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Smart World Cities in the 21st Century / Agnes Mainka.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Knowledge and Information : Studies in Information SciencePublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Saur, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (XII, 288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110575255
  • 9783110575323
  • 9783110577662
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.760285
LOC classification:
  • TD159.4
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- List of figures -- List of tables -- 1. informational world cities -- 2. the rise of the knowledge society -- 3. measuring cities of the knowledge society -- 4. methods -- 5. identifying prototypical cities of the knowledge society -- 6. case study investigation of 31 informational world cities -- 7. conclusion -- Appendix i: list of all interview partners -- Appendix ii: literature review -- Appendix iii: bike sharing -- Appendix iv: best ranked university in city -- Appendix v: patents granted 2000–2012 -- Appendix vi: coworking spaces
Summary: The term smart city has become a buzzword. City planners develop ubiquitous connectivity through Wi-Fi hotspots, establish science parks, introduce bike and car sharing, and push entrepreneurship. All this is happening under the flagship of becoming a knowledge city. This book investigates the digital and cognitive infrastructure of 31 cities and how they meet the demands of the knowledge society in an increasingly digitized environment.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- List of figures -- List of tables -- 1. informational world cities -- 2. the rise of the knowledge society -- 3. measuring cities of the knowledge society -- 4. methods -- 5. identifying prototypical cities of the knowledge society -- 6. case study investigation of 31 informational world cities -- 7. conclusion -- Appendix i: list of all interview partners -- Appendix ii: literature review -- Appendix iii: bike sharing -- Appendix iv: best ranked university in city -- Appendix v: patents granted 2000–2012 -- Appendix vi: coworking spaces

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The term smart city has become a buzzword. City planners develop ubiquitous connectivity through Wi-Fi hotspots, establish science parks, introduce bike and car sharing, and push entrepreneurship. All this is happening under the flagship of becoming a knowledge city. This book investigates the digital and cognitive infrastructure of 31 cities and how they meet the demands of the knowledge society in an increasingly digitized environment.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)