GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING URBAN HOUSING PROJECTS WITH A SMART CITY APPROACH

Abstract The migration of population from rural to urban causes rapid urban expansion and housing demand. Smart cities are utilized as guidelines for the development of urban housing projects to enhance the quality of life and not destroy the environment. The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the level of governance, infrastructure, technology management, stakeholder engagement, and successfulness of urban housing project development; 2) examine the influence of causal factors, i.e., governance, infrastructure, technology management, stakeholder engagement and successfulness of urban housing project development, and 3) propose development guidelines on urban housing projects following the smart city approach. This research employed the mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative research methods. For quantitative research, the sample consisted of 360 residents in smart projects by using systematic sampling. For qualitative research, in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 key informants. The results indicated that: 1) governance, infrastructure, technology management, stakeholder engagement, and success of urban housing project development were at high levels; 2) Governance, infrastructure, technology management, and stakeholder engagement, collectively exerted significant effects on the success of urban housing project development, yielding impact values of 0.87, 0.44, 0.41, and 0.29 respectively, at a significance level of 0.01; 3) Guidelines for developing urban housing projects with a smart city approach were as follows: (1) the management of connectivity between the inside and outside the housing projects with modern technology to ensure easy and swift access and resident’s safety and privacy; (2) Developing infrastructure especially the transportation system within the housing projects to establish effective connections with the external environment; (3) Participatory governance in which residents are involved in managing the various systems of the projects (4) communicating information and educating residents about water pollution and waste management to reduce the impact on the environment in the housing project; And (5) arranging spaces within the housing project for activities that both and individuals from outside the community can participate in fostering interactions among project managers, residents and community members, ultimately helping reduce potential conflicts Therefore, the success of smart city development in housing projects would require cooperation from the government sector, private sector and communities, especially stakeholders

ESTABLISHING PUBLIC CONSENSUS THROUGH DEVELOPING SPATIAL MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM TOWARDS SMART GOVERNANCE IN MANAGING CITYSCAPE PLANNING

The rapid development of information technology leads to the changes of the urban management system demanding the utilization of the smart city concept which aims to provide an environment for the community that is efficient, sustainable and secure, with the use of ICT (Information and Communications Technology). This paper utilized smart governance concept as one aspect of a smart city to improve and develop community participation in the visual quality control of urban spaces that meet the social aspects, economic efficiency and biological health of the community through visual quality evaluation activities on city space corridors. The development of spatial multimedia support system is one of the current development in urban planning that associated with public engagement. The objective of the study is to develop a scenario of the 3D spatial multimedia system as a Decision Planning Support System for structuring street corridor landscape based on 3D Interactive Simulation System. Through the scenario of interactivity development, 3D visualization in the virtual environment is expected to be efficient as well as supporting the development of the effectiveness of decision-making system in the evaluation of visual comfort quality in the streetscape

Smart Sustainable E-Solutions for Implementation and Enforcement of Smart Cities in India

In the present knowledge and information age Indian towns and cities are expanding rapidly in spatial and demographic terms. Moreover, spatial information are not correlated with the complex urban integrated problems, as data generated at various level for urban planning and management remains uncoordinated and redundant to support decision-making and leading to poor urban governance and timely implementation of the master plan. Hence, there is an urgent need to create common platform so as to address problems and issues in the right perspective to assist cities in coping with economic realities and, thereby, produce high quality responsive environment and demonstrate successful urban solutions. Thus, in order to address these issues in a holistic manner, the Ministry of Urban Development has launched the Smart City Mission for 100 cities on 25th June, 2015. However, due to the absent of any basic “Smart E-Solutions Model” for implementation and enforcement of sustainable development plan in India, the present paper is an attempt to evolve the concept of “Smart E-Solutions Model”. At first the present paper discusses about the smart sustainable solutions at design level. Thereafter, the paper evolves a “Smart E-Solutions Model” to establish intelligent online system for implementation and enforcement of sustainable development plan design. Hence, to define the success of Smart City Scheme in India, the present paper pursing a vision of sustainable smart cities by exploring the possibilities of different innovative solutions through designing of Smart Comprehensive Development Plan (SCDP) through virtual world. GIS based SCDP will facilitate the cities to compete in the global competitive world. In India designing SCDP will act as E-solution tool to ease out new challenges and opportunities for urban planners and managers to design the various dreams, ideas and hopes of urban community and translate the same into the spatial terms. In all this paper will thread common ground to address problems and issues in the right perspective to assist urban planner, manager in coping with economic realities and, thereby, produce high quality responsive environment and demonstrate successful sustainable urban solutions for implementation of Smart Comprehensive Developemnt Plan through “Smart E-Solutions Model“

Smart city : definitions, dimensions, and initiatives

PURPOSE: The smart city is an increasingly popular topic in the sustainable development of the city. However, there is still misunderstanding about what smart cities are. This study examined how different definition and dimensions included in the smart city concept can be categorized and how does a smart initiative make European cities smarter.DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The paper attempts to answer the above questions through literature review and case study methods. The case study was used to present the actions of municipal authorities aimed at making cities smarter.FINDINGS: Smart city is difficult to define unequivocally due to its multidimensional character. When defining a smart city, most authors emphasize the role of information and communication technologies in city development. Urban centers are also defined in terms of human and social capital and institutions. In contrast, nowadays, there is a wide consensus at on accepting six dimension of smart city concept. According to this the development of the city is expected to make investments in economy, environment, governance, living, mobility, and people. Smart initiatives depend to a large extent on local factors. Therefore, the challenge for city authorities is to choose the most optimal city development strategy in the given economic, technological, and social conditions. In Europe, smart initiatives concern the greening of cities and the activation of elderly and disabled people.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The article offers useful insights for both practitioners and scientist interested in smart city initiatives. Smart city is characterized by democratism, because community, research, and development centers as well as institutional and economic entities are interested in it. The implementation of the smart concept means innovative and sustainable urban development in harmony with the natural environment, without violating social cohesion, while respecting limited resources to meet stakeholder expectations.ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The results of the study contribute in the cognitive sense to the smart city concept. Comprehensive definition of smart city is proposed. Smart city is a city that combines information and communication technologies, social infrastructure (human and social capital) and public institutions to dynamize its economic, social, environmental, and cultural development.peer-reviewe

Smartness. The face of the integration in the new “performing” society

Economia, potere, così come case, persone e lavoro, ma prima di ogni altra cosa città: tutto negli ultimi anni è chiamato a diventare “smart”. È questa l’era della smart economy, della smart governance, della smart home, delle smart people, dello smart work e della sempre più imperante smart city. Con il sostegno della scienza, o meglio delle diverse scienze (ingegneria, politologia, urbanistica, architettura, sociologia, etc.) che ne spieghino i fondamenti a monte e della politica che, ai vari livelli (nazionali e internazionali), ne orienti i processi a valle, la smartness diventa il nuovo orizzonte della società contemporanea a cui conformare senso e prassi su scala planetaria. Ma cosa significa, per un luogo come per una attività, per una persona come per una collettività, essere “smart”? Qual è il denominatore comune che lega tra loro le diverse declinazioni del termine, come gli ambiti di applicazione? Quanto questa ricerca di intelligenza è ricerca di efficienza? E quanto l’efficienza è di per sé garanzia di intelligenza? Dopo un breve excursus sul concetto in oggetto e suoi ambiti esplicativi, l’analisi si concentra sul postulato dell’integrazione quale principale condizione di realizzazione della smartness, anche per fini efficientisti. È l’integrazione la vera sfida contenuta nella smartness e la vera promessa, al momento non mantenuta, della società performante

Towards evaluation design for smart city development

Smart city developments integrate digital, human, and physical systems in the built environment. With growing urbanization and widespread developments, identifying suitable evaluation methodologies is important. Case-study research across five UK cities - Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Milton Keynes and Peterborough - revealed that city evaluation approaches were principally project-focused with city-level evaluation plans at early stages. Key challenges centred on selecting suitable evaluation methodologies to evidence urban value and outcomes, addressing city authority requirements. Recommendations for evaluation design draw on urban studies and measurement frameworks, capitalizing on big data opportunities and developing appropriate, valid, credible integrative approaches across projects, programmes and city-level developments

Defining and assessing the transformational nature of smart city governance: Insights from four European cases

Smart cities are a new approach to urban development based on the extensive use of information and communication technologies and on the promotion of environmental sustainability, economic development and innovation. The article is aimed at discussing whether the adoption of a smart city approach entails the transformation of existing institutional structures and administrative practices. To this end, four cases of European smart cities are analysed: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Turin and Vienna. The article describes their models of governance, investigates the level of transformation that occurred in their governmental structures, outlines the main drawbacks and identifies possible connections with the emergent paradigm of the New Public Governance

Trends in Smart City Development

This report examines the meanings and practices associated with the term 'smart cities.' Smart city initiatives involve three components: information and communication technologies (ICTs) that generate and aggregate data; analytical tools which convert that data into usable information; and organizational structures that encourage collaboration, innovation, and the application of that information to solve public problems

Smart Cities: Towards a New Citizenship Regime? A Discourse Analysis of the British Smart City Standard

Growing practice interest in smart cities has led to calls for a less technology-oriented and more citizen-centric approach. In response, this articles investigates the citizenship mode promulgated by the smart city standard of the British Standards Institution. The analysis uses the concept of citizenship regime and a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods to discern key discursive frames defining the smart city and the particular citizenship dimensions brought into play. The results confirm an explicit citizenship rationale guiding the smart city (standard), although this displays some substantive shortcomings and contradictions. The article concludes with recommendations for both further theory and practice development