Overview
- Analyzes smart governance for cities from a variety of perspectives and a variety of sectors – both in theory and in practice
- Features information on the linkage between United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and smart governance
- Covers the connection between research, policies and practice in smart governance for smart cities
Part of the book series: EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing (EAISICC)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Perspectives
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Experiences
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides theoretical perspectives and practical experiences on smart governance for smart cities. It presents a balanced linkage between research, policies and practices on this area. The authors discuss the sustainability challenges raised by rapid urbanization, challenges with smart governance models in various countries, and a new governance paradigm seen as a capable approach able to overcome social, economic and environmental sustainability problems. The authors include case studies on transformation, adaption and transfers; and country, regional, municipal contextualization. Also included are best practices on monitoring and evaluating smart governance and impact assessment. The book features contributions from researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field.
- Analyzes smart governance for cities from a variety of perspectives and a variety of sectors – both in theory and in practice
- Features information on the linkage between United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and smart governance
- Covers the connection between research, policies and practice in smart governance for smart cities
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Nuno Lopes is the leading researcher at the National Digital Transformation Collaborative Lab in Portugal and a professor in a part-time basis at the University of Minho. Former coordinator and founder of the research line on smart cities at the University of United Nations. He holds two Postdoctoral positions, one on Computer Science at the University of Coimbra and other on Electronic Governance at the United Nations University. Since 1998 he has been teaching several courses in diverse areas of computer science and mathematics at different public, private, national and international universities. During his working life, he has been involved in several national, European and international projects, such as Electronic Governance for Context-Specific Public Service Delivery, Knowledge Society Policy Handbook, Policy Monitoring on Digital Technology for Inclusive Education, Intelligent Computing for Internet and Services, Internet of Things for Disabled People, Smart Defence and Smart Cities for Sustainable Development. He also delivers on a regular basis professional courses, seminars, and workshops on ICT, computer networks, cybersecurity, smart cities, amongst others.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Smart Governance for Cities: Perspectives and Experiences
Editors: Nuno Vasco Moreira Lopes
Series Title: EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22070-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22069-3Published: 06 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22072-3Published: 06 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-22070-9Published: 28 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2522-8595
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8609
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 223
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Governance and Government, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction