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"The smart city movement, during the last decade and half, advocated the built environment and digital technology convergence with the backing of institutional capital and government support. The commitment of a significant number of local governments across the globe, in terms of official smart city policies and initiatives, along with the constant push of global technology giants has reinforced popularity of the movement. This two-volume book on smart cities thoroughly explores and sheds light on the prominent elements of the smart city phenomenon and generates a smart city blueprint. This first volume, with its 12 chapters, provides sound understanding on the key foundations and growth directions of smart city frameworks, technologies, and platforms, with theoretical expansions, practical implications, and real-world case study lessons. The second companion volume offers sophisticated perspectives on the key foundations and directions of smart city policies, communities, and urban futures, with theoretical expansions, practical implications, and real-world case study lessons. This book is an invaluable reference source for urban policymakers, managers, planners, and practitioners, and many others, particularly to benefit from it when tackling key urban and societal issues and planning for and delivering smart city solutions. Moreover, the book is also a rich and important repository for scholars and research and undergraduate students as it communicates the complex smart city phenomenon in an easy to digest form, by providing both the big picture view and specifics of each component of that view. Soundbite: A rich and important repository for scholars and research and undergraduate students as it communicates the complex smart city phenomenon in an easy to digest form, by providing both the big picture view and specifics of each component of that view. It also appeals to local government agencies and smart city practitioners"--

"The smart city movement, during the last decade and half, advocated the built environment and digital technology convergence with the backing of institutional capital and government support. The commitment of a significant number of local governments across the globe, in terms of official smart city policies and initiatives, along with the constant push of global technology giants has reinforced popularity of the movement. This two-volume book on smart cities thoroughly explores and sheds light on the prominent elements of the smart city phenomenon and generates a smart city blueprint. The first volume, with its 12 chapters, provides sound understanding on the key foundations and growth directions of smart city frameworks, technologies, and platforms, with theoretical expansions, practical implications, and real-world case study lessons The second companion volume offers sophisticated perspectives on the key foundations and directions of smart city policies, communities, and urban futures, with theoretical expansions, practical implications, and real-world case study lessons. These volumes offer an invaluable reference source for urban policymakers, managers, planners, and practitioners, and many others, particularly to benefit from it when tackling key urban and societal issues and planning for and delivering smart city solutions. Moreover, the book is also a rich and important repository for scholars and research and undergraduate students"--

"This book investigates the role of urban, regional and infrastructure planning in achieving sustainable urban and infrastructure development, providing insights into overcoming the consequences of unsustainable development"--Provided by publisher

"This book explores the utilization of urban technology to support knowledge city initiatives, providing scholars and practitioners with fundamental techniques and processes for the successful integration of information technologies and urban production. Converging timely research on a multitude of cutting-edge urban information communication technology issues, it will make a valuable addition to every reference library"--Provided by publisher

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Authors -- Part I: Foundations -- 1. Urban Big Data and Social Media Analytics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Literature Background -- 1.2.1. Big Data Analytics -- 1.2.2. Social Media Data Analytics -- 1.2.3. Urban Analytics -- 1.3. Methods -- 1.4. Results -- 1.4.1. General Observations -- 1.4.2. State-of-the-Art Technologies in Relevance to Application Areas -- 1.4.2.1. Big Data Analytics -- 1.4.2.2. Social Media Analytics -- 1.4.2.3. Urban Analytics -- 1.4.3. Opportunities and Constraints -- 1.4.3.1. Big Data Analytics -- 1.4.3.2. Social Media Analytics -- 1.4.3.3. Urban Analytics -- 1.5. Discussion -- 1.6. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 2. Volunteer Crowdsourcing and Social Media -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Literature Background -- 2.2.1. Instruments of Disaster Risk Reduction -- 2.2.2. Characteristics of Volunteer Crowdsourcing -- 2.3. Methodology -- 2.4. Results -- 2.4.1. General Observations -- 2.4.2. Technologies for Volunteer Crowdsourcing -- 2.4.2.1. Geo-technology -- 2.4.2.2. Mobile Communication -- 2.4.2.3. Digital Crisis Information -- 2.4.2.4. Digital Volunteerism -- 2.4.3. Attributes of Volunteer Crowdsourcing -- 2.4.3.1. Multidirectional Communication -- 2.4.3.2. Situation Awareness -- 2.4.3.3. Collective Intelligence -- 2.5. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 3. Government Social Media Channels -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Literature Background -- 3.2.1. Community Engagement in Disaster Management at Large -- 3.2.2. Community Engagement in Disaster Management via Social Media -- 3.3. Methodology -- 3.3.1. Selection of Official Social Media Pages -- 3.3.2. Measuring Level of Community Engagement -- 3.3.2.1. Indices.

The use of data science and urban analytics has become a defining feature of smart cities. This timely book is a clear guide to the use of social media data for urban analytics. The book presents the foundations of urban analytics with social media data, along with real-world applications and insights on the platforms we use today. It looks at social media analytics platforms, cyberphysical data analytics platforms, crowd detection platforms, City-as-a-Platform, and city-as-a-sensor for platform urbanism. The book provides examples to illustrate how we apply and analyse social media data to determine disaster severity, assist authorities with pandemic policy, and capture public perception of smart cities. This will be a useful reference for those involved with and researching social, data, and urban analytics and informatics.

Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Preface -- References -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Theory of Innovation Geography -- 1 Introduction to Part I -- 1.1 Rationale and Scope -- 1.2 Methodology -- References -- 2 Conceptual Foundations of Innovation Geography -- 2.1 Agglomerations and Creative Destruction -- 2.2 Clusters -- 2.3 Proximate Relatedness -- 2.4 Summary -- References -- 3 Place Dynamics for Innovation -- 3.1 Innovation in Urban and Regional Studies -- 3.2 Differentiated Systems of Innovation -- 3.3 Innovation Systems as Platforms for Knowledge-Based Urban Development -- 3.4 Innovative Urban Concepts and Image Creation -- 3.5 Summary -- References -- 4 Characteristics of Innovation Geography -- 4.1 Production, Location and Economy -- 4.2 Smart and Knowledge City Characteristics and Properties -- 4.3 Policies, Governance and Locations -- 4.4 Summary -- References -- 5 Conclusion to Part I -- Practice of Innovation Geography -- 6 Introduction to Part II -- 6.1 Rationale and Scope -- 6.2 Methodology -- References -- 7 Insights from Northern European Countries and Regions -- 7.1 Helsinki, Finland -- 7.2 Stockholm, Sweden -- 7.3 Copenhagen, Denmark -- 7.4 Tallinn, Estonia -- 7.5 Comparison of the Best Practice Cases -- 7.6 Summary -- References -- 8 Conclusion to Part II -- Place Making for Knowledge Cities -- 9 Introduction to Part III -- 9.1 Rationale and Scope -- 9.2 Methodology -- References -- 10 Theory and Practice of Knowledge Cities and Knowledge-Based Urban Development -- 10.1 Evolution of Knowledge Cities -- 10.2 Essential Assets of Prosperous Knowledge Cities -- 10.3 A New Planning and Development Paradigm: Knowledge-Based Urban Development -- 10.4 Prospects and Constraints in the Formation of Knowledge Cities -- 10.5 Summary -- References -- 11 Global Knowledge City Best Practice.