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AbstractThe purpose of this special anniversary issue is to assess the possible cross‐fertilization between two prominent analytical frameworks: the World City Network framework, in which researchers have studied the emergence of a globalized urban system for the provision of a host of advanced corporate services; and the Global Commodity Chain framework, in which researchers have scrutinized the interconnected functions, operations and transactions through which specific commodities are produced, distributed and consumed in a globalized economy. These two approaches have developed in parallel but have rarely been brought together. This introductory essay identifies the common roots and recent history of these two frameworks, and outlines how the six articles contribute to their theoretical and empirical cross‐fertilization.

Professor of Ecology Economics at Universidad Austral de Chile, Director of the Institute of Economics. He established the principles of Barefoot Economics and the Theory of Human Scale Development, for which in 1983 he was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize by the Swedish Parliament. One of the 100 visionaries of the 20th Century (see: "Visionaries of the 20th Century" a Resurgence Anthology, Green Books, 2006, Cornwall, England). One of the 50 key thinkers on the history of development (see: "Fifty Key Thinkers on Development", Ed. David Simon, Routledge, 2006, London and New York). One of the top 50 world leaders in sustainability (see: "The top 50 Sustainability Books" University of Cambridge, Greenleaf Publishing Ltd., England, 2009). ; Profesor de Economía Ecológica en la Universidad Austral de Chile, Director del Instituto de Economía. Creador de los Principios de Economía Descalza y de la Teoría del Desarrollo a Escala Humana, por lo que fue galardonado en el Parlamento de Suecia, con el Premio Nobel Alternativo correspondiente al año 1983. Uno de los cien visionarios del Siglo XX (Ver "Visionaries of the 20th Century" a Resurgence Anthology, Green Books, 2006, Cornwall, Inglaterra). Uno de los cincuenta pensadores claves de la historia sobre Desarrollo (Ver "Fifty Key Thinkers on Development", Ed. David Simon, Routledge, 2006, Londres y New York). Uno de los cincuenta líderes mundiales en Sostenibilidad, (Ver "The top 50 Sustainability Books" University of Cambridge, Greenleaf Publishing Ltd., Inglaterra, 2009).

Front Cover -- Untangling Smart Cities: From Utopian Dreams to Innovation Systems for a Technology-Enabled Urban Sustainability -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: The landscape of smart cities -- Chapter 1 Moving beyond the smart city utopia -- 1.1 Utopian urbanism -- 1.2 Smart cities and the new utopia -- 1.3 Making sense of smart cities: Aim and structure of this book -- References -- Chapter 2 Smart city development as an ICT-driven approach to urban sustainability -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cities in the digital era: Emerging technological trends -- 2.2.1 Faster, cheaper, smaller: The evolutionary process in the ICT sector -- 2.2.2 Intangible: The virtual image of cities -- 2.2.3 Everywhere: Mobility, ubiquity, and the Internet of Things -- 2.2.4 Volume, velocity, and variety: Data production in the digital era -- 2.3 Smart stories: Deploying ICT to boost urban sustainability -- 2.3.1 Facilitating the sustainable management of natural resources -- 2.3.2 Ensuring equal access to basic services and infrastructures -- 2.3.3 Improving food security -- 2.3.4 Promoting environmentally sound waste management and reducing waste generation -- 2.3.5 Improving the resilience of cities to natural disasters -- 2.4 The smart city movement is worldwide -- References -- Chapter 3 The first two decades of research on smart city development -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Bibliometrics and the analysis of knowledge domains -- 3.3 The first two decades of smart-city research -- 3.3.1 New and fast-growing -- 3.3.2 Lack of cohesion -- 3.3.3 Divergent roots -- 3.3.4 Two leading knowledge hubs -- 3.4 A promising but divided research field -- 3.5 The need to act in concert -- References -- Chapter 4 Revealing the main development paths of smart cities -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Hybrid techniques for thematic cluster analysis.

8 p. ; International audience ; In India, the limited impact of the decentralisation reform on urban drinking water accessibility poses new questions both technical and institutional, especially in small indian municipalities. Based on empirical data from a recent doctoral research, we will analyse the water service management of four small towns in eastern Uttar Pradesh, a poor state in northern India, where expectation of improvement are strong. Beyond their singularity, each of these towns is facing the same kinds of water services problems and governance needs. Their comparison is relevant to highlight the general process of decentralisation, and at the same time, to underline the permanent role of the state in water accessibility. For that, interviews have been done with users, political leaders and government officials appointed at different levels (local, regional and state. Our aim is to give an idea of the municipal building of these small towns and its impact on water service.

8 p. ; International audience ; In India, the limited impact of the decentralisation reform on urban drinking water accessibility poses new questions both technical and institutional, especially in small indian municipalities. Based on empirical data from a recent doctoral research, we will analyse the water service management of four small towns in eastern Uttar Pradesh, a poor state in northern India, where expectation of improvement are strong. Beyond their singularity, each of these towns is facing the same kinds of water services problems and governance needs. Their comparison is relevant to highlight the general process of decentralisation, and at the same time, to underline the permanent role of the state in water accessibility. For that, interviews have been done with users, political leaders and government officials appointed at different levels (local, regional and state. Our aim is to give an idea of the municipal building of these small towns and its impact on water service.