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. Ed(S): Stratigea, Anastasia; Kyriakides, Elias - Smart Cities in the Mediterranean - 9783319545578 - V9783319545578
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Smart Cities in the Mediterranean

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Description for Smart Cities in the Mediterranean Hardback. Editor(s): Stratigea, Anastasia; Kyriakides, Elias. Series: Progress in IS. Num Pages: 338 pages, 108 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 9 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AMVD; KJJ; RNU; RP; UNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .

This book sheds new light on the current and future challenges faced by cities, and presents approaches, options and solutions enabled by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the smart city context. By focusing on sustainability objectives within a rapidly changing social, economic, environmental and technological setting, it explores a variety of planning challenges faced by contemporary cities and the power of smart city developments in terms of providing innovative tools, approaches, methodologies and technologies to help cities cope with these challenges. Key issues addressed include smart city (e-) planning and (e-)participation; smart data management to facilitate decision-making processes in ... Read more

The book presents current and potential pathways and applications for the evolution of smart cities and communities, taking into consideration the unique problems and opportunities emanating from their specific geographical location. The case study examples mainly concern small and medium-sized cities and communities as well as insular areas in the Mediterranean region, while also incorporating lessons learned from other parts of the world. Their focus is on the specific opportunities and threats emerging in these urban and insular environments, which are characterized by their role as globally known tourist destinations, their coastal or port character, and unique cultural resources, as well as the high rated vulnerability in very many sustainability respects (social, economic, biodiversity, urbanization, migration, poverty, etc.) to be found in the Mediterranean region at large 

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
Series
Progress in IS
Number of Pages
403
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319545578
SKU
V9783319545578
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About . Ed(S): Stratigea, Anastasia; Kyriakides, Elias
Anastasia Stratigea is Associate Professor for Regional Planning and Policy at National Technical University of Athens, Greece. She is a member of international networks (NECTAR, COST A22, EFONET, Smart Cities and Communities – Mediterranean Cluster / Cluster Coordination and Management Committee, Smart Grid – Smart Cities / German Academy for Spatial Research and Planning - ARL, Gr-RAC - IYGU / ... Read more

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