glasses, LidSonic uses far less processing time and energy to classify obstacles using simple LiDAR data, according to several integer measurements. We comprehensively describe the proposed system's hardware and software design, construct their prototype implementations, and test them in real-world environments. Using the open platforms, WEKA and TensorFlow, the entire LidSonic system is built with affordable off-the-shelf sensors and a microcontroller board costing less than $80. Essentially, we provide designs of an inexpensive, miniature, green device that can be built into, or mounted on, any pair of glasses or even a wheelchair to help the visually impaired. Our approach affords faster inference and decision-making using relatively low energy with smaller data sizes as well as faster communications for the edge, fog, and cloud computing.
Place quality in innovation clusters: An empirical analysis of global best practices from Singapore, Helsinki, New York, and Sydney
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
Public Perceptions on Artificial Intelligence Driven Disaster Management: Evidence from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Pathways to the Making of Prosperous Smart Cities: An Exploratory Study on the Best Practice
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-07-2020
Context, contribution and characteristics of public spaces for place making in contemporary knowledge and innovation spaces: Observations from Brisbane, Australia
Publisher: City Space Architecture
Date: 31-12-2017
DOI: 10.5204/JPS.V2I4.143
Abstract: The advanced era of knowledge-based urban development has led to an unprecedented increase in mobility of people and subsequent growth in new typologies of agglomerated enclaves of knowledge such as urban knowledge and innovation spaces. Within this context, a new role has been assigned to contemporary public spaces to attract and retain the mobile knowledge workforce by creating a sense of place. This paper investigates the context, characteristics and contribution of public spaces in facilitating place making in the globalised knowledge economy world. It takes an overall process-based approach to highlight the observations from Australia’s new world city Brisbane to outline the application of urban design as a tool to create and sustain multi-dimensional place making in urban knowledge and innovation spaces, which caters erse range of social, cultural and democratic needs. The study derives multi-layered permeability as the key character that defines the modified typology of public spaces and which is vital for making them more viable and adaptive as per the changing needs of the contemporary globalised or in other words knowledge society.
Ecological indicators of smart urban metabolism: A review of the literature on international standards
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2020
How can gamification be incorporated into disaster emergency planning? A systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 20-04-2020
DOI: 10.1108/IJDRBE-08-2019-0054
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of gamification as a novel technique in motivating community engagement in disaster-related activities in order to address the question of how gamification can be incorporated into disaster emergency planning. This study conducts a systematic literature review and explores available gamified applications for disaster emergency planning and their purpose of use. In total, 51 scholarly articles on the topic and 35 disaster-related gamified applications are reviewed. The findings reveal the following: (a) gamified applications ( n = 35) are used for education, research and intervention purposes (b) gamified applications create new opportunities for community engagement and raise disaster awareness among the community in virtual environments and (c) gamified applications help shape a new culture – i.e. gamified culture – that supports smart disaster emergency planning practice. During the recent years, utilisation of game elements in non-game contexts – i.e., gamification – has become a popular approach in motivating people in various actions. Increasing research highlighted the benefits of gamification in enhancing community engagement, creating interactive environments, providing better behavioural outcomes and influencing democratic processes. Despite some of the applications indicating the potential of gamification in disaster emergency planning, the use of gamification technique in this discipline is an understudied area. This study reveals gamification can be incorporated into disaster emergency planning.
Sustainable water provision: challenges, alternative strategies and sources in the era of climate change
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-775-6.CH002
Abstract: As a result of rapid urbanisation, population growth, changes in lifestyle, pollution and the impacts of climate change, water provision has become a critical challenge for planners and policy-makers. In the wake of increasingly difficult water provision and drought, the notion that freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource is increasingly being realised. Many city administrations around the world are struggling to provide water security for their residents to maintain lifestyle and economic growth. This chapter reviews the global challenge of providing freshwater to sustain lifestyles and economic growth, and the contributing challenges of climate change, urbanisation, population growth and problems in rainfall distribution. The chapter proceeds to evaluate major alternatives to current water sources such as conservation, recycling and reclamation, and desalination. Integrated water resource management is briefly looked at to explore its role in complementing water provision. A comparative study on alternative resources is undertaken to evaluate their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and constraints, and the results are discussed.
Public Opinion Mining on Construction Health and Safety: Latent Dirichlet Allocation Approach
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 31-03-2023
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS13040927
Abstract: The construction industry has been experiencing many occupational accidents as working on construction sites is dangerous. To reduce the likelihood of accidents, construction companies share the latest construction health and safety news and information on social media. While research studies in recent years have explored the perceptions towards these companies’ social media pages, there are no big data analytic studies conducted on Instagram about construction health and safety. This study aims to consolidate public perceptions of construction health and safety by analyzing Instagram posts. The study adopted a big data analytics approach involving visual, content, user, and sentiment analyses of Instagram posts (n = 17,835). The study adopted the Latent Dirichlet Allocation, a kind of machine learning approach for generative probabilistic topic extraction, and the five most mentioned topics were: (a) training service, (b) team management, (c) training organization, (d) workers’ work and family, and (e) users’ action. Besides, the Jaccard coefficient co-occurrence cluster analysis revealed: (a) the most mentioned collocations were ‘construction safety week’, ‘safety first’, and ‘construction team’, (b) the largest clusters were ‘safety training’, ‘occupational health and safety administration’, and ‘health and safety environment’, (c) the most active users were ‘Parallel Consultancy Ltd.’, ‘Pike Consulting Group’, and ‘Global Training Canada’, and (d) positive sentiment accounted for an overwhelming figure of 85%. The findings inform the industry on public perceptions that help create awareness and develop preventative measures for increased health and safety and decreased incidents.
Sustainable Transport Infrastructure
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-775-6.CH004
Abstract: Many economic, social and environmental sustainability problems associated with typical urban transportation systems have revealed the importance of three domains of action: vehicle, infrastructure and user. These domains need to be carefully reconsidered in search of a sustainable urban development path. Although intelligent transportation systems have contributed substantially to enhancing efficiency, safety and comfort of travel, questions related to users’ behaviors and preferences, which stimulate considerable environmental effects, still needed to be further examined. In this chapter, options for smart urban transportation infrastructure development and the technological means for achieving broader goals of sustainable communities and urban development are explored.
Smart City Blueprint
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Knowledge-based urban development of Multimedia Super Corridor, Malaysia: an overview
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2011
How can smart mobility bridge the first/last mile gap? Empirical evidence on public attitudes from Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2022
Creative Cities and the Film Industry: Antalya's Transition to a Eurasian Film Centre
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Date: 26-09-2008
Making Space and Place for the Knowledge Economy: Knowledge-based Development of Australian Cities
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2010
Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities: Reconceptualizing Smart Cities to Evade Urban Ecocide
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 16-10-2019
Disruptive impacts of automated driving systems on the built environment and land use: An urban planner's perspective
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Deepint.net: A Rapid Deployment Platform for Smart Territories
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.3390/S21010236
Abstract: This paper presents an efficient cyberphysical platform for the smart management of smart territories. It is efficient because it facilitates the implementation of data acquisition and data management methods, as well as data representation and dashboard configuration. The platform allows for the use of any type of data source, ranging from the measurements of a multi-functional IoT sensing devices to relational and non-relational databases. It is also smart because it incorporates a complete artificial intelligence suit for data analysis it includes techniques for data classification, clustering, forecasting, optimization, visualization, etc. It is also compatible with the edge computing concept, allowing for the distribution of intelligence and the use of intelligent sensors. The concept of smart cities is evolving and adapting to new applications the trend to create intelligent neighbourhoods, districts or territories is becoming increasingly popular, as opposed to the previous approach of managing an entire megacity. In this paper, the platform is presented, and its architecture and functionalities are described. Moreover, its operation has been validated in a case study where the bike renting service of Paris—Vélib’ Métropole has been managed. This platform could enable smart territories to develop adapted knowledge management systems, adapt them to new requirements and to use multiple types of data, and execute efficient computational and artificial intelligence algorithms. The platform optimizes the decisions taken by human experts through explainable artificial intelligence models that obtain data from IoT sensors, databases, the Internet, etc. The global intelligence of the platform could potentially coordinate its decision-making processes with intelligent nodes installed in the edge, which would use the most advanced data processing techniques.
University and innovation district symbiosis in the context of placemaking
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
Analysis of build-up of heavy metals and volatile organics on urban roads in gold coast, Australia
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Date: 05-2011
DOI: 10.2166/WST.2011.151
Abstract: Urban water quality can be significantly impaired by the build-up of pollutants such as heavy metals and volatile organics on urban road surfaces due to vehicular traffic. Any control strategy for the mitigation of traffic related build-up of heavy metals and volatile organic pollutants should be based on the knowledge of their build-up processes. In the study discussed in this paper, the outcomes of a detailed experimental investigation into build-up processes of heavy metals and volatile organics are presented. It was found that traffic parameters such as average daily traffic, volume over capacity ratio and surface texture depth had similar strong correlations with the build-up of heavy metals and volatile organics. Multicriteria decision analyses revealed that that the 1–74 μm particulate fraction of total suspended solids (TSS) could be regarded as a surrogate indicator for particulate heavy metals in build-up and this same fraction of total organic carbon could be regarded as a surrogate indicator for particulate volatile organics build-up. In terms of pollutants affinity, TSS was found to be the predominant parameter for particulate heavy metals build-up and total dissolved solids was found to be the predominant parameter for the potential dissolved particulate fraction in heavy metals buildup. It was also found that land use did not play a significant role in the build-up of traffic generated heavy metals and volatile organics.
Knowledge-Based Urban Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 31-07-2014
How can life cycle thinking support sustainability of buildings? Investigating life cycle assessment applications for energy efficiency and environmental performance
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2018
Information and Communication Technology for E-Regions
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2009
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.CH306
Abstract: Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are essential components of the knowledge economy, and have an immense complementary role in innovation, education, knowledge creation, and relations with government, civil society, and business within city regions. The ability to create, distribute, and exploit knowledge has become a major source of competitive advantage, wealth creation, and improvements in the new regional policies. Growing impact of ICTs on the economy and society, rapid application of recent scientific advances in new products and processes, shifting to more knowledge-intensive industry and services, and rising skill requirements have become crucial concepts for urban and regional competitiveness. Therefore, harnessing ICTs for knowledge-based urban development (KBUD) has a significant impact on urban and regional growth (Yigitcanlar, 2005). In this sense, e-region is a novel concept utilizing ICTs for regional development. Since the Helsinki European Council announced Turkey as a candidate for European Union (EU) membership in 1999, the candidacy has accelerated the speed of regional policy enhancements and adoption of the European regional policy standards. These enhancements and adoption include the generation of a new regional spatial ision, NUTS-II statistical regions a new legislation on the establishment of regional development agencies (RDAs) and new orientations in the field of high education, science, and technology within the framework of the EU’s Lisbon Strategy and the Bologna Process. The European standards posed an ambitious new agenda in the development and application of contemporary regional policy in Turkey (Bilen, 2005). In this sense, novel regional policies in Turkey necessarily endeavor to include information society objectives through efficient use of new technologies such as ICTs. Such a development seeks to be based on tangible assets of the region (Friedmann, 2006) as well as the best practices deriving from grounding initiatives on urban and local levels. These assets provide the foundation of an e-region that harnesses regional development in an information society context. With successful implementations, the Marmara region’s local governments in Turkey are setting the benchmark for the country in the implementation of spatial information systems and e-governance, and moving toward an e-region. Therefore, this article aims to shed light on organizational and regional realities of recent practices of ICT applications and their supply instruments based on evidence from selected local government organizations in the Marmara region. This article also exemplifies challenges and opportunities of the region in moving toward an e-region and provides a concise review of different ICT applications and strategies in a broader urban and regional context. The article is organized in three parts. The following section scrutinizes the e-region framework and the role of ICTs in regional development. Then, Marmara’s opportunities and challenges in moving toward an e-region are discussed in the context of ICT applications and their supply instruments based on public-sector projects, policies, and initiatives. Subsequently, the last section discusses conclusions and prospective research.
Understanding Transport-Related Social Exclusion: A Multidimensional Approach
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-11-2019
Place making for innovation and knowledge-intensive activities: The Australian experience
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2019
Dubaization of Istanbul: Insights from the Knowledge-Based Urban Development Journey of an Emerging Local Economy
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1068/A130209P
Abstract: Knowledge-based urban development (KBUD) has become a popular pursuit for cities, especially from the developing countries, to fast track the catching up process with their counterparts in developed nations. Nevertheless, for these cities the KBUD progress is daunting and full of challenges. The authors aim to shed light on the major KBUD challenges of emerging local economies by undertaking an in-depth empirical investigation in one such city. They scrutinize the prospects and constraints of Istanbul in her KBUD journey through comparative performance and policy context analyses. The findings reveal invaluable insights, not only for Istanbul to reshape the policy context and align development with contemporary KBUD better, but also for other emerging local economies to learn from these experiences.
Objective vs. subjective measures of street environments in pedestrian route choice behaviour: Discrepancy and correlates of non-concordance
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2019
E-Government in the Knowledge Society
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-838-3.CH008
Abstract: A key component of the knowledge society and the urban form that accompanies it is the increasing importance of information and communication technologies in daily life. It is clear that in cites around the world, the use of information and communication technologies has increasingly become part of everyday life including in the business of government. This chapter considers the role of e-governance in Singapore and in particular the potential for the Singapore e-government model to mature fully. The establishment of e-government has been an important policy goal within contemporary Singapore government. Recognizing the gains to be made by harnessing information and communication technologies to strengthen and streamline the business of governance, Singapore has successfully developed its e-government sector across three strategic plans focusing on developing a world-class e-government experience that will delight customers and connect citizens. This chapter reviews the development of e-government in Singapore, focusing on the outcomes of e-government strategic plans, and discussing issues and outcomes associated with developing a fully mature e-government position.
Understanding Spatial Distribution of Retirement Villages: An Analysis of the Greater Brisbane Region
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 17-11-2021
Abstract: The nature of the increasingly ageing populations of developed countries places residential issues of these populations at the heart of urban policy. Retirement villages as housing options for older adults in Australia has been growing steadily in recent years however, there have been a dearth of geographical studies looking into the distribution of existing retirement villages at the regional level. This study aims to reveal the geographical distributions and cluster patterns of retirement villages in the Greater Brisbane Region of Australia to better understand and serve the living requirements of current and potential retirement village residents. The geovisualization method was adopted to visually explore the distribution patterns of retirement villages. The Global Moran’s I and Local Moran’s I measures were employed to analyze the spatial correlation and the clusters of retirement villages in the study region. The study revealed that distribution of retirement villages was not random (z-score = 7.11 p 0.001), but clustered in nature and included hotspot patterns, especially along the coastline and Brisbane River areas. Moreover, for-profit and not-for-profit retirement villages have different distribution patterns and adopted significantly different tenure agreements. In the study region, the spatial distribution of retirement villages aligns with the aggregation trend of older residents. The findings of this study disclosed the spatial distribution patterns of retirement villages and will provide developers and policymakers with geographically referenced data for the choice of new development sites to meet the market demand of potential customers, forming aged-friendly development strategies, and eventually leading to improved quality of life for older Australians.
Urban Analytics with Social Media Data
Publisher: CRC Press
Date: 17-05-2022
Evaluating place quality in innovation districts: A Delphic hierarchy process approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2018
How does the public engage with innovation districts? Societal impact assessment of Australian innovation districts
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
A methodological exploration to determine transportation disadvantage variables: the partial least square approach
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2015
How can social media analytics assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions? Insights from Australian states and territories
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 21-07-2020
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-45845/V1
Abstract: Background and objectives: Due to COVID-19, various countries introduced lockdowns and limited citizen movements. These restrictions triggered an increased use of digital technologies and platforms by the public. This provides an opportunity for the authorities to capture public perceptions on COVID-19 from social media channels to make informed decisions. The use of social media analytics during pandemics for decision-making, however, is an understudied area of research. Thus, this study aims to generate insights into how social media analytics can assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions. Methods: This study involved a social media analysis approach—i.e., systematic geo-Twitter analysis—that contains descriptive, content, sentiment, and spatial analyses. Australian states and territories are selected as the case study context for the empirical investigation. This study collected 96,666 geotagged tweets (originated from Australia between 1 January and 4 May 2020), and analysed 35,969 of them after data cleaning. Results: The findings disclose that: (a) Social media analytics is an efficient approach to capture the attitudes and perceptions of the public during a pandemic (b) Crowdsourced social media data can guide interventions and decisions of the authorities during a pandemic, and (c) Effective use of government social media channels can help the public to follow the introduced measures/restrictions. Conclusion: The findings are invaluable for authorities to understand community perceptions and identify communities in needs and demands in a pandemic situation, where authorities are not in a position to conduct direct and lengthily public consultations.
Knowledge-Based Urban Development: The Local Economic Development Path of Brisbane, Australia
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 08-2008
DOI: 10.1080/02690940802197358
Abstract: Knowledge-based development strategies play an important role in supporting local economic development of cities in the knowledge era. This paper investigates local knowledge-based urban development policies of Brisbane, Australia in its long journey to become a competitive knowledge city. The paper examines Brisbane's recent progress towards establishing knowledge community precincts that are critical creative urban environments to attract and retain global investment and talent. This paper also discusses major challenges Brisbane is experiencing during the implementation of its state- and city-wide knowledge-based urban development strategies.
Transforming Communication and Decision‐making Practices for Sustainable Renewal of Urban Transport Infrastructure
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-03-2017
Contributions and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Building Smarter Cities: Insights from a Systematic Review of the Literature
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 20-03-2020
DOI: 10.3390/EN13061473
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most disruptive technologies of our time. Interest in the use of AI for urban innovation continues to grow. Particularly, the rise of smart cities—urban locations that are enabled by community, technology, and policy to deliver productivity, innovation, livability, wellbeing, sustainability, accessibility, good governance, and good planning—has increased the demand for AI-enabled innovations. There is, nevertheless, no scholarly work that provides a comprehensive review on the topic. This paper generates insights into how AI can contribute to the development of smarter cities. A systematic review of the literature is selected as the methodologic approach. Results are categorized under the main smart city development dimensions, i.e., economy, society, environment, and governance. The findings of the systematic review containing 93 articles disclose that: (a) AI in the context of smart cities is an emerging field of research and practice. (b) The central focus of the literature is on AI technologies, algorithms, and their current and prospective applications. (c) AI applications in the context of smart cities mainly concentrate on business efficiency, data analytics, education, energy, environmental sustainability, health, land use, security, transport, and urban management areas. (d) There is limited scholarly research investigating the risks of wider AI utilization. (e) Upcoming disruptions of AI in cities and societies have not been adequately examined. Current and potential contributions of AI to the development of smarter cities are outlined in this paper to inform scholars of prospective areas for further research.
Facilitating solid biomass production planning: Insights from a comparative analysis of Italian and German marginalized areas
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
Sustainable water provision : challenges, alternative strategies and sources in the ERA of climate change
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH714
Abstract: As a result of rapid urbanisation, population growth, changes in lifestyle, pollution and the impacts of climate change, water provision has become a critical challenge for planners and policy-makers. In the wake of increasingly difficult water provision and drought, the notion that freshwater is a finite and vulnerable resource is increasingly being realised. Many city administrations around the world are struggling to provide water security for their residents to maintain lifestyle and economic growth. This chapter reviews the global challenge of providing freshwater to sustain lifestyles and economic growth, and the contributing challenges of climate change, urbanisation, population growth and problems in rainfall distribution. The chapter proceeds to evaluate major alternatives to current water sources such as conservation, recycling and reclamation, and desalination. Integrated water resource management is briefly looked at to explore its role in complementing water provision. A comparative study on alternative resources is undertaken to evaluate their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and constraints, and the results are discussed.
Towards a sustainable industrial ecology: Implementation of a novel approach in the performance evaluation of Italian regions
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-0001
Rethinking sustainable urban development: towards an integrated planning and development process
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-01-2014
Erratum to: Smartness that matters: towards a comprehensive and human- centred characterisation of smart cities
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2016
Rethinking Health Planning: A Framework for Organising Information to Underpin Collaborative Health Planning
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2010
DOI: 10.1177/183335831003900204
Abstract: The field of collaborative health planning faces significant challenges created by the narrow focus of the available information, the absence of a framework to organise that information and the lack of systems to make information accessible and guide decision-making. These challenges have been magnified by the rise of the ‘healthy communities movement’, resulting in more frequent calls for localised, collaborative and evidence-driven health related decision-making. This paper discusses the role of decision support systems as a mechanism to facilitate collaborative health decision-making. The paper presents a potential information management framework to underpin a health decision support system and describes the participatory process that is currently being used to create an online tool for health planners using geographic information systems. The need for a comprehensive information management framework to guide the process of planning for healthy communities has been emphasised. The paper also underlines the critical importance of the proposed framework not only in forcing planners to engage with the entire range of health determinants, but also in providing sufficient flexibility to allow exploration of the local setting-based determinants of health.
Urban Knowledge and Innovation Spaces
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2016
Pandemic vulnerability knowledge visualisation for strategic decision-making: a COVID-19 index for government response in Australia
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 06-2021
Abstract: First, the key vulnerability factors from the literature are identified. Second, using the vulnerability factors as indicators, a composite index is developed. Last, from the index values, a set of vulnerability knowledge maps, showing the vulnerability hotspots, are prepared. This study aims to develop a pandemic vulnerability knowledge visualisation index to support the strategic decision-making efforts of authorities. Ten indicators are identified as vulnerability factors that could significantly impact the virus spread risks. Verifying the identified hotspots against the recorded infected cases and deaths has evidenced the usefulness of the index. Determining and visualising the high-vulnerability locations and communities could help in informed strategic decision-making and responses of the authorities to the pandemic. The study demonstrates that the developed pandemic vulnerability knowledge visualisation index is particularly appropriate in the context of Australia. Nonetheless, by replicating the methodologic steps of the study, customised versions can be developed for other country contexts.
Imtidad: A Reference Architecture and a Case Study on Developing Distributed AI Services for Skin Disease Diagnosis over Cloud, Fog and Edge
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 26-02-2022
DOI: 10.3390/S22051854
Abstract: Several factors are motivating the development of preventive, personalized, connected, virtual, and ubiquitous healthcare services. These factors include declining public health, increase in chronic diseases, an ageing population, rising healthcare costs, the need to bring intelligence near the user for privacy, security, performance, and costs reasons, as well as COVID-19. Motivated by these drivers, this paper proposes, implements, and evaluates a reference architecture called Imtidad that provides Distributed Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a Service (DAIaaS) over cloud, fog, and edge using a service catalog case study containing 22 AI skin disease diagnosis services. These services belong to four service classes that are distinguished based on software platforms (containerized gRPC, gRPC, Android, and Android Nearby) and are executed on a range of hardware platforms (Google Cloud, HP Pavilion Laptop, NVIDIA Jetson nano, Raspberry Pi Model B, Samsung Galaxy S9, and Samsung Galaxy Note 4) and four network types (Fiber, Cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth). The AI models for the diagnosis include two standard Deep Neural Networks and two Tiny AI deep models to enable their execution at the edge, trained and tested using 10,015 real-life dermatoscopic images. The services are evaluated using several benchmarks including model service value, response time, energy consumption, and network transfer time. A DL service on a local smartphone provides the best service in terms of both energy and speed, followed by a Raspberry Pi edge device and a laptop in fog. The services are designed to enable different use cases, such as patient diagnosis at home or sending diagnosis requests to travelling medical professionals through a fog device or cloud. This is the pioneering work that provides a reference architecture and such a detailed implementation and treatment of DAIaaS services, and is also expected to have an extensive impact on developing smart distributed service infrastructures for healthcare and other sectors.
Traffic and climate change impacts on water quality : measuring build-up and wash-off of heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH716
Abstract: Understanding the impacts of traffic and climate change on water quality helps decision makers to develop better policy and plans for dealing with unsustainable urban and transport development. This chapter presents detailed methodologies developed for s le collection and testing for heavy metals and total petroleum hydrocarbons, as part of a research study to investigate the impacts of climate change and changes to urban traffic characteristics on pollutant build-up and wash-off from urban road surfaces. Cadmium, chromium, nickel, copper, lead, iron, aluminium, manganese and zinc were the target heavy metals, and selected gasoline and diesel range organics were the target total petroleum hydrocarbons for this study. The study sites were selected to encompass the urban traffic characteristics of the Gold Coast region, Australia. An improved s le collection method referred to as ‘the wet and dry vacuum system’ for the pollutant build-up, and an effective wash-off plan to incorporate predicted changes to rainfall characteristics due to climate change, were implemented. The novel approach to s le collection for pollutant build-up helped to maintain the integrity of collection efficiency. The wash-off plan helped to incorporate the predicted impacts of climate change in the Gold Coast region. The robust experimental methods developed will help in field s le collection and chemical testing of different stormwater pollutants in build-up and wash-off.& nbsp
Developing “Smartness” in Emerging Environments and Applications with Focus on the Internet of Things (IoT)
Publisher: MDPI
Date: 14-04-2023
Inventive City-Regions: Path Dependence and Creative Knowledge Strategies
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2013
Rethinking Smart Cities
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Korean ubiquitous-eco-city: A smart-sustainable urban form or a branding hoax?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
Position paper: Benchmarking the performance of global and emerging knowledge cities
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2014
Beyond Service Efficiency
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2013
Brisbane Urban Growth Model
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-775-6.CH019
Abstract: In recent years, local government infrastructure management practices have evolved from conventional land use planning to more wide ranging and integrated urban growth and infrastructure management approaches. The roles and responsibilities of local government are no longer simply to manage daily operational functions of a city and provide basic infrastructure. Local governments are now required to undertake economic planning, manage urban growth be involved in major infrastructure planning and even engage in achieving sustainable development objectives. The Brisbane Urban Growth model has proven initially successful to ensure timely and coordinated delivery of urban infrastructure. This model may be the first step for many local governments to move toward an integrated, sustainable and effective infrastructure management.
Online Environmental Information Systems
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-843-7.CH077
Abstract: In today’s information society, electronic tools, such as computer networks for the rapid transfer of data and composite databases for information storage and management, are critical in ensuring effective environmental management. In particular environmental policies and programs for federal, state, and local governments need a large volume of up-to-date information on the quality of water, air, and soil in order to conserve and protect natural resources and to carry out meteorology. In line with this, the utilization of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is crucial to preserve and improve the quality of life. In handling tasks in the field of environmental protection a range of environmental and technical information is often required for a complex and mutual decision making in a multidisciplinary team environment. In this regard e-government provides a foundation of the transformative ICT initiative which can lead to better environmental governance, better services, and increased public participation in environmental decision- making process.
Online Urban Information Systems
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-843-7.CH078
Abstract: Countless factors affect the inner workings of a city, so in an attempt to gain an understanding of place and making sound decisions, planners need to utilize decision support systems (DSS) or planning support systems (PSS). PSS were originally developed as DSS in academia for experimental purposes, but like many other technologies, they became one of the most innovative technologies in parallel to rapid developments in software engineering as well as developments and advances in networks and hardware. Particularly, in the last decade, the awareness of PSS have been dramatically heightened with the increasing demand for a better, more reliable and furthermore a transparent decision-making process (Klosterman, Siebert, Hoque, Kim, & Parveen, 2003). Urban planning as an act has quite different perspective from the PSS point of view. The unique nature of planning requires that spatial dimension must be considered within the context of PSS. Additionally, the rapid changes in socio-economic structure cannot be easily monitored or controlled without an effective PSS.
Regional heterogeneity in Italy: Transport, devolution and corruption
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2017
Investigating the interplay between transport, land use and the environment: a review of the literature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-2014
Mapping hybrid cities through location-based technologies: A systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Assessing land-use and transport integration via a spatial composite indexing model
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-01-2014
Understanding policy and technology responses in mitigating urban heat islands: A literature review and directions for future research
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2021
Understanding driverless car adoption: Random parameters ordered probit model for Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2023
Waste recycling patents and environmental innovations: An economic analysis of policy instruments in the USA, Japan and Europe
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2019
DOI: 10.1016/J.WASMAN.2019.06.045
Abstract: Since natural resources are finite, new policy instruments to sustain the most efficient processes of waste recycling are required in all countries. To this end, it is critical to explore all technology mechanisms underlying solid waste researchers and practitioners' behaviors. The study focuses on to demonstrate the importance of knowledge diffusion between the source and destination of environmental innovations. This way, policymakers can elaborate opportune strategies to improve the efficiency of innovation activities. By analyzing a s le of 240 large international firms from the USA, Japan, and Europe, this paper discusses the extent to which innovation inputs, research and development, and relative technological spillovers affect environmental innovation-that is measured by the number of waste recycle and land fertilizers patents. The novelty of the study comes from introducing a knowledge production function approach to analyze the role of technological knowledge spillovers on waste recycling and land fertilizers efficiency at the firm level. The technological relatedness between the firms is computed through technological proximity, based on the construction of technological vectors for each firm. The results reveal a significant positive impact of external spillovers on firms' environmental innovation levels. This finding is important particularly in terms of policy implications concerning industrial strategies as in order to improve environmental innovation, incentives that favor industrial relatedness and establishing integration between firms are crucial.
Knowledge That Matters: Identifying Regional Knowledge Assets of the Tampere Region
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-07-2013
Architectural Design and Open Innovation Symbiosis: Insights from Research Campuses, Manufacturing Systems, and Innovation Districts
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 29-11-2018
DOI: 10.3390/SU10124495
Abstract: In the age of knowledge-based economies, open innovation has increasing importance. This study aimed to explore the architectural design approaches that can revitalize innovation activities in the era of knowledge-based economies. This paper investigated global case research c uses, manufacturing systems, and innovation districts where architectural design supports innovation activities. This study developed a research framework of architectural design for innovation and applied it in the selected case studies to generate insights. First, the research c uses selected as case studies included Panopticon, DGIST Education and Research C uses, and Apple Park. Second, the open innovation of manufacturing system architecture was analyzed through the case studies of the Ford Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Third, this paper studied the clustered open innovation architectures of Macquarie Park, One North, and Strijp-S Innovation Districts. The findings revealed how tacit knowledge motivates open innovation through the design of manufacturing systems, research c uses, and innovation districts through real ex les and mathematical or concept model building.
Integrating urban ecosystem sustainability assessment into policy-making: insights from the Gold Coast City
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-03-2016
Alleviating Community Disadvantage
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Augmenting Community Engagement
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Developing Smartness in Emerging Environments and Applications with a Focus on the Internet of Things
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-11-2022
DOI: 10.3390/S22228939
Abstract: The smartness that underpins smart cities and societies is defined by our ability to engage with our environments, analyze them, and make decisions, all in a timely manner [...]
Good Governance
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 09-2023
Gamifying Community Education for Enhanced Disaster Resilience: An Effectiveness Testing Study from Australia
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 09-06-2022
DOI: 10.3390/FI14060179
Abstract: Providing convenient and effective online education is important for the public to be better prepared for disaster events. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of such education is questionable due to the limited use of online tools and platforms, which also results in narrow community outreach. Correspondingly, understanding public perceptions of disaster education methods and experiences for the adoption of novel methods is critical, but this is an understudied area of research. The aim of this study is to understand public perceptions towards online disaster education practices for disaster preparedness and evaluate the effectiveness of the gamification method in increasing public awareness. This study utilizes social media analytics and conducts a gamification exercise. The analysis involved Twitter posts (n = 13,683) related to the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires, and surveyed participants (n = 52) before and after experiencing a gamified application—i.e., STOP Disasters! The results revealed that: (a) The public satisfaction level is relatively low for traditional bushfire disaster education methods (b) The study participants’ satisfaction level is relatively high for an online gamified application used for disaster education and (c) The use of virtual and augmented reality was found to be promising for increasing the appeal of gamified applications, along with using a blended traditional and gamified approach.
Position paper: redefining knowledge-based urban development
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2011
Digital Technologies for Urban Metabolism Efficiency: Lessons from Urban Agenda Partnership on Circular Economy
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 27-05-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU13116043
Abstract: Digital technologies engaged in urban metabolism for efficiency provide policymakers, urban managers, and planners with useful instruments to collect, monitor, analyze, and evaluate the circularity of environmental, social, and economic resources to improve their effectiveness and quality. At present, the digital technology-based approach is strategic for circular cities engaged in the development of smart and sustainable actions in the fields of mobility, energy, environment, waste, telecommunications, and security. Through the ‘Circular Resource Efficiency Management Framework’ developed by the European Commission, this paper generates insights into the digitalization practices of the circularity of urban metabolism by analyzing the initiatives implemented by the municipalities of Kaunas, Flanders region, Porto, Prato, The Hague, and Oslo, which constitute the Partnership on Circular Economy (PCE) of the Urban Agenda of the European Union. The results of the analysis provide a wide range of practices such as real-time monitoring stations for water and energy consumption, digital cameras for controlling vehicle flows, web platforms for sharing goods and services, and tracking sensors for public transport, which aim to optimize the efficiency of the circularity of urban metabolic flows. This study increases the understanding and awareness of digital technologies in this paradigm shift.
Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Related Urban Planning and Development Concepts: How Are They Perceived and Utilized in Australia?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
How can social media analytics assist authorities in pandemic-related policy decisions? Insights from Australian states and territories
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-10-2020
Urban Telecommunications Network
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-775-6.CH006
Abstract: Rapidly developing information and telecommunication technologies and their platforms in the late 20th Century helped improve urban infrastructure management and influenced quality of life. Telecommunication technologies make it possible for people to deliver text, audio and video material using wired, wireless or fiber-optic networks. Technologies convergence amongst these digital devices continues to create new ways in which the information and telecommunication technologies are used. The 21st Century is an era where information has converged, in which people are able to access a variety of services, including internet and location based services, through multi-functional devices such as mobile phones. This chapter discusses the recent developments in telecommunication networks and trends in convergence technologies, their implications for urban infrastructure planning, and for the quality of life of urban residents.
How can contemporary innovation districts be classified? A systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2020
Leveraging Smart and Sustainable Development via International Events: Insights from Bento Gonçalves Knowledge Cities World Summit
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 04-09-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU13179937
Abstract: During the last couple of decades, making cities smarter and more sustainable has become an important urban agenda. In this perspective, knowledge-based development is seen as a strategic approach for cities seeking to thrive through innovation and resilience. Accomplishing a knowledge-based development agenda is, however, challenging, and cities need support mechanisms to effectively develop and then incorporate such agendas into their decision-making processes. This study investigates the role of international events as one of these support mechanisms for the development and implementation of local knowledge-based development agendas. The study aims to address how international events contribute to the local knowledge-based development efforts. This study takes the Knowledge Cities World Summit (KCWS) series as the exemplar international event, and the Brazilian city of Bento Gonçalves as the case study city. The methodological approach of the study consists of semi-structured interview-based qualitative analysis and case study investigations. The findings of the study revealed the following: (a) international events can be fundamental drivers of local knowledge-based agendas (b) these events contribute to host cities’ development, especially at an institutional level, by generating outcomes such as engagement in cooperation networks and leveraging local actors’ influence on the development process and (c) KCWS was instrumental in placing the local university as a protagonist of the knowledge-based development movement of Bento Gonçalves. The study reported in this paper provides invaluable insights for cities seeking to use international knowledge-based development events for smart and sustainable city formation.
Rising knowledge cities: the role of urban knowledge precincts
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 12-09-2008
DOI: 10.1108/13673270810902902
Abstract: The paper seeks to investigate the changing and challenging spatial nature of the rising knowledge cities' knowledge precincts. The paper reviews the literature on recent knowledge precinct developments within the frame of innovation and urban economic competitiveness. The methodology develops a typological investigation and searches for useful insights for better understanding the fundamentals of knowledge precincts. The study exemplifies cases from Australia as well as other global best practices. The paper sheds light on the contemporary knowledge production of rising knowledge cities, and points out the changing spatial agglomeration of knowledge‐intensive industries and the formation of new types of knowledge precincts as the spatial core of knowledge‐based urban development. The paper provides an in‐depth discussion on the changing spatial concepts of knowledge precincts and their vital role for the knowledge‐based urban development of cities.
Smart Urban Mobility
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Ubiquitous and Smart System Approaches to Infrastructure Planning
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-775-6.CH012
Abstract: The robust economic growth across South East Asia and the significant advances in nano-technologies in the past two decades have resulted in the creation of intelligent urban infrastructures. Cities like Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong have been competing against each other to develop the first ‘ubiquitous city’, a strategic global node of science and technology that provides all municipal services for residents and visitors via ubiquitous infrastructures. This chapter scrutinizes the development of ubiquitous and smart infrastructure in Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. These cases provide invaluable learnings for policy-makers and urban and infrastructure planners when considering adopting these systems approaches in their cities.
How Are Smart City Concepts and Technologies Perceived and Utilized? A Systematic Geo-Twitter Analysis of Smart Cities in Australia
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-05-2021
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development in South East Asia
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-775-6.CH011
Abstract: Many South East Asian cities have experienced substantial physical, economic and social transformations during the past several decades. The rapid pace of globalization and economic restructuring has resulted in these cities receiving the full impact of urbanization pressures. In an attempt to ease these pressures, cities such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur have advocated growth management approaches focusing especially on urban infrastructure sustainability. These approaches aim to achieve triple bottom line sustainability by balancing economic and social development, and environmental protection. This chapter evaluates three Asia-Pacific city cases, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, and assesses their experiences in managing their urban forms and infrastructure whilst promoting sustainable patterns of urban development.
Moving Towards a Knowledge City?
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 07-2011
Abstract: In the global knowledge economy, knowledge-intensive industries and knowledge workers are extensively seen as the primary factors to improve the welfare and competitiveness of cities. To attract and retain such industries and workers, cities produce knowledge-based urban development strategies, where such strategising is an important development mechanism for cities and their economies. This paper investigates knowledge-based urban development strategies of Brisbane, Australia that support generation, attraction, and retention of investment and talent. The paper puts forward a clear understanding on the policy frameworks, and relevant applications of Brisbane’s knowledge-based urban development experience in becoming a prosperous knowledge city, and concludes by providing invaluable insights and directions for other cities seeking knowledge-based urban development.
Urban Management Platform
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
City as a Platform
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Mobile Energy as a Service
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Image of a City through Big Data Analytics: Colombo from the Lens of Geo-Coded Social Media Data
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 09-01-2023
DOI: 10.3390/FI15010032
Abstract: The image of a city represents the sum of beliefs, ideas, and impressions that people have of that city. Mostly, city images are assessed through direct or indirect interviews and cognitive mapping exercises. Such methods consume more time and effort and are limited to a small number of people. However, recently, people tend to use social media to express their thoughts and experiences of a place. Taking this into consideration, this paper attempts to explore city images through social media big data, considering Colombo, Sri Lanka, as the testbed. The aim of the study is to examine the image of a city through Lynchian elements—i.e., landmarks, paths, nodes, edges, and districts—by using community sentiments expressed and images posted on social media platforms. For that, this study conducted various analyses—i.e., descriptive, image processing, sentiment, popularity, and geo-coded social media analyses. The study findings revealed that: (a) the community sentiments toward the same landmarks, paths, nodes, edges, and districts change over time (b) decisions related to locating landmarks, paths, nodes, edges, and districts have a significant impact on community cognition in perceiving cities and (c) geo-coded social media data analytics is an invaluable approach to capture the image of a city. The study informs urban authorities in their placemaking efforts by introducing a novel methodological approach to capture an image of a city.
Mobility as a Service
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
What Can the Public Sector Teach Us About Deploying Artificial Intelligence Technologies?
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 11-2022
Managing knowledge to promote sustainability in Australian transport infrastructure projects
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-06-2015
DOI: 10.3390/SU7078132
Pofessional Practice and Innovation: Geographical Information Systems: An Effective Planning and Decision-Making Platform for Community Health Coalitions in Australia
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 10-2010
DOI: 10.1177/183335831003900305
Abstract: The development of locally-based healthcare initiatives, such as community health coalitions that focus on capacity building programs and multi-faceted responses to long-term health problems, have become an increasingly important part of the public health landscape. As a result of their complexity and the level of investment, it has become necessary to develop innovative ways to help manage these new healthcare approaches. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) have been suggested as one of the innovative approaches that will allow community health coalitions to better manage and plan their activities. The focus of this paper is to provide a commentary on the use of GIS as a tool for community coalitions and discuss some of the potential benefits and issues surrounding the development of these tools.
Measuring and evaluating sustainability: ethics in sustainability indexes
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-06-2014
International regional planning education experience: learnings from Malaysia, Korea and Turkey study trips
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2011
Not Deep Learning but Autonomous Learning of Open Innovation for Sustainable Artificial Intelligence
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 13-08-2016
DOI: 10.3390/SU8080797
Digital Commons and Citizen Coproduction in Smart Cities: Assessment of Brazilian Municipal E-Government Platforms
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 22-07-2019
DOI: 10.3390/EN12142813
Abstract: Good governance practices through electronic government (eGov) platforms can be suitable instruments for strengthening the outcomes of smart city policies. While eGov is the application of information and communication technologies to public services, good governance defines how well public authorities manage public and social resources. Contemporary public management views, such as ‘new public service’, include citizen participation as a critical factor to sustainable government in smart cities. Public services, in the age of digital technology, need to not only be delivered through eGov platforms, but also need to be coproduced with the engagement of social players, e.g., citizens. In this sense, eGov platforms act as digital commons, and conceived as digital spaces, where citizens and public agents interact and collaborate. In this paper, we presented the Municipal eGov Platform Assessment Model (MEPA), which is a model specifically developed to evaluate eGov platforms regarding their potential to promote commons in smart cities. The study applied MEPA to 903 municipal websites across Brazil. The results revealed that the majority of investigated Brazilian eGov platforms have only a low level of digital commons maturity. This finding discloses less citizenship coproduction, and fewer opportunities for city smartness. As the MEPA model offers public authorities an instrument to depict weaknesses and strengths of municipal eGov platforms, its adoption provides an opportunity for authorities to plan and manage their platforms to act as promoters of digital commons and citizen coproduction.
A GIS‐based land use and public transport accessibility indexing model
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2007
The policy diffusion of environmental performance in the European countries
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2018
Smart City Beyond Efficiency: Technology–Policy–Community at Play for Sustainable Urban Futures
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-12-2020
Place making facilitators of knowledge and innovation spaces: insights from European best practices
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2015
An evaluation methodology for the tangible and intangible assets of city-regions: the 6K1C framework
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2010
Creativity, culture tourism and place‐making: Istanbul and London film industries
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 10-08-2010
DOI: 10.1108/17506181011067592
Abstract: The paper aims to examine the role of creative industries in general and the film industry in particular for place‐making, spatial development, tourism, and the formation of creative cities. The article reveals the preliminary findings of two case studies from Beyoglu, Istanbul, and Soho, London. The research found a relation between place and creativity and the positive contribution to creativity of being in a city center. Among the creative industries, the film industry plays an important role in the economic and spatial development of cities by fostering endogenous creativeness, attracting exogenous talent, and contributing to the formation of places that creative cities require. The paper raises interesting questions about the importance of place to creativity, also questioning whether creative industries can be a driver for regeneration.
Sustainable development of smart cities: a systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2017
Towards Smart Florianópolis: What Does It Take to Transform a Tourist Island into an Innovation Capital?
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 23-11-2018
DOI: 10.3390/EN11123265
Abstract: During the last several decades, the ersification of economic activities has become a paramount policy for nations and cities with heavy dependence on a single economic driver. Particularly island economies, relying mainly on tourism income, are among the most vulnerable ones to the shocks of global financial crises. In the recent years, some of these tourist islands had attempts to ersify their economic activities by moving towards a knowledge and innovation economy. This paper places one of these islands—Florianópolis, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina—under the microscope to address the question of ‘what it takes to transform a tourist island into an innovation capital’. In order to tackle this question, the study examines economic, social, spatial, and governance conditions and performances, along with the plans and processes of Florianópolis in moving towards an internationally recognized smart innovation island. The methodologic approach includes systematic review of the literature and qualitative analysis of the key development domains of Florianópolis through the lens of knowledge-based urban development. The results of this study provide insights into how to transform a resource-based economy into a knowledge-based one—by disclosing the transition journey of Florianópolis, including progress, challenges, and the new path creation processes. The findings are particularly useful for tourist islands that are aiming for an aspiring knowledge-based urban development and smart city transformation.
Participatory Governance of Smart Cities: Insights from e-Participation of Putrajaya and Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 14-01-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SMARTCITIES5010005
Abstract: Participatory governance is widely viewed as an essential element of realizing planned smart cities. Nonetheless, the implementation of e-participation platforms, such as the websites and mobile applications of civic authorities, often offer ambiguous information on how public voices may influence e-decision-making. This study aims to examine the status of participatory governance from the angle of e-participation platforms and from the broader scope of linking e-platforms to a smart city blueprint. In order to achieve this aim, the study focuses on shedding light on the e-governance space given to smart city realization in a developing country context—i.e., Malaysia. The Putrajaya and Petaling Jaya smart cities of Malaysia were selected as the testbeds of the study, which used the multiple case study methodology and multiple data collection designs. The analyses were done through the qualitative observations and quantitative descriptive statistics. The results revealed that both of the investigated smart city cases remained limited in their provision of e-decision-making space. The inefficiency of implementing planned initiatives to link the city blueprints to e-platforms was also evidenced. The study evidenced that the political culture of e-decision-making is undersized in Malaysia, which hinders the achievement of e-democracy in the smart cities’ development. This study has contributed a case report on a developing country’s smart cities, covering the participatory issues from the angle of e-participation and e-platforms.
The Sustainability of Artificial Intelligence: An Urbanistic Viewpoint from the Lens of Smart and Sustainable Cities
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-10-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12208548
Abstract: 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 associated with human intelligence. Today, various AI applications are being used in areas ranging from marketing to banking and finance, from agriculture to healthcare and security, from space exploration to robotics and transport, and from chatbots to artificial creativity and manufacturing. More recently, AI applications have also started to become an integral part of many urban services. Urban artificial intelligences manage the transport systems of cities, run restaurants and shops where every day urbanity is expressed, repair urban infrastructure, and govern multiple urban domains such as traffic, air quality monitoring, garbage collection, and energy. In the age of uncertainty and complexity that is upon us, the increasing adoption of AI is expected to continue, and so its impact on the sustainability of our cities. This viewpoint explores and questions the sustainability of AI from the lens of smart and sustainable cities, and generates insights into emerging urban artificial intelligences and the potential symbiosis between AI and a smart and sustainable urbanism. In terms of methodology, this viewpoint deploys a thorough review of the current status of AI and smart and sustainable cities literature, research, developments, trends, and applications. In so doing, it contributes to existing academic debates in the fields of smart and sustainable cities and AI. In addition, by shedding light on the uptake of AI in cities, the viewpoint seeks to help urban policymakers, planners, and citizens make informed decisions about a sustainable adoption of AI.
Variant Concept of Transportation-Disadvantaged: Evidence from Aydin, Turkey, and Yamaga, Japan
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Date: 03-2011
Urban Smartness and City Performance: Identifying Brazilian Smart Cities through a Novel Approach
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 29-06-2023
DOI: 10.3390/SU151310323
Abstract: While smart city transformation is a remarkably popular topic among urban policymakers across the globe, there is little evidence on how to evaluate a city’s smartness level accurately. This study aims to bridge this knowledge gap by applying a novel assessment framework to a case study context and generating useful insights. To achieve this aim, the study evaluates the smartness levels of 27 Brazilian state capital cities through the indicators of productivity and innovation, livability and well-being, sustainability and accessibility, governance and planning, and connectivity and innovation. This urban smartness analysis is conducted through a smart city assessment framework that brings up three categories of smart city performance types—i.e., leading, following, and developing. The findings of the analysis revealed that the common characteristics of cities with leading smartness performance are having: (a) a strong innovation ecosystem (b) Specific legislation for developing entrepreneurship (c) Training opportunities for skilled labor and (d) Conditions for knowledge-based development and digital transformation offerings and readiness. The analysis identified the smartest cities in Brazil as follows: Florianópolis, São Paulo, Vitória, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, and Cuiabá. This study offers insights from the application of a novel method in the Brazilian context for the local authorities to consider adopting for smart city performance and progress analyses and subsequently making necessary interventions to transform their smart city policy and practice to realize their desired goals.
Public Perceptions on Application Areas and Adoption Challenges of AI in Urban Services
Publisher: Ital Publication
Date: 13-09-2022
DOI: 10.28991/ESJ-2022-06-06-01
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) deployment is exceedingly relevant to local governments, for ex le, in planning and delivering urban services. AI adoption in urban services, however, is an understudied area, particularly because there is limited knowledge and hence a research gap on the public's perceptions-users/receivers of these services. This study aims to examine people’s behaviors and preferences regarding the most suited urban services for application of AI technology and the challenges for governments to adopt AI for urban service delivery. The methodological approach includes data collection through an online survey from Australia and Hong Kong and statistical analysis of the data through binary logistic regression modeling. The study finds that: (a) Attitudes toward AI applications and ease of use have significant effects on forming an opinion on AI (b) initial thoughts regarding the meaning of AI have a significant impact on AI application areas and adoption challenges (c) perception differences between the two countries in AI application areas are significant and (d) perception differences between the two countries in government AI adoption challenges are minimal. The study consolidates our understanding of how the public perceives the application areas and adoption challenges of AI, particularly in urban services, which informs local authorities that deploy or plan to adopt AI in their urban services. Doi: 10.28991ESJ-2022-06-06-01 Full Text: PDF
Creating smarter cities
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2016
E-Government and the Digital Divide
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.CH130
Abstract: Many governments world wide are attempting to increase accountability, transparency, and the quality of services by adopting information and communications technologies (ICTs) to modernize and change the way their administrations work. Meanwhile e-government is becoming a significant decision-making and service tool at local, regional and national government levels. The vast majority of users of these government online services see significant benefits from being able to access services online. The rapid pace of technological development has created increasingly more powerful ICTs that are capable of radically transforming public institutions and private organizations alike. These technologies have proven to be extraordinarily useful instruments in enabling governments to enhance the quality, speed of delivery and reliability of services to citizens and to business (VanderMeer & VanWinden, 2003). However, just because the technology is available does not mean it is accessible to all. The term digital ide has been used since the 1990s to describe patterns of unequal access to ICTs—primarily computers and the Internet—based on income, ethnicity, geography, age, and other factors. Over time it has evolved to more broadly define disparities in technology usage, resulting from a lack of access, skills, or interest in using technology. This article provides an overview of recent literature on e-government and the digital ide, and includes a discussion on the potential of e-government in addressing the digital ide.
Aligning urban policy with climate action in the global south: Are Brazilian cities considering climate emergency in local planning practice?
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 05-09-2019
DOI: 10.3390/EN12183418
Abstract: Climate change is the biggest global threat of our time. As a signatory nation of the Paris Agreement, Brazil has made a climate action commitment, and expressed its nationally determined contribution to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 37%. The Brazilian population is highly urban, and Brazilian cities are mostly responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, and the worst effects of global warming are experienced in cities. Hence, the fulfillment of the Brazilian climate commitments depends on the active engagement of municipalities. Nevertheless, the Brazilian national government does not monitor local climate actions, and it is not clear how local urban policy is aligned with climate action. In order to bridge this gap, this study tackles the question of: “Are, and if yes how, cities considering the climate emergency in their local planning mechanisms?” This question is investigated by placing five major Brazilian cities under the microscope. The methodological approach includes literature review and applied qualitative analysis to scrutinize how climate issues and actions are factored in urban planning regulations to verify if and to what extent local policies contribute to the fulfillment of the Brazilian nationally determined contribution, and sustainable development goals. The results disclose that investigated cities have adequately incorporated climatic issues in their urban planning mechanisms. However, policy concentrates more on adaptation rather than mitigation, and policy implementation yet to be realized.
Drivers behind the public perception of artificial intelligence: insights from major Australian cities
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-10-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S00146-022-01566-0
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only disrupting industries and businesses, particularly the ones have fallen behind the adoption, but also significantly impacting public life as well. This calls for government authorities pay attention to public opinions and sentiments towards AI. Nonetheless, there is limited knowledge on what the drivers behind the public perception of AI are. Bridging this gap is the rationale of this paper. As the methodological approach, the study conducts an online public perception survey with the residents of Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and explores the collected survey data through statistical analysis. The analysis reveals that: (a) the public is concerned of AI invading their privacy, but not much concerned of AI becoming more intelligent than humans (b) the public trusts AI in their lifestyle, but the trust is lower for companies and government deploying AI (c) the public appreciates the benefits of AI in urban services and disaster management (d) depending on the local context, public perceptions vary and (e) the drivers behind the public perception include gender, age, AI knowledge, and AI experience. The findings inform authorities in developing policies to minimise public concerns and maximise AI awareness.
Mobile-Energy-as-a-Service (MEaaS): Sustainable Electromobility via Integrated Energy–Transport–Urban Infrastructure
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 27-02-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14052796
Abstract: The transport sector is one of the leading contributors of anthropogenic climate change. Particularly, internal combustion engine (ICE) dominancy coupled with heavy private motor vehicle dependency are among the main issues that need to be addressed immediately to mitigate climate change and to avoid consequential catastrophes. As a potential solution to this issue, electric vehicle (EV) technology has been put forward and is expected to replace a sizable portion of ICE vehicles in the coming decades. Provided that the source of electricity is renewable energy resources, it is expected that the wider uptake of EVs will positively contribute to the efforts in climate change mitigation. Nonetheless, wider EV uptake also comes with important issues that could challenge urban power systems. This perspective paper advocates system-level thinking to pinpoint and address the undesired externalities of EVs on our power grids. Given that it is possible to mobilize EV batteries to act as a source of mobile-energy supporting the power grid and the paper coins, and conceptualize a novel concept of Mobile-Energy-as-a-Service (MEaaS) for system-wide integration of energy, transport, and urban infrastructures for sustainable electromobility in cities. The results of this perspective include a discussion around the issues of measuring optimal real-time power grid operability for MEaaS, transport, power, and urban engineering aspects of MEaaS, flexible incentive-based price mechanisms for MEaaS, gauging the public acceptability of MEaaS based on its desired attributes, and directions for prospective research.
Can cities become smart without being sustainable? A systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2019
Conceptual frameworks of innovation district place quality: an opinion paper
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Online Urban Information Systems
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-843-7.CH078
Abstract: Countless factors affect the inner workings of a city, so in an attempt to gain an understanding of place and making sound decisions, planners need to utilize decision support systems (DSS) or planning support systems (PSS). PSS were originally developed as DSS in academia for experimental purposes, but like many other technologies, they became one of the most innovative technologies in parallel to rapid developments in software engineering as well as developments and advances in networks and hardware. Particularly, in the last decade, the awareness of PSS have been dramatically heightened with the increasing demand for a better, more reliable and furthermore a transparent decision-making process (Klosterman, Siebert, Hoque, Kim, & Parveen, 2003). Urban planning as an act has quite different perspective from the PSS point of view. The unique nature of planning requires that spatial dimension must be considered within the context of PSS. Additionally, the rapid changes in socio-economic structure cannot be easily monitored or controlled without an effective PSS.
Understanding and Acceptance of Smart City Policies: Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Malaysian Smart City Framework
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 25-08-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU13179559
Abstract: Whilst a plethora of research exists on the smart cities and project performance evaluations, only few studies have focused on the smart city policy evaluation from the perspective of its acceptance by practitioners. This paper aims to generate insights by evaluating the smart city policy through a developing country case study—i.e., Malaysia. This study employed a questionnaire survey method for data collection and analyzed the data by using Fuzzy Delphi analysis. A group of 40 practitioners was gathered in a focus group discussion through purposive s ling. The main objectives of this survey were to identify the understanding and acceptance levels of the seven smart city domains and respective strategies that are outlined in the Malaysian Smart City Framework. The results disclosed that the practitioners possessed ergent levels of understanding and acceptance in terms of smart city domains. The study participant practitioners accepted all understanding and acceptance objectives of smart economy, living, people, and governance domains (expert agreement 75–92% and threshold d value 0.123–0.188), but rejected all objectives for both smart environment and digital infrastructure domains (expert agreement 55–74% and threshold d value 0.150–0.212). Along with this, acceptance of smart mobility was also rejected (expert agreement 56% and threshold d value 0.245). The findings reveal that considering all opinions expressing dissensus is essential when building more inclusive smart city strategies. This study contributes to the smart city discourse as being one of the first in capturing professional practitioners’ understanding and acceptance on a national level smart city policy by applying the Delphi method in the smart city context. Most importantly, the study informs urban policymakers on how to capture the voices and perspectives of the general public on national and local smart city strategy and initiatives.
Urban, regional, national and global knowledge capital
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 14-09-2010
DOI: 10.1108/13673271011074809
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to introduce the JKM 2010 annual special issue on knowledge based development (KBD) with reference to the multi‐level analysis characteristic of the field. A description of the knowledge management approach at ESOC (European Space Operations Centre of the European Space Agency) is provided first. At the core of this approach is the breakdown of knowledge in in idual technical domains followed by coverage analysis and criticality assessment. Such a framework becomes the reference for best knowledge acquisition, transfer and storage locus identification and subsequent knowledge management practices and guidelines. KBD provides an integrated framework to account for multidisciplinary analyses and multilevel practices in knowledge capital generation, distribution and utilization. The collection of papers included in the annual special issue on KBD provides a representative, composite view of the research topics and applications concerns in the field. Involving a number of disciplines and levels of analysis, issues ranging from the technological gatekeeper to global knowledge flows show the interdependence of KBD concepts and tools.
SMART CITIES DO BRASIL: Performance of Brazilian Capital Cities
Publisher: UCS - Universidade de Caxias do Sul
Date: 05-05-2022
Abstract: This report is an outcome of close collaboration between the Australia-Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Network's member institutions. The report focuses on understanding the smartness levels of the Brazilian capital cities through the lens of a smart city performance assessment framework. This report focuses on Brazilian cities to develop an evaluation model for smart cities and bring metrics that contribute to public managers seeking balance and smartness in the life of their cities. The smart city concept in this report concerns of smart economy, smart society, smart environment, smart governance, and smart technology domains that seek community-enabled technology and policy to deliver productivity, innovation, livability, well-being, sustainability, accessibility, and good governance and planning.
Sustainable Transport Infrastructure
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH112
Abstract: Many economic, social and environmental sustainability problems associated with typical urban transportation systems have revealed the importance of three domains of action: vehicle, infrastructure and user. These domains need to be carefully reconsidered in search of a sustainable urban development path. Although intelligent transportation systems have contributed substantially to enhancing efficiency, safety and comfort of travel, questions related to users’ behaviors and preferences, which stimulate considerable environmental effects, still needed to be further examined. In this chapter, options for smart urban transportation infrastructure development and the technological means for achieving broader goals of sustainable communities and urban development are explored.
Sustainable Urban Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH113
Abstract: Sustainable development has long been promoted as the best answer to the world’s environmental problems. This term has generated mass appeal as it implies that both the development of the built environment and its associated resource consumption can be achieved without jeopardising the natural environment. In the urban context, sustainability issues have been reflected in the promotion of sustainable urban development, which emphasises the sensible exploitation of scarce natural resources for urbanisation in a manner that allows future generations to repeat the process. This chapter highlights attempts to promote sustainable urban development through an integration of three important considerations: planning, development and the ecosystem. It highlights the fact that spatial planning processes were traditionally driven by economic and social objectives, and rarely involved promoting the sustainability agenda to achieve a sustainable urban future. As a result, rapid urbanisation has created a variety of pressures on the ecosystem upon which we rely. It is believed that the integration of the urban planning and development processes within the limitations of the ecosystem, monitored by a sustainability assessment mechanism, would offer a better approach to maintaining sustainable resource use without compromising urban development.
Developing a Sustainability Assessment Model: The Sustainable Infrastructure, Land-Use, Environment and Transport Model
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 18-01-2010
DOI: 10.3390/SU2010321
Developing a Competitive City through Healthy Decision-Making
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2013
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2770-3.CH040
Abstract: This chapter investigates the challenges and opportunities associated with planning for a competitive city. The chapter is based on the assumption that a healthy city is a fundamental prerequisite for a competitive city. Thus, it is critical to examine the local determinants of health and factor these into any planning efforts. The main focus of the chapter is on e-health planning by utilising Web-based geographic decision support systems. The proposed novel decision support system would provide a powerful and effective platform for stakeholders to access essential data for decision-making purposes. The chapter also highlights the need for a comprehensive information framework to guide the process of planning for healthy cities. Additionally, it discusses the prospects and constraints of such an approach. In summary, this chapter outlines the potential insights of using an information science-based framework and suggests practical planning methods as part of a broader e-health approach for improving the health characteristics of competitive cities.
Investigating Global Spatial Patterns of Diarrhea-Related Mortality in Children Under Five
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 15-07-2022
DOI: 10.3389/FPUBH.2022.861629
Abstract: Investigating the trends of child diarrhea-related mortality (DRM) is crucial to tracking and monitoring the progress of its prevention and control efforts worldwide. This study explores the spatial patterns of diarrhea-related mortality in children under five for monitoring and designing effective intervention programs. The data used in this study was obtained from the World Health Organization (WHO) public dataset that contained data from 195 countries from the year 2000 to 2017. This dataset contained 13,541,989 DRM cases. The worldwide spatial pattern of DRM was analyzed at the country level utilizing geographic information system (GIS) software. Moran's I, Getis-Ord Gi, Mean center, and Standard Deviational Ellipse (SDE) techniques were used to conduct the spatial analysis. The spatial pattern of DRM was clustered all across the world during the study period from 2000 to 2017. The results revealed that Asian and African countries had the highest incidence of DRM worldwide. The findings from the spatial modeling also revealed that the focal point of death from diarrhea was mainly in Asian countries until 2010, and this focus shifted to Africa in 2011. DRM is common among children who live in Asia and Africa. These concentrations may also be due to differences in knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding diarrhea. Through GIS analysis, the study was able to map the distribution of DRM in temporal and spatial dimensions and identify the hotspots of DRM across the globe.
The role of shared autonomous vehicle systems in delivering smart urban mobility: A systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-07-2020
Sustainable urban water environment: Climate, pollution and adaptation
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 28-03-2014
Developing policy scenarios for sustainable urban growth management: A Delphi approach
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-10-2017
DOI: 10.3390/SU9101787
Approaches, advances, and applications in the sustainable development of smart cities: A commentary from the guest editors
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 29-11-2019
DOI: 10.3390/EN12234554
Abstract: Environmental externalities of the Anthropocene—mainly generated from population growth, rapid urbanization, high private motor vehicle dependency, the deregulated market, mass livestock production, and excessive consumerism—have placed serious concerns for the future of natural ecosystems, which we are a part of. For instance, global climate change—the biggest challenge we have ever faced—is directly impacting wellbeing, and even the existence of humankind, in the long run. During the last two decades, the notion of the smart city—particularly the sustainable development of smart cities—has become a popular topic not only for scholars, particularly in the fields of technology, science, urban and environmental planning, development, and management, but also for urban policymakers and professional practitioners. This was due to digital technologies becoming a powerful enabler in stimulating paradigmatic shifts in urban development-related visions, strategies, implementation, and learning. This paper offers a critical review of the key literature on the issues relating to approaches, advances, and applications in the sustainable development of smart cities. It also introduces contributions from the Special Issue, and speculates on the prospective research directions to place necessary mechanisms to secure a smart and sustainable urban future for all.
Open Innovation of James Watt and Steve Jobs: Insights for Sustainability of Economic Growth
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 14-05-2018
DOI: 10.3390/SU10051553
Public space design of knowledge and innovation spaces: learnings from Kelvin Grove Urban Village, Brisbane
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2015
Post-Materialist Values of Smart City Societies: International Comparison of Public Values for Good Enough Governance
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 03-08-2021
DOI: 10.3390/FI13080201
Abstract: This study aims to analyze the application of good enough governance in considering the citizens’ value propositions that shape smart city societies. This paper applied a quantitative method with cross-country comparisons. Survey data were derived from the World Values Survey. Malaysia was chosen as the main study area, and compared with Indonesia and other countries worldwide. The findings revealed that politics is the value of least concern across all s les. In terms of qualities for children to develop, respondents in both Malaysia and Indonesia were less concerned about imagination and unselfishness. As for materialist versus post-materialist, the ratios of Malaysia and Indonesia were slightly higher than the average the post-materialist value of free speech was the lowest value chosen. In the long term, all countries are experiencing the trend of moving toward post-materialist societies. To be sustained under the Collective and Adaptive System of smart city societies, good enough governance in Malaysia and Indonesia should consider the cultural context of the Muslim majority, prioritize governance content that allows more space for political participation and free speech, and cultivate the imagination and unselfishness of children. The generated insights underline the critical role that smart societies play in establishing smart cities.
The Making of Responsible Innovation and Technology: An Overview and Framework
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 14-08-2023
DOI: 10.3390/SMARTCITIES6040093
Abstract: In an era in which technological advancements have a profound impact on our cities and societies, it is crucial to ensure that digital technology is not only driven by technological progress with economic goals but that it can also fulfill moral and social responsibilities. Hence, it is needed to advocate for ‘Responsible Innovation and Technology’ (RIT) to ensure cities and societies can harness the potential of technological progress and prosperity while safeguarding the well-being of in iduals and communities. This study conducts a PRISMA review to explore and understand RIT concepts and its characteristics. In this study, we emphasize that RIT should deliver acceptable, accessible, trustworthy, and well governed technological outcomes, while ensuring these outcomes are aligned with societal desirability and human values, and should also be responsibly integrated into our cities and societies. The main contribution of this study is to identify and clarify the key characteristics of RIT, which has not been performed in such detail so far. The study, reported in this paper, also broadens the understanding of responsible research and innovation in the technosphere, particularly from a bottom-up perspective. Furthermore, the paper develops an RIT conceptual framework outlining its possible design procedures, which could be used by governments, companies, practitioners, researchers, and other stakeholders as a tool to address the grand challenges that accompany technological and scientific progress. The framework also informs science, technology, and innovation policy.
Classifying innovation districts: Delphi validation of a multidimensional framework
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Detecting Natural Hazard-Related Disaster Impacts with Social Media Analytics: The Case of Australian States and Territories
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 12-01-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14020810
Abstract: Natural hazard-related disasters are disruptive events with significant impact on people, communities, buildings, infrastructure, animals, agriculture, and environmental assets. The exponentially increasing anthropogenic activities on the planet have aggregated the climate change and consequently increased the frequency and severity of these natural hazard-related disasters, and consequential damages in cities. The digital technological advancements, such as monitoring systems based on fusion of sensors and machine learning, in early detection, warning and disaster response systems are being implemented as part of the disaster management practice in many countries and presented useful results. Along with these promising technologies, crowdsourced social media disaster big data analytics has also started to be utilized. This study aims to form an understanding of how social media analytics can be utilized to assist government authorities in estimating the damages linked to natural hazard-related disaster impacts on urban centers in the age of climate change. To this end, this study analyzes crowdsourced disaster big data from Twitter users in the testbed case study of Australian states and territories. The methodological approach of this study employs the social media analytics method and conducts sentiment and content analyses of location-based Twitter messages (n = 131,673) from Australia. The study informs authorities on an innovative way to analyze the geographic distribution, occurrence frequency of various disasters and their damages based on the geo-tweets analysis.
What is the most suitable methodological approach to demarcate peri-urban areas? A systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2020
Understanding political bias in climate change belief: A public perception study from South East Queensland
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2022
Towards prosperous sustainable cities: A multiscalar urban sustainability assessment approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2015
The making of knowledge cities: Melbourne’s knowledge-based urban development experience
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2008
Variant Concept of Transportation-Disadvantaged: Evidence from Aydin, Turkey, and Yamaga, Japan
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Date: 03-2011
Governance that matters: Identifying place-making challenges of Melbourne’s Monash Employment Cluster
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 06-03-2017
DOI: 10.1108/JPMD-08-2016-0053
Abstract: This study aims to scrutinise the prominence of place making as a strategy in the development of knowledge and innovation spaces with a specific focus on distinguishing the role of governance. The study adopts a multidimensional conceptual framework of place making to investigate a knowledge and innovation space case through a qualitative analysis approach involving a range of key stakeholders. The study finds that governance is critical in facilitating place making in knowledge and innovation spaces, and place-making practices in these locations benefit from adopting a multidimensional approach. The study expands our knowledge on the role of governance in place making that helps achieve desired knowledge and innovation space outcomes.
Evaluating transport externalities of urban growth: a critical review of scenario-based planning methods
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-10-2017
Determining disaster severity through social media analysis: Testing the methodology with South East Queensland Flood tweets
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Mitigating regional disparities through microfinancing: An analysis of microcredit as a sustainability tool for territorial development in Italy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2018
Geographies of Disruption
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2019
Benchmarking Local E-Government
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-947-2.CH033
Abstract: Increasingly, almost everything we do in our daily lives is being influenced by information and communications technologies (ICTs) including the Internet. The task of governance is no exception with an increasing number of national, state, and local governments utilizing ICTs to support government operations, engage citizens, and provide government services. As with other things, the process of governance is now being prefixed with an “e”. E-governance can range from simple Web sites that convey basic information to complex sites that transform the customary ways of delivering all sorts of government services. In this respect local e-government is the form of e-governance that specifically focuses on the online delivery of suitable local services by local authorities. In practice local e-government reflects four dimensions, each one dealing with the functions of government itself. The four are: (a) e-services, the electronic delivery of government information, programs, and services often over the Internet (b) e-management, the use of information technology to improve the management of government. This might range from streamlining business processes to improving the flow of information within government departments (c) e-democracy the use of electronic communication vehicles, such as e-mail and the Internet, to increase citizen participation in the public decision-making process (d) e-commerce, the exchange of money for goods and services over the Internet which might include citizens paying taxes and utility bills, renewing vehicle registrations, and paying for recreation programs, or government buying office supplies and auctioning surplus equipment (Cook, LaVigne, Pagano, Dawes, & Pardo, 2002). Commensurate with the rapid increase in the process of developing e-governance tools, there has been an increased interest in benchmarking the process of local e-governance. This benchmarking, which includes the processes involved in e-governance as well as the extent of e-governance adoption or take-up is important as it allows for improved processes and enables government agencies to move towards world best practice. It is within this context that this article discusses benchmarking local e-government. It brings together a number of discussions regarding the significance of benchmarking, best practices and actions for local e-government, and key elements of a successful local e-government project.
Multisource Open Geospatial Big Data Fusion: Application of the Method to Demarcate Urban Agglomeration Footprints
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-02-2023
DOI: 10.3390/LAND12020407
Abstract: Urban agglomeration is a continuous urban spread and generally comprises a main city at the core and its adjoining growth areas. These agglomerations are studied using different concepts, theories, models, criteria, indices, and approaches, where population distribution and its associated characteristics are mainly used as the main parameters. Given the difficulties in accurately demarcating these agglomerations, novel methods and approaches have emerged in recent years. The use of geospatial big data sources to demarcate urban agglomeration is one of them. This promising method, however, has not yet been studied widely and hence remains an understudied area of research. This study explores using a multisource open geospatial big data fusion approach to demarcate urban agglomeration footprint. The paper uses the Southern Coastal Belt of Sri Lanka as the testbed to demonstrate the capabilities of this novel approach. The methodological approach considers both the urban form and functions related to the parameters of cities in defining urban agglomeration footprint. It employs near-real-time data in defining the urban function-related parameters. The results disclosed that employing urban form and function-related parameters delivers more accurate demarcation outcomes than single parameter use. Hence, the utilization of a multisource geospatial big data fusion approach for the demarcation of urban agglomeration footprint informs urban authorities in developing appropriate policies for managing urban growth.
Towards an urban quality framework: Determining critical measures for different geographical scales to attract and retain talent in cities
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2016
A micro‐level indexing model for assessing urban ecosystem sustainability
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 23-11-2012
DOI: 10.1108/20466091211287155
Abstract: As a consequence of rapid urbanisation and globalisation, cities have become the engines of population and economic growth. Hence, natural resources in and around the cities have been exposed to externalities of urban development processes. This paper introduces a new sustainability assessment approach that is tested in a pilot study. The paper aims to assist policy‐makers and planners investigating the impacts of development on environmental systems, and produce effective policies for sustainable urban development. The paper introduces an indicator‐based indexing model entitled “Indexing Model for the Assessment of Sustainable Urban Ecosystems” (ASSURE). The ASSURE indexing model produces a set of micro‐level environmental sustainability indices that is aimed to be used in the evaluation and monitoring of the interaction between human activities and urban ecosystems. The model is an innovative approach designed to assess the resilience of ecosystems towards impacts of current development plans and the results serve as a guide for policy‐makers to take actions towards achieving sustainability. The indexing model has been tested in a pilot case study within the Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia. This paper presents the methodology of the model and outlines the preliminary findings of the pilot study. The paper concludes with a discussion on the findings and recommendations put forward for future development and implementation of the model. Presently, there is a few sustainability indices developed to measure the sustainability at local, regional, national and international levels. However, due to challenges in data collection difficulties and availability of local data, there is no effective assessment model at the micro‐level that the assessment of urban ecosystem sustainability accurately. The model introduced in this paper fills this gap by focusing on parcel‐scale and benchmarking the environmental performance in micro‐level.
Effects of Transit Quality of Service Characteristics on Daily Bus Ridership
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.3141/2535-06
Abstract: A case study of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia, explored how explicit measures of transit quality of service (e.g., service frequency, service span, and travel time ratio) and implicit environmental predictors (e.g., topographic grade factor) influenced bus ridership. The primary hypothesis tested was that bus ridership was higher in suburbs with high transit quality of service than in suburbs with limited service quality. Multiple linear regression, used to identify a strong positive relationship between route intensity (bus-km/h-km 2 ) and bus ridership, indicated that both increased service frequency and spatial route density corresponded to higher bus ridership. Additionally, the travel time ratio (i.e., the ratio of in-vehicle transit travel time to in-vehicle automobile travel time) had a significant negative association with suburban ridership: transit use declined as travel time ratio increased. In contrast, topographic grade and service span did not significantly affect suburban bus ridership. The study findings enhance the fundamental understanding of traveler behavior, which is informative to urban transportation policy, planning, and provision.
Planning for Sustainable Urban Futures
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH806
Abstract: In recent years, cities have shown increasing signs of environmental problems due to the negative impacts of urban activities. The degradation and depletion of natural resources, climate change, and development pressure on green areas have become major concerns for cities. In response to these problems, urban planning policies have shifted to a sustainable focus and authorities have begun to develop new strategies for improving the quality of urban ecosystems. An extremely important function of an urban ecosystem is to provide healthy and sustainable environments for both natural systems and communities. Therefore, ecological planning is a functional requirement in the establishment of sustainable built environment. With ecological planning, human needs are supplied while natural resources are used in the most effective and sustainable manner and ecological balance is sustained. Protecting human and environmental health, having healthy ecosystems, reducing environmental pollution and providing green spaces are just a few of the many benefits of ecological planning. In this context, this chapter briefly presents a short overview of the importance of the implementation of ecological planning into sustainable urban development. Furthermore, it presents a conceptual framework for a new methodology for developing sustainable urban ecosystems through ecological planning approach.
A parcel-scale assessment tool to measure sustainability through urban ecosystem components: The MUSIX model
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2014
Can Building “Artificially Intelligent Cities” Safeguard Humanity from Natural Disasters, Pandemics, and Other Catastrophes? An Urban Scholar’s Perspective
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 25-05-2020
DOI: 10.3390/S20102988
Abstract: In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has started to manifest itself at an unprecedented pace. With highly sophisticated capabilities, AI has the potential to dramatically change our cities and societies. Despite its growing importance, the urban and social implications of AI are still an understudied area. In order to contribute to the ongoing efforts to address this research gap, this paper introduces the notion of an artificially intelligent city as the potential successor of the popular smart city brand—where the smartness of a city has come to be strongly associated with the use of viable technological solutions, including AI. The study explores whether building artificially intelligent cities can safeguard humanity from natural disasters, pandemics, and other catastrophes. All of the statements in this viewpoint are based on a thorough review of the current status of AI literature, research, developments, trends, and applications. This paper generates insights and identifies prospective research questions by charting the evolution of AI and the potential impacts of the systematic adoption of AI in cities and societies. The generated insights inform urban policymakers, managers, and planners on how to ensure the correct uptake of AI in our cities, and the identified critical questions offer scholars directions for prospective research and development.
Competitive Smart Cities through Healthy Decision-Making
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8433-1.CH003
Abstract: This chapter examines the challenges and opportunities associated with planning for competitive, smart and healthy cities. The chapter is based on the assumptions that a healthy city is an important prerequisite for a competitive city and a fundamental outcome of smart cities. One of the major decision support systems to support healthy cities is e-health. This chapter focuses on the role of e-health planning, by utilising web-based geographic decision support systems. The chapter proposes the implementation of a novel decision system which would provide a powerful and effective platform for stakeholders to support access online information. This would also provide for better decision-making as well as empower community participation. The chapter highlights the need for a comprehensive conceptual framework to guide the decision process of planning for cities in association with opportunities and limitations. This chapter provides critical insights into using information science-based frameworks.
Australian baby boomers switched to more environment friendly modes of transport during the global financial crisis
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 09-04-2014
Impact of funding sources on innovation: Evidence from Brazilian software companies
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-2018
DOI: 10.1111/RADM.12323
Building Prosperous Knowledge Cities
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 31-01-2012
The making of smart cities: Are Songdo, Masdar, Amsterdam, San Francisco and Brisbane the best we could build?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2019
Augmenting Community Engagement in City 4.0: Considerations for Digital Agency in Urban Public Space
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 09-08-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14169803
Abstract: An engaged community that reflects a erse set of experiences is key to an equitable and livable city. However, maximizing engagement activities is often difficult when competing with residents’ busy schedules and hectic daily lives. To explore new opportunities in this space, we developed four augmented reality experiences to learn more about the potential for this technology to transform community engagement practices in the context of City 4.0. City 4.0 utilizes digital technologies to transform public services and the local economy. Its goal is to produce more sustainable urban and societal outcomes. Our findings suggest that augmented reality is least successful when used to recreate existing engagement practices, such as surveys or questionnaires, and more successful when it empowers a sense of agency and ownership over the process in its users. The way augmented reality situates information can aid in making public space feel personal to the in idual. In this way, augmented reality’s affordances are less about overlaying digital information in physical space and more about how this can enable in iduals to reclaim a sense of control and relevance in the relationship between citizens and councils. We aim to contribute: (a) novel interaction paradigms and an evaluation of their effectiveness and limitation, and (b) new insights into how to support citizens’ sense of agency in public discourse with augmented reality. This paper highlights the value of augmented reality’s affordances to bring to light new interactions between community engagement stakeholders.
Understanding the correlation between energy transition and urbanization
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
Investigating the urban heat island effect of transit oriented development in Brisbane
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2018
Approaches, Advances and Applications in Sustainable Development of Smart Cities
Publisher: MDPI
Date: 03-04-2020
Wired Communities in the City: Sydney, Australia
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-2004
Is Australia ready to move planning to online mode?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2005
Sustainable Urban and Regional Infrastructure Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
Does place quality matter for innovation districts? Determining the essential place characteristics from Brisbane’s knowledge precincts
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2018
Smartness that matters: towards a comprehensive and human-centred characterisation of smart cities
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2016
Autonomous Vehicle Adoption in Developing Countries: Futurist Insights
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 12-11-2022
DOI: 10.3390/EN15228464
Abstract: In recent years, research into autonomous vehicles (AVs) has become highly popular in industrialized nations due to their importance in the future success of smart cities. Research on this mobility technology and the critical elements affecting its development in developing countries, however, has been rather limited. This paper aims to shed light on the most influential elements of AV adoption in developing nations. A structural analysis approach is used, based on the primary qualitative data—that was gathered via an expert-opinion poll utilizing the fuzzy Delphi with a snowballing method and engaging 25 experts in the field in two rounds—, in accordance with the tradition of futurist research. The analysis has led to the identification of 11 key factors, from the initial factor pool of 54, affecting AV adoption in the case study context of Iran. The results of the analysis revealed the following conclusions, that fall under the policy and legislation domain, and present the most significant issues impacting AV adoption: (a) Future orientation of government—consistency and of accountability of policies, the long-term vision of the government for developing AVs industry (b) Managing the international sanctions for foreign investment, and (c) Funding mega projects to enable AVs. The results indicate that the establishment of legislation and the formulation of government policy regarding the provision of infrastructure, investment, and credit allocation are crucial for the development of AVs in Iran and other developing nations with comparable characteristics.
The Making of Smart Campus: A Review and Conceptual Framework
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 28-03-2023
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS13040891
Abstract: Smart c us is an emerging concept enabled by digital transformation opportunities in higher education. Smart c uses are often perceived as miniature replicas of smart cities and serve as living labs for smart technology research, development, and adoption, along with their traditional teaching, learning and research functions. There is currently a limited understanding of how the smart c us is conceptualized and practiced. This paper addresses this gap by using a systematic literature review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach. The study uses four major domains of the smart c us, i.e., society, economy, environment, and governance, to classify existing research. These domains are each aligned to the central smart c us concepts of digital technology and big data. The analysis found little evidence of a comprehensive real-world application of the smart c us towards addressing all four domains. This highlights the infancy of the current conceptualization and practice. The findings contribute to the development of a new conceptual foundation and research directions for the smart c us notion and informs its practice through a conceptual framework. The findings reported in this paper offer a firm basis for comprehensive smart c us conceptualization, and also provide directions for future research and development of smart c uses.
Inventive City-Regions: Path Dependence and Creative Knowledge Strategies
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2011
Environmental innovation, knowledge spillovers and policy implications: A systematic review of the economic effects literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2019
Factors influencing public awareness of autonomous vehicles: Empirical evidence from Brisbane
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2021
Multi-Objective Optimization for Sustainable Supply Chain and Logistics: A Review
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 09-12-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU132413617
Abstract: There are several methods available for modeling sustainable supply chain and logistics (SSCL) issues. Multi-objective optimization (MOO) has been a widely used method in SSCL modeling (SSCLM), nonetheless selecting a suitable optimization technique and solution method is still of interest as model performance is highly dependent on decision-making variables of the model development process. This study provides insights from the analysis of 95 scholarly articles to identify research gaps in the MOO for SSCLM and to assist decision-makers in selecting suitable MOO techniques and solution methods. The results of the analysis indicate that economic and environmental aspects of sustainability are the main context of SSCLM, where the social aspect is still limited. More SSCLMs for sourcing, distribution, and transportation phases of the supply chain are required. Additionally, more sophisticated techniques and solution methods, including hybrid metaheuristics approaches, are needed in SSCLM.
Orchestrating Knowledge-Based Urban Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-721-3.CH017
Abstract: In the era of knowledge economy, cities and regions have started increasingly investing on their physical, social and knowledge infrastructures so as to foster, attract and retain global talent and investment. Knowledge-based urban development as a new paradigm in urban planning and development is being implemented across the globe in order to increase the competitiveness of cities and regions. This chapter provides an overview of the lessons from Multimedia Super Corridor, Malaysia as one of the first large scale manifestations of knowledge-based urban development in South East Asia. The chapter investigates the application of the knowledge-based urban development concept within the Malaysian context, and, particularly, scrutinises the development and evolution of Multimedia Super Corridor by focusing on strategies, implementation policies, infrastructural implications, and agencies involved in the development and management of the corridor. In the light of the literature and case findings, the chapter provides generic recommendations, on the orchestration of knowledge-based urban development, for other cities and regions seeking such development.
Effective growth policymaking: Estimating provincial territorial development potentials
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2019
Planning Asian Cities: Risks and Resilience
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2012
Towards Smart and Sustainable Urban Electromobility: An Editorial Commentary
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 16-02-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14042264
Abstract: In the age of anthropogenic climate change, developing smart and sustainable transport systems is among the most popular urban policy debates [...]
The Culture for Open Innovation Dynamics
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 22-06-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12125076
Abstract: Culture, in its various forms, has always been a critical driver of innovation. This paper focuses on generating some insights into the role of “culture for open innovation dynamics”. First, because the requirement to understand culture, which can control open innovation complexity, has been augmented, we want to answer the following research question in this study: How can we define or organize “culture for open innovation dynamics”, which can motivate open innovation dynamics, and control open innovation complexity? Second, we propose a concept model of culture for open innovation dynamics by reviewing the literature on the culture of firms in terms of their traits, organization, static innovation, and dynamic aspects regarding their innovation in entrepreneurship, and we validate said model through an indirect social experiment using the research results of 23 Special Issue papers. Third, the concept model of culture for open innovation dynamics is explained as the interaction between three different entrepreneurship dimensions: Entrepreneurship of novice entrepreneurs, intrapreneurship of employees of an existing firm, and organizational entrepreneurship by the firm itself. According to the balance of three sub-entrepreneurship types, culture for open innovation dynamics can have different aspects, namely, entrepreneurship leading culture for open innovation dynamics, intrapreneurship leading culture for open innovation dynamics, or organizational entrepreneurship leading culture for open innovation dynamics. This paper helps organizations and entrepreneurs to better understand the role that culture plays in boosting open innovation dynamics.
A Decision Support System for Sustainable Urban Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH303
Abstract: Broad, early definitions of sustainable development have caused confusion and hesitation among local authorities and planning professionals. This confusion has arisen because loosely defined principles of sustainable development have been employed when setting policies and planning projects, and when gauging the efficiencies of these policies in the light of designated sustainability goals. The question of how this theory-rhetoric-practice gap can be filled is the main focus of this chapter. It examines the triple bottom line approach–one of the sustainability accounting approaches widely employed by governmental organisations–and the applicability of this approach to sustainable urban development. The chapter introduces the ‘Integrated Land Use and Transportation Indexing Model’ that incorporates triple bottom line considerations with environmental impact assessment techniques via a geographic, information systems-based decision support system. This model helps decision-makers in selecting policy options according to their economic, environmental and social impacts. Its main purpose is to provide valuable knowledge about the spatial dimensions of sustainable development, and to provide fine detail outputs on the possible impacts of urban development proposals on sustainability levels. In order to embrace sustainable urban development policy considerations, the model is sensitive to the relationship between urban form, travel patterns and socio-economic attributes. Finally, the model is useful in picturing the holistic state of urban settings in terms of their sustainability levels, and in assessing the degree of compatibility of selected scenarios with the desired sustainable urban future.
Local Drivers of Anthropogenic Climate Change: Quantifying the Impact through a Remote Sensing Approach in Brisbane
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 15-07-2020
DOI: 10.3390/RS12142270
Abstract: Urban expansions to adjoining greenfield sites, particularly in metropolitan regions, have become a global occurrence. Such urbanization practice results in a significant loss in ecosystem services and triggers climate change—where these changes in land cover and emissions of certain pollutants are the fundamental drivers of climate change. Despite its crucial importance, little is known on how to quantify the impact of local drivers on anthropogenic climate change. This study aims to address the question of how the impacts of local drivers on anthropogenic climate change can be measured. The study utilizes a remote sensing approach to investigate the impacts of a period of over 30 years (1989–2019) in Brisbane, Australia and its adjoining local government areas. The methodological steps of the study are two-fold. First, we measure the greenfield development and corresponding ecosystem services losses and, then, we quantify the risk of such losses attributable to direct and indirect anthropogenic climate change. The findings of the study reveal the followings: (a) the utilized remote sensing method is a useful technique in quantifying the impacts of climate change (b) over the last 30-year period, Brisbane and its adjoining areas encountered a total loss of about USD 4.5 billion in ecosystem services, due to direct and indirect anthropogenic climate change (c) peri-urban areas encountered the biggest losses in ecosystem service values (d) peri-urban areas experienced the highest greenhouse gas emission production levels, and (e) ecosystem services should be backed up by robust urban management policies—this is critical for mitigating climate change.
Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH428
Abstract: Stormwater has been recognised as one of the main culprits of aquatic ecosystem pollution and as a significant threat to the goal of ecological sustainable development. Water sensitive urban design is one of the key responses to the need to better manage urban stormwater runoff, the objectives of which go beyond rapid and efficient conveyance. Underpinned by the concepts of sustainable urban development, water sensitive urban design has proven to be an efficient and environmentally-friendly approach to urban stormwater management, with the necessary technical know-how and skills already available. However, large-scale implementation of water sensitive urban design is still lacking in Australia due to significant impediments and negative perceptions. Identification of the issues, barriers and drivers that affect sustainability outcomes of urban stormwater management is one of the first steps towards encouraging the wide-scale uptake of water sensitive urban design features which integrate sustainable urban stormwater management. This chapter investigates key water sensitive urban design perceptions, drivers and barriers in order to improve sustainable urban stormwater management efforts.
Sustainable Transportation Development
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH426
Abstract: Urban sprawl combined with low density development causes unsustainable development patterns including accessibility and mobility problems, especially for those who do not have the capacity to own a vehicle or access to quality public transport services. Sustainable transportation development is crucial in order to solve transport disadvantage problems in urban settlements. People who are affected by these problems are referred to as ‘transportation disadvantaged’. Transportation disadvantage is a multi-dimensional problem that combines socio-economics, transportation and spatial characteristics or dimensions. However, a substantial number of transportation disadvantage studies so far only focus on the socio-economic and transportation dimensions, while the latter dimension of transportation disadvantage has been neglected. This chapter investigates the spatial dimension of transportation disadvantage by comparing the travel capabilities of residents and their accessibility levels with land use characteristics. The analysis of the study identifies significant land use characteristics with travel inability, and is useful for identifying the transportation disadvantaged population.
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Development in South East Asia
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH427
Abstract: Many South East Asian cities have experienced substantial physical, economic and social transformations during the past several decades. The rapid pace of globalization and economic restructuring has resulted in these cities receiving the full impact of urbanization pressures. In an attempt to ease these pressures, cities such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur have advocated growth management approaches focusing especially on urban infrastructure sustainability. These approaches aim to achieve triple bottom line sustainability by balancing economic and social development, and environmental protection. This chapter evaluates three Asia-Pacific city cases, Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, and assesses their experiences in managing their urban forms and infrastructure whilst promoting sustainable patterns of urban development.
The Right or Wrong to the City? Understanding Citizen Participation in the Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Eras in Malaysia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
Travel self-containment in master planned estates: Analysis of recent Australian Trends
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2007
Greening the Artificial Intelligence for a Sustainable Planet: An Editorial Commentary
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 07-12-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU132413508
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most popular and promising technologies of our time [...]
User-Centric Innovation District Planning: Lessons from Brisbane’s Leading Innovation Districts
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 28-03-2023
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS13040883
Abstract: Innovation districts are widely known as an effective land use type for fostering and sustaining knowledge and innovation economy growth in cities. Knowledge workers and the public are among the main stakeholders and key drivers for the growth of innovation districts. However, these groups’ needs are often not well considered in the top-down implementation of innovation districts. This paper aims to explore the user preferences and decision makers’ perspectives in innovation district planning, design, and development. The study tackles the question of which characteristics fulfil the responsibility of innovation districts toward both societies (reflecting user preferences) and cities (reflecting decision makers’ perspectives). As for the methodology, a case study approach was employed to collect the required data from three innovation districts in Brisbane, Australia. The data are qualitatively and quantitatively analysed. The analysis findings highlighted the similarities between user preferences and decision makers’ perspectives—e.g., usefulness of decentralisation, urbanism, mixed-use development, street life, and social interactions in innovation districts—and the differences that need to be carefully factored into the planning, design, and development of innovation districts with a user-centric approach.
Making Space and Place for Knowledge Production
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-721-3.CH006
Abstract: In the knowledge era the importance of making space and place for knowledge production is clearly understood worldwide by many city administrations that are keen on restructuring their cities as highly competitive and creative places. Consequently, knowledge-based urban development and socio-spatial development of knowledge community precincts have taken their places among the emerging agendas of the urban planning and development practice. This chapter explores these emerging issues and scrutinizes the development of knowledge community precincts that have important economic, social and cultural dimensions on the formation of competitive and creative urban regions. The chapter also sheds light on the new challenges for planning discipline, and discusses the need for and some specifics of a new planning paradigm suitable for dealing with 21st Century’s socio-economic development and urbanization problems.
LidSonic V2.0: A LiDAR and Deep-Learning-Based Green Assistive Edge Device to Enhance Mobility for the Visually Impaired
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 30-09-2022
DOI: 10.3390/S22197435
Abstract: Over a billion people around the world are disabled, among whom 253 million are visually impaired or blind, and this number is greatly increasing due to ageing, chronic diseases, and poor environments and health. Despite many proposals, the current devices and systems lack maturity and do not completely fulfill user requirements and satisfaction. Increased research activity in this field is required in order to encourage the development, commercialization, and widespread acceptance of low-cost and affordable assistive technologies for visual impairment and other disabilities. This paper proposes a novel approach using a LiDAR with a servo motor and an ultrasonic sensor to collect data and predict objects using deep learning for environment perception and navigation. We adopted this approach using a pair of smart glasses, called LidSonic V2.0, to enable the identification of obstacles for the visually impaired. The LidSonic system consists of an Arduino Uno edge computing device integrated into the smart glasses and a smartphone app that transmits data via Bluetooth. Arduino gathers data, operates the sensors on the smart glasses, detects obstacles using simple data processing, and provides buzzer feedback to visually impaired users. The smartphone application collects data from Arduino, detects and classifies items in the spatial environment, and gives spoken feedback to the user on the detected objects. In comparison to image-processing-based glasses, LidSonic uses far less processing time and energy to classify obstacles using simple LiDAR data, according to several integer measurements. We comprehensively describe the proposed system’s hardware and software design, having constructed their prototype implementations and tested them in real-world environments. Using the open platforms, WEKA and TensorFlow, the entire LidSonic system is built with affordable off-the-shelf sensors and a microcontroller board costing less than USD 80. Essentially, we provide designs of an inexpensive, miniature green device that can be built into, or mounted on, any pair of glasses or even a wheelchair to help the visually impaired. Our approach enables faster inference and decision-making using relatively low energy with smaller data sizes, as well as faster communications for edge, fog, and cloud computing.
Innovating urban policymaking and planning mechanisms to deliver knowledge-based agendas: a methodological approach
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2014
Trolox and 17 beta-estradiol protect against amyloid beta-peptide neurotoxicity by a mechanism that involves modulation of the Wnt signaling pathway
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2005
Mitigating urban heat with optimal distribution of vegetation and buildings
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2022
An Ontological Knowledge Base of Poisoning Attacks on Deep Neural Networks
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 31-10-2022
DOI: 10.3390/APP122111053
Abstract: Deep neural networks (DNNs) have successfully delivered cutting-edge performance in several fields. With the broader deployment of DNN models on critical applications, the security of DNNs has become an active and yet nascent area. Attacks against DNNs can have catastrophic results, according to recent studies. Poisoning attacks, including backdoor attacks and Trojan attacks, are one of the growing threats against DNNs. Having a wide-angle view of these evolving threats is essential to better understand the security issues. In this regard, creating a semantic model and a knowledge graph for poisoning attacks can reveal the relationships between attacks across intricate data to enhance the security knowledge landscape. In this paper, we propose a DNN poisoning attack ontology (DNNPAO) that would enhance knowledge sharing and enable further advancements in the field. To do so, we have performed a systematic review of the relevant literature to identify the current state. We collected 28,469 papers from the IEEE, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus databases, and from these papers, 712 research papers were screened in a rigorous process, and 55 poisoning attacks in DNNs were identified and classified. We extracted a taxonomy of the poisoning attacks as a scheme to develop DNNPAO. Subsequently, we used DNNPAO as a framework by which to create a knowledge base. Our findings open new lines of research within the field of AI security.
Knowledge-based development dynamics in less favoured regions: insights from Australian and Icelandic university towns
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 31-07-2017
Where Are Autonomous Vehicles Taking Us?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-10-2021
How can innovation district performance be assessed? Insights from South East Queensland, Australia
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 08-11-2022
DOI: 10.1108/JPMD-06-2022-0053
Abstract: Many cities across the world are actively investing in ways to excel in the innovation economy through the development of innovation districts as one of the most popular policy options. While innovation districts are among the leading drivers of innovation activities in cities, they are also high-cost and high-risk investments. Besides, holistic approaches for assessing these districts’ multifaceted performances are scarce. Bridging this knowledge gap is critical, hence, this paper aims to explore how innovation district performance can be assessed through a classification framework. The paper introduces a multidimensional innovation district classification framework and applies it into Australian innovation districts with ergent features, functions, spatial and contextual characteristics. The study places 30 innovation districts from South East Queensland under the microscope of the framework to assess the multifaceted nature of innovation district performance. It uses qualitative analysis method to analyse both the primary and secondary data, and descriptive analysis with basic excel spreadsheet calculations to analyse the validity of the data. The data analysis clusters 30 innovation districts from South East Queensland under three performance levels – i.e. desired, acceptable and unsavoury – concerning their form, feature and function characteristics. The results disclose that the framework is a practical tool for informing planners, developers and managers on innovation district performances, and it has the capability to provide guidance for policymakers on their policy and investment decisions regarding the most suitable innovation district types and characteristics to consider.
Measuring neighbourhood sustainability performance: An indexing model for Gold Coast City, Australia
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 06-2011
Artificial intelligence in local governments: perceptions of city managers on prospects, constraints and choices
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-05-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S00146-022-01450-X
Abstract: Highly sophisticated capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) have skyrocketed its popularity across many industry sectors globally. The public sector is one of these. Many cities around the world are trying to position themselves as leaders of urban innovation through the development and deployment of AI systems. Likewise, increasing numbers of local government agencies are attempting to utilise AI technologies in their operations to deliver policy and generate efficiencies in highly uncertain and complex urban environments. While the popularity of AI is on the rise in urban policy circles, there is limited understanding and lack of empirical studies on the city manager perceptions concerning urban AI systems. Bridging this gap is the rationale of this study. The methodological approach adopted in this study is twofold. First, the study collects data through semi-structured interviews with city managers from Australia and the US. Then, the study analyses the data using the summative content analysis technique with two data analysis software. The analysis identifies the following themes and generates insights into local government services: AI adoption areas, cautionary areas, challenges, effects, impacts, knowledge basis, plans, preparedness, roadblocks, technologies, deployment timeframes, and usefulness. The study findings inform city managers in their efforts to deploy AI in their local government operations, and offer directions for prospective research.
Shortest path distance vs. least directional change: Empirical testing of space syntax and geographic theories concerning pedestrian route choice behaviour
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Smart and Sustainable
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Transformation Readiness
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Integrated Modeling Approach for the Transportation Disadvantaged
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Date: 09-2007
Does Size Matter? Knowledge-Based Development of Second-Order City-Regions in Finland
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-07-2015
Knowledge-based, smart and sustainable cities: a provocation for a conceptual framework
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2018
Perception and Utilisation
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Smarter with Technology
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Urban Artificial Intelligences
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Green Artificial Intelligence
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
Understanding Sustainable Energy in the Context of Smart Cities: A PRISMA Review
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-03-2022
DOI: 10.3390/EN15072382
Abstract: In the context of smart cities, sustainability is an essential dimension. One of the ways to achieve sustainability and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases in smart cities is through the promotion of sustainable energy. The demand for affordable and reliable electrical energy requires different energy sources, where the cost of production often outweighs the environmental factor. This paper aims to investigate the ways smart cities promote sustainability in the electricity sector. For this, a systematic literature review using the PRISMA protocol was employed as the methodological approach. In this review, 154 journal articles were thoroughly analyzed. The results were grouped according to the themes and categorized into energy efficiency, renewable energies, and energy and urban planning. The study findings revealed the following: (a) global academic publication landscape for smart city and energy sustainability research (b) unbalanced publications when critically evaluating geographical continents’ energy use intensity vs. smart cities’ energy sustainability research outcomes (c) there is a heavy concentration on the technology dimension of energy sustainability and efficiency, and renewables topics in the literature, but much less attention is paid to the energy and urban planning issues. The insights generated inform urban and energy authorities and provide scholars with directions for prospective research.
Knowledge city research and practice under the microscope: a review of empirical findings
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2016
How can transport impacts of urban growth be modelled? An approach to consider spatial and temporal scales
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2020
Efficiency of the EU regulation on greenhouse gas emissions in Italy: The hierarchical cluster analysis approach
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
Societal integration that matters: Place making experience of Macquarie Park Innovation District, Sydney
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2018
Multimedia Super Corridor, Malaysia
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-02-2015
DOI: 10.1108/VINE-06-2014-0041
Abstract: – This paper aims to investigate and provide insights on knowledge-based urban development (KBUD) in the context of emerging economies. KBUD has been an effective strategy and an opportunity for emerging economies for catching up with the developed economies. – The paper scrutinizes the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) of Malaysia by focusing on the planning, development and orchestration of the knowledge corridor. – The paper reveals a number of lessons and insights drawn from the development of MSC as the largest manifestation of the KBUD initiative in Malaysia. – The paper provides lessons and recommendations on the planning, development and management of KBUD for emerging economies that are seeking a prosperous development.
Brisbane Urban Growth Model
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.CH206
Abstract: In recent years, local government infrastructure management practices have evolved from conventional land use planning to more wide ranging and integrated urban growth and infrastructure management approaches. The roles and responsibilities of local government are no longer simply to manage daily operational functions of a city and provide basic infrastructure. Local governments are now required to undertake economic planning, manage urban growth be involved in major infrastructure planning and even engage in achieving sustainable development objectives. The Brisbane Urban Growth model has proven initially successful to ensure timely and coordinated delivery of urban infrastructure. This model may be the first step for many local governments to move toward an integrated, sustainable and effective infrastructure management.
Aged Care Energy Use and Peak Demand Change in the COVID-19 Year: Empirical Evidence from Australia
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 23-11-2021
DOI: 10.3390/BUILDINGS11120570
Abstract: Aged care communities have been under the spotlight since the beginning of 2020. Energy is essential to ensure reliable operation and quality care provision in residential aged care communities (RAC). The aim of this study is to determine how RAC’s yearly energy use and peak demand changed in Australia and what this might mean for RAC design, operation and energy asset investment and ultimately in the healthcare plan for elderly residents. Five years of electricity demand data from four case study RACs in the same climate zone are analyzed. Statistical tools are used to analyze the data, and a clustering algorithm is used to identify typical demand profiles. A number of energy key performance indicators (KPIs) are evaluated, highlighting their respective benefits and limitations. The results show an average 8% reduction for yearly energy use and 7% reduction for yearly peak demands in the COVID-19 year compared with the average of the previous four years. Typical demand profiles for the four communities were mostly lower in the pandemic year. Despite these results, the KPI analysis shows that, for these four communities, outdoor ambient temperature remains a very significant correlation factor for energy use.
Leveraging the Opportunities of Wind for Cities through Urban Planning and Design: A PRISMA Review
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 16-09-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU141811665
Abstract: Wind has been utilized for passive ventilation and mechanical power since antiquity. As an abundant renewable resource, today, wind is increasingly seen as a critical resource to help tackle issues associated with rapid urbanization and climate adaptation and mitigation, such as improving thermal comfort, providing clean energy, improving air quality, and reducing carbon emissions. Despite the growing importance of wind as an invaluable resource for cities, wind in the context of urban planning and design is a relatively understudied area of research. This study aims to explore the means by which cities that can benefit from wind and ways urban planning and design can help deliver these benefits. The study adopts a systematic literature review methodological approach. The findings disclosed that: (a) improving urban wind environment via sound urban planning and design may enhance urban ventilation and energy performance (b) better urban ventilation and energy performance enable cities to become climate positive or net zero and relieve the urgent climate crisis (c) wind sensitive urban design is an emerging research area critical to harvest the benefits of wind for cities. This study offers a novel conceptual framework and research directions for wind sensitive urban design and informs urban planning, design policy and practices.
Understanding the effects of complex seasonality on suburban daily transit ridership
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2015
Artificial Intelligent Technologies for the Construction Industry: How Are They Perceived and Utilized in Australia?
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2022
An Ontological Knowledge Base of Poisoning Attacks on Deep Neural Networks
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 10-08-2022
DOI: 10.20944/PREPRINTS202208.0197.V1
Abstract: Deep neural networks (DNN) have successfully delivered a cutting-edge performance in several fields. With the broader deployment of DNN models on critical applications, the security of DNNs becomes an active and yet nascent area. Attacks against DNNs can have catastrophic results, according to recent studies. Poisoning attacks, including backdoor and Trojan attacks, are one of the growing threats against DNNs. Having a wide-angle view of these evolving threats is essential to better understand the security issues. In this regard, creating a semantic model and a knowledge graph for poisoning attacks can reveal the relationships between attacks across intricate data to enhance the security knowledge landscape. In this paper, we propose a DNN Poisoning Attacks Ontology (DNNPAO) that would enhance knowledge sharing and enable further advancements in the field. To do so, we have performed a systematic review of the relevant literature to identify the current state. We collected 28,469 papers from IEEE, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Scopus databases, and from these papers, 712 research papers were screened in a rigorous process, and 55 poisoning attacks in DNNs were identified and classified. We extracted a taxonomy of the poisoning attacks as a scheme to develop DNNPAO. Subsequently, we used DNNPAO as a framework to create a knowledge base. Our findings open new lines of research within the field of AI security.
The Governance of Artificial Intelligence in the “Autonomous City”
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 2023
Smart cities: an effective urban development and management model?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2015
Can Tube Tunnel Crossings Relieve Urban Congestion Problems? Izmir Tube Tunnel Project Proposal Under Scrutiny
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 05-2019
DOI: 10.3390/SU11092543
Abstract: Building underwater tube tunnel crossings to ease the urban congestion problems has become a popular approach for many cities across the globe. London, New York, Istanbul, Hamburg, Sydney and Brisbane are among these cities. However, the effectiveness and externalities of these expensive mega urban infrastructures have also been questioned widely among urban, transport and environmental planning scholars. Given the international popularity of the topic, this study places a new tube tunnel crossings project from Izmir, Turkey under the microscope. In this heuristic simulation study, policy-on scenarios were tested to determine possible impacts of the underwater tube tunnel-crossing project. The traffic impacts are discussed using simulations assigning the initial origin–destination data. The results of the study revealed that, given the two locations, outer and inner locations over the dagger-shape bay, the capacity increments on the bridge links and the links around the periphery highway did not bring any effective solutions beyond some minor improvements. The findings disclosed that the ineffectiveness of the tube tunnel crossing might be due to the excessive congestion happening all over the downtown area, which clogs the passageways to the bridge. The paper highlights the limitations of the tube tunnel-crossing project, emphasises the need for comprehensive investigations before committing to the project and advocates the emphasis to be actually given for sustainable mobility.
Planning, Development and Management of Sustainable Cities
Publisher: MDPI
Date: 30-04-2019
Singapore Government Online
Publisher: The Haworth Press
Date: 30-05-2007
Understanding Smart City Policy: Insights from the Strategy Documents of 52 Local Governments
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 16-08-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU141610164
Abstract: Today, many cities around the globe are interested in developing or adopting smart city policy frameworks however, the complexity of the smart city concept combined with complicated urban issues makes it a highly challenging task. Moreover, there are limited studies to consolidate our understanding of smart city policymaking. The aim of this study was to bridge this knowledge gap by placing a set of official smart city policy frameworks under the policy analysis microscope. The study approached the analysis by, firstly, internationally collating the smart city policy frameworks of 52 local governments from 17 countries. The methodology then progressed to a deductive content analysis of the identified policies with a thematic data analysis software. The investigation employed the main themes to identify common urban issues in smart city policies—i.e., smart economy, smart environment, smart governance, smart living, smart mobility, and smart people. The results revealed the targeted key planning issues, goals, and priorities, and the ways that smart city policies address these key planning issues, goals, and priorities. The study findings inform policymakers, planners and practitioners on the smart city policy priorities and provide insights for smart city policymaking.
State of the Art and Future Perspectives in Smart and Sustainable Urban Development
Publisher: MDPI
Date: 14-04-2022
The Evolution of City-as-a-Platform: Smart Urban Development Governance with Collective Knowledge-Based Platform Urbanism
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 02-01-2021
DOI: 10.3390/LAND10010033
Abstract: Since the advent of the second digital revolution, the exponential advancement of technology is shaping a world with new social, economic, political, technological, and legal circumstances. The consequential disruptions force governments and societies to seek ways for their cities to become more humane, ethical, inclusive, intelligent, and sustainable. In recent years, the concept of City-as-a-Platform was coined with the hope of providing an innovative approach for addressing the aforementioned disruptions. Today, this concept is rapidly gaining popularity, as more and more platform thinking applications become available to the city context—so-called platform urbanism. These platforms used for identifying and addressing various urbanization problems with the assistance of open data, participatory innovation opportunity, and collective knowledge. With these developments in mind, this study aims to tackle the question of “How can platform urbanism support local governance efforts in the development of smarter cities?” Through an integrative review of journal articles published during the last decade, the evolution of City-as-a-Platform was analyzed. The findings revealed the prospects and constraints for the realization of transformative and disruptive impacts on the government and society through the platform urbanism, along with disclosing the opportunities and challenges for smarter urban development governance with collective knowledge through platform urbanism.
Ubiquitous Eco Cities
Publisher: IGI Global
Date: 2010
Abstract: Efficient and effective urban management systems for Ubiquitous Eco Cities require having intelligent and integrated management mechanisms. This integration includes bringing together economic, socio-cultural and urban development with a well-orchestrated, transparent and open decision-making system and necessary infrastructure and technologies. In Ubiquitous Eco Cities, telecommunication technologies play an important role in monitoring and managing activities via wired and wireless networks. Particularly, technology convergence creates new ways in which information and telecommunication technologies are used and formed the backbone of urban management. The 21st century is an era where information has converged, in which people are able to access a variety of services, including internet- and location- based services, through multi-functional devices and provides new opportunities in the management of Ubiquitous Eco Cities. This paper discusses developments in telecommunication infrastructure and trends in convergence technologies and their implications on the management of Ubiquitous Eco Cities.
Why is determining peri-urban area boundaries critical for sustainable urban development?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-09-2021
Neighborhood sustainability assessment: Evaluating residential development sustainability in a developing country context
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 03-03-2015
DOI: 10.3390/SU7032570
Factors influencing peri-urban growth: Empirical evidence from the Dhaka and Brisbane regions
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2022
Algorithmic urban planning for smart and sustainable development: Systematic review of the literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2023
Multidimensional Perspective
Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
Date: 11-09-2023
How can an enhanced community engagement with innovation districts be established? Evidence from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Social Inclusion Indicators for Building Citizen-Centric Smart Cities: A Systematic Literature Review
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 04-01-2021
DOI: 10.3390/SU13010376
Abstract: Despite the rhetoric of “citizen-first,” which has been tokenized in recent years by the smart city administrations, what it means has long been unclear to many, including the public at large. Put simply, this rhetoric concerns the mindset of the members of a local community and places them at the heart of the smart city initiatives. In order to bring further clarity to this issue under the current neoliberal urbanism, this study aimed to identify the key indicators of citizen-centric smart cities from the perspective of participative governance practices and citizens’ responsibilities. To achieve this aim, this study involved a systematic literature review of the social inclusion indicators for building citizen-centric smart cities. The social inclusion indicators that were formed were verified by practitioners to suit the local contexts of an emerging and developing country, in this case, Malaysia. The findings of the review revealed that: (a) the acceptance of social inclusion indicators was mainly limited to the realm of democratic developed countries, leaders’ understanding of citizenship, the delegation of decision-making power in governance practices, the participative culture of societies, and in idual citizens’ self-discipline (b) the social inclusion indicators may not be welcomed in emerging and developing countries (c) in the long term, these indicators would shed light on the rise of self-organizing cities that will gain popularity in potential city developments, be it in developed or developing countries.
Strategizing Smart, Sustainable, and Knowledge-Based Development of Cities: Insights from Florianópolis, Brazil
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 25-10-2020
DOI: 10.3390/SU12218859
Abstract: Unarguably, smart, sustainable, and knowledge-based development is critical for securing a livable future for our rapidly urbanizing world. The aim of this study is to generate insights into determining effective and efficient strategies to increase sustainability and innovation capabilities of cities to achieve long-term desired urban outcomes. This paper places the city of Florianópolis (Brazil) under the smart, sustainable, and knowledge-based urban development microscope. The methodological approach of the study involves a qualitative analysis through surveys (100 submitted forms, 55 responses received) and interviews (12) with key experts and stakeholders from Florianópolis. The findings of the study reveal that Florianópolis’ innovation ecosystem has high potential to thrive, but the city still has structural issues to deal with first, related to the gap between the potential to grow, and acknowledgement from key actors of the city to support the overall territory development considering the complex dimensions. This issue suggests lifying the ecosystem’s vision, including different sectors and, especially, addressing innovation for the common good. The insights generated from the investigation of Florianópolis’ case are also invaluable to other cities’ planning for strategizing their transformation, and seeking smart, sustainable, and knowledge-based development pathways.
Planning for knowledge‐based urban development: global perspectives
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 11-09-2009
DOI: 10.1108/13673270910988079
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to investigate the engineering of creative urban regions through knowledge‐based urban development. In recent years city administrators realised the importance of engineering and orchestrating knowledge city formation through visioning and planning for economic, socio‐cultural and physical development. For that purpose a new development paradigm of “knowledge‐based urban development” is formed, and quickly finds implementation ground in many parts of the globe. The paper reviews the literature and examines global best practice experiences in order to determine how cities are engineering their creative urban regions so as to establish a base for knowledge city formation. The paper sheds light on the different development approaches for creative urban regions, and concludes with recommendations for urban administrations planning for knowledge‐based development of creative urban regions. The paper provides invaluable insights and discussion on the vital role of planning for knowledge‐based urban development of creative urban regions.
Individual Predictors of Autonomous Vehicle Public Acceptance and Intention to Use: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2020
Sustainable Mobility and Transport
Publisher: MDPI
Date: 17-05-2022
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