Sharing Smart Cities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 2108
Special Issue Editors
Interests: co-creation; engagement; interdisciplinary collaboration; sharing smart cities
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The World Bank estimates that 56% of the world's population, or 4.4 billion people, live in cities. Together, they generate 80% of the global GDP. Even so, these cities are not all developed in the same way. The true value of smart cities lies in technology's ability to empower and connect people, well beyond urban development driven by technology. With the advent of smart cities, the importance of sharing will only grow. By exploring sharing opportunities with a human-centric lens, we argue that smart cities can become more prosperous. On the other hand, Sustainable Development Goals demand transdisciplinary collaboration for transformative experiences and outcomes. With the Sharing Smart Cities (SSC) approach, smart cities are reimagined, with a focus on citizen well-being and sustainability, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
By definition, a sharing smart city refers to an intelligent urban system that takes an integrated human-centric and glocal approach to ensure resilience; ecological, social, and economic sustainability; and wellbeing.
In light of an SSC understanding, sharing should be emphasized as a means to revitalize idle resources. Submissions to this Special Issue that support sustainable development goals in smart city contexts are encouraged. Researchers from all fields are welcome to submit original articles, reviews, or case studies to this Special Issue. The Special Issue may cover (but is not limited to) the following topics:
- Identifying the principles and mechanisms for sharing in the development and implementation of smart cities initiatives;
- Measuring and analyzing a smart city's orientation towards sharing;
- Theoretical models underlying sharing mechanisms, i.e., rebundle, repurpose, reuse;
- Frameworks for designing smart cities based on shared knowledge, relationships, experience, and resources;
- Specific sharing smart city activities and measures, for instance, data sharing, business models for sustainable value creation in the sharing economy, etc.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Tom Chen
Prof. Dr. Dominik Georgi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sharing
- smart cities
- human-centric
- transdisciplinary collaboration
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- revitalize idle resources
- rebundle
- reuse
- repurpose
- wicked problem
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