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Bahmach, М. "Smart city." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/62604.
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A smart city is defined as a city that engages its citizens and connects its infrastructure electronically. The smart city concept has been introduced to solve a number of problems that arise in the management of any big city, especially megalopolises. Special attention is paid to the development of business and city through the construction of a favorable business infrastructure. The smart-city researchers have identified six characteristics that are essential to explain the concept. Economy. It includes dynamic business processes, labor market flexibility, etc. Smart people. Human capital recognizes the rights of all communities who are open minded and cosmopolitan. Intelligent control. Intelligent government put objectives of a strategic nature, involves rational decision-making processes, creating strategic plans. Smart safe transport and information infrastructure. This allows cities and districts within it, to be accessible for the outside individuals. Environment. It involves wise use of natural resources and the orientation on sustainable development, as well as reducing environmental pollution. Intelligent life in the city. Intelligent life in the city means the presence of cultural, health, educational facilities centers, etc. Each characteristic determines an economic function. It significantly affects individuals and businesses as far as life quality improvement, and increases economic opportunities.
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Lara, Topol. "Smart energy city critical infrastructures." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for elkraftteknikk, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-27245.
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Smart energy cities have a potential to lead the transition from fossil age into the age of renewables. After a theoretical background is presented, of why the transition is necessary and what steps need to be taken in that direction, this paper brings insight into the paradigm of smart cities. The focus is set on the smart building as its fundamental building block. Fifteen cases of turning Norwegian and Croatian households into smart ones have been analyzed. Those are various combinations of consumption, generation and storage options. Expenses and revenues in case of implementing such smart households are presented by conducted cost and benefit analysis, as well as profitability of such projects.This assignment is realized as a part of the collaborative project "Sustainable Energy and Environment in Western Balkans" that aims to develop and establish five new internationally recognized MSc study programs for the field of "Sustainable Energy and Environment", one at each of the five collaborating universities in three different WB countries. The project is funded through the Norwegian Programme in Higher Education, Research and Development in the Western Balkans, Programme 3: Energy Sector (HERD Energy) for the period 2011 - 2014.
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Твердохлєбова, Наталя Євгеніївна, and Валерія Русланівна Шляхова. "Безпека жителів українських "Smart City"." Thesis, ТОВ "Планета-Прінт", 2020. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/49257.
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Концепція розумних міст та позитивний закордонний досвід її імплементації представляють неабиякий інтерес для України. Міжнародні стандарти ISO надають різні інструменти, підґрунтя та платформи задля забезпечення сталого розвитку міст.
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Pavlíček, Tomáš. "Potenciál IoT v Smart city." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-261976.
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The aim of this masters thesis is to identify, in which phase of adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) application areas of concept Smart City are nowadays Czech regional cities, what is their outlook to 2025 and also identify in which dimensions of concept Smart city, supported by IoT technologies, perceive Czech regional cities the greatest potential. Based on information obtained from the studied materials, the concept of Internet of Things (IoT) is described, along with a detailed description of one of its application area, namely Smart City. This area is further divided into specific dimensions, that cover specific application areas which can, through internet technology, support things in a special way. With these insights, the questionnaire (built on identified IoT application areas of smart city) was developed. Thesis should be beneficial for all towns in the Czech Republic, because it provides a comprehensive view of individual IoT application areas of concept Smart City including information on which of these IoT application areas are currently focusing regional cities, and on which they want to focus to the future. On the other hand, the survey results could also be beneficial for commercial entities, which focus on IoT implementation in cities. These entities will be able to recognise which IoT products are currently best for cities.
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Karadag, Tunc. "An Evaluation Of The Smart City Approach." Master's thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615687/index.pdf.
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Contemporary cities challenge with complex problems. Different aspects of problems can be listed like ecological, demographical, economical or spatial. These problems require smart solutions. Increasing population and urbanization also force us to develop intelligent approaches to create economically, socially and environmentally sustainable cities.
It&rsquos important that local authorities and planners have to have precise data to take actions against day to day urban problems. Collecting data and turning them in a knowledge are valuable for taking decisions and formulating urban policies. ICT technologies help spatial planners and decision-makers for collecting data and using them for taking agile and smart decisions. These smart solutions can be applied to different domains of cities. This thesis aims at elaborating the smart city concept and its potentials for solving complex urban challenges. A general analysis of world examples and a more profound analysis of a case study, namely Singapore Intelligent Island, have helped understanding the principles and criteria for attaining smartness in cities. The inferences from these analyses can provide a basis for the Turkish context. There are certain policies driven by Ministry of Environment and Urbanism in Turkey. Strategic action plans and legislative regulations can be a base for smart solutions for Turkish context.
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van, den Boogaard Lucas. "I amSMARTerdam : Revaluating the Smart City concept through the world's most bottom-up Smart City." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16768.
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Smart Cities are, while hot-and-happening, in the field of urban planning, also a source of confusionand debate. While many argue against the technology-driven and top-down nature of the Smart Citymodel, the bottom-up component is often appointed as the deciding factor in the determinationwhether a Smart City can be successful and contributing to its set goals, or rather resulting in an effortharming the city and its citizens in the long run. This thesis set out to explore the bottom-upcomponent in one of the most revered and most bottom-up Smart Cities of the world, Amsterdam.Remarkably, the research has proven that Amsterdam Smart City, even though it is often seen as oneof the good examples, suffers from the same issues. Its initiatives are an amalgamation of subjectsthat hardly seem to fit under the smart narrative as propagated by Amsterdam Smart City and hardlyany initiatives can be considered truly bottom-up. If one of the prime examples fails to adhere to itsown standards, what does this mean for the concept of smart cities?
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Duarte, Rúben Diogo Freitas. "Painel informativo para o cidadão de uma smart city: o caso de Águeda Smart City." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17873.
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Mestrado em Comunicação MultimédiaA presente investigação procurou perceber em que medida um Painel Informativo de base fundamentalmente visual pode ser a frente de visualização de dados de uma Smart City, e de que forma consegue este servir o cidadão. Neste trabalho clarifica-se, em primeira instância, o conceito de Smart City, tornando-o em algo desenvolvido para usufruto dos moradores e visitantes da cidade e não apenas para os decisores. Mas quem é, afinal, o cidadão? Quais as suas características? Quais as suas necessidades? Quais os paradigmas de interação que se devem adotar para facilitar o entendimento dos dados apresentados, quando muitas vezes o entendimento destes transcende a literacia de quem os consulta? Quais as estratégias a aplicar para promover o seu uso? De que modo se pode utilizar o Painel Informativo como ponte para outras plataformas de modo contextualizado? Tendo como base a análise de plataformas já existentes, realização de focus group e preenchimento de inquéritos por questionário, pretende-se conceptualizar um modelo de funcionalidades e um conjunto de normas de design que assentam nas necessidades e preferências do público-alvo. Esse modelo e conjunto de normas aplicar-se-á num protótipo funcional, posteriormente validado por uma amostra de utilizadores através de um guião de tarefas, complementado com um inquérito por questionário. Tendo em consideração os resultados obtidos através da validação junto da amostra, aplicar-se-ão as alterações ao protótipo no sentido de resolver os problemas detetados. Assim, pretende-se apresentar uma proposta de Painel Informativo de base visual para Smart Cities que reúna informação ao nível dos consumos, gastos e poupanças e que, mais do que capaz de alargar a compreensão dos dados à população em geral, incite a mudança comportamental ao nível individual/familiar e promova uma atitude de aprendizagem em cada cidadão no sentido de melhorar a sua relação com o lugar.
This research pretends to understand how a Dashboard with a visual base can be the main data visualization of a Smart City, and how can this serve the citizen. First, it clarifies the concept of Smart City, making it into something designed for the enjoyment of residents and visitors, instead of something designed only for decision makers. But who is the ‘ordinary citizen’? What are their characteristics? What are their needs? What are the interaction paradigms that should be adopted to facilitate the understanding of the data that is displayed, when frequently the understanding of these exceeds the literacy whom the consultation? What are the strategies to be implemented to promote their use? How the Dashboard can be used as a link to other platforms in a contextualized way? Analyzing existing platforms, doing focus groups and accomplishing questionnaire surveys, it’s intended to conceptualize a functionality model and a set of design standards that are based on the needs and preferences of the target group. This model and set of standards will be applied in a functional prototype, posteriorly validated by a group of users guided by a task script, supplemented with a questionnaire survey. Based on the results, the prototype changes will be applied to solve the detected problemas. Therefore, the intention is to present a proposal for Smart Cities Personal Dashboards that fulfils the information in terms of consumption, expenditures and cost savings, and instead of only allowing data to be understood by the general population, incite behavioural changes at individual/household level and also promotes learning attitudes in each citizen to improve its relationship with the city.
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Semaan, Nasr Elie. "Security of smart city network infrastructures : design and implementation : application to “Sunrise – Smart City” Demonstrator." Thesis, Lille 1, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LIL10103/document.
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Le but de cette thèse est de concevoir et mettre en œuvre une stratégie de renseignement sur les menaces cyber afin de soutenir les décisions stratégiques. L'alerte précoce et la détection des violations sont décisives, ce qui signifie que l'accent de la cyber sécurité a évolué vers l'intelligence des menaces. Pour cette raison, nous avons créé, analysé, mis en œuvre et testé deux solutions. La première solution agit comme un mécanisme prédictif et proactif. C'est un nouveau cadre utilisé pour analyser et évaluer quantitativement les vulnérabilités associées à un réseau de villes intelligentes. Cette solution utilise le modèle de chaîne de Markov pour déterminer le niveau de gravité de vulnérabilité le plus élevé d'un chemin d'attaque potentiel du réseau. Le niveau de gravité élevé amènera l'administrateur système à appliquer des mesures de sécurité appropriées à priori aux attaques. La deuxième solution agit comme un mécanisme défensif ou auto-protecteur. Ce cadre atténue les attaques par disponibilité zero-day basées sur Identification, Heuristics et Load Balancer dans un délai raisonnable. Ce mécanisme défensif a été proposé principalement pour atténuer les attaques par déni de service distribué (DDoS) car elles sont considérées comme l'une des attaques de disponibilité les plus sévères qui pourraient paralyser le réseau de la ville intelligente et provoquer une panne complète. Cette solution repose sur deux équilibreurs de charge dans lesquels le premier utilise une approche heuristique et le second agit comme une sauvegarde pour produire une solution dans un délai raisonnableThe purpose of this thesis is to design and implement a cyber-threat intelligence strategy to support strategic decisions. Early warning and detection of breaches are decisive to being in a state of readiness, meaning that the emphasis of cybersecurity has changed to threat intelligence. For that reason, we created, analyzed, implemented, and tested two solutions. The first solution acts as a predictive and proactive mechanism. It is a novel framework used to analyze and evaluate quantitatively the vulnerabilities associated with a smart city network. This solution uses the Markov Chain Model to determine the highest vulnerability severity level of a potential attack path in the attacks graph of the network. High severity level of a potential attack path will lead the system administrator to apply appropriate security measures a priori to attacks occurrence. The second solution acts as a defensive or self-protective mechanism. This framework mitigates the zero-day availability attacks based on Identification, Heuristics and Load Balancer in a reasonable time frame. This defensive mechanism has been proposed mainly to mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks since they are considered one of the most severe availability attacks that could paralyze the smart city’s network and cause complete black out. This solution relies on two load balancers in which the first one uses a heuristic approach, and the second acts as a backup to produce a solution in a reasonable time frame
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Siddabathuni, Deepti Prasad. "Unfolding Smart City Development in India." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27393.
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Amid the speedy uptake of ‘smart cities’ worldwide, there is a lack of research focused on the South, which is concerning, considering the rate of urbanisation and the proliferation of smart cities in the Global South. In order to address this gap, this research focuses on the development of smart cities in India (home to one-fourth of the Global South population), with an ambitious plan to develop 100 smart cities through the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) introduced by the Government of India. By examining how policies influence the development of smart cities, and by focusing on the critical perspectives utilised in the implementation of smart cities in different contexts, the thesis demonstrates how smart city development is unfolding in India; not only conceptually, but also empirically, in terms of how, where and for whom are smart cities implemented from governance, planning, and urban design perspectives.
The key findings demonstrate how the unfolding of smart city development in India contributes to the international theorisation of the smart city, especially in the Global South. This outlook of smart cities recognises the need to understand the mainstream and overlooked challenge of ‘informality’ in the cities of the Global South. The approach taken here confirms the implications of the current smart city initiatives on urban informality to display the socio-spatialities of the smart city development; thus, adding theoretical and empirical nuances to existing work primarily based on the one-size-fits-all smart city concept or digital technology in smart city implementation. Mixed methods, consisting of critical policy analysis of smart city documents and fieldwork case study investigation, including semi-structured interviews with diverse smart city stakeholders and site visits, draw out crucial distinctions between the imaginary and the ‘actually’ existing smart city and highlight the theoretical and empirical ‘uniqueness’ of smart cities in the Global South.
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Uheríková, Eliška. "Smart City objekty a jejich oceňování." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-316946.
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The diploma thesis focuses on specification of standard type buildings and Smart City buildings differences. Thesis also contain a history part of individual buildings category, including their specification. The aim of thesis is to determine designs for changes of building valuation in Smart City standard. Theoretical part contains basic definition and limitation of terms from civil engineering branch and structural types, summary of historical development of houses and evaluation by cost method, most common used experience. Practical part is focused on calculation. According real houses cost of three detached houses in Smart standard, there are calculated new price ratio which enter into cost method valuation. Their effectiveness is verified together with newly design adaptation of cost method valuation on next five detached houses in Smart standard.
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Marzotto, Giorgia <1996>. "Smart city, il caso di Ravenna." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/21401.
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Attraverso l'evoluzione del cloud computing e l'ascesa della transizione digitale resi possibili dalla presenza di sistemi tecnologici sofisticati, si registra un cambiamento nel modo in cui i singoli cittadini ma anche imprese pubbliche, enti ed imprese private operano, sfruttando le tecnologie dell'IoT. Nel presente elaborato, infatti, verranno analizzati i benefici che si possono avere dalla raccolta di dati da parte dei sensori e dispositivi, importanti per elaborare previsioni, strategie e per andare incontro ai bisogni degli utenti, reagendo in modo più efficace ed efficiente possibile. I dispositivi intelligenti, applicati ai più diversi contesti, offrono risvolti positivi in termini di risparmio energetico, riduzione dei costi, miglioramento della gestione delle attività, della produttività e sulla sostenibilità ambientale.
Ravenna nel 2017 venne nominata smart city, nell'elaborato verranno analizzati gli obiettivi raggiunti dalla città, inoltre nel 2019 il comune di Ravenna ed altri 11 partner hanno avviato il progetto DARE, il quale affronta il tema della transizione digitale, attraverso l'uso di dati e di un portale, per rendere la città ed il territorio più accogliente e sicuro per i cittadini ed i turisti.
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Turetta, Francesca <1994>. "Smart City: il concetto e l'applicazione. Analisi del modello smart city applicato in Europa e in Asia." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/17230.
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In questo elaborato andrò a definire il concetto di Smart City, nelle sue differenti sfumature, focalizzandomi sulle sei caratteristiche principali che compongono tale modello. In seguito analizzerò l’applicazione del modello smart city in una città europea, Zurigo, ed una asiatica, Singapore, prendendo come riferimento la classifica delle Smart Cities a livello globale nata dalla collaborazione tra IMD World Competitiveness Center’s Smart City Observatory e l’Università di Tecnologia e Design di Singapore. Infine andrò ad analizzare come viene applicato il modello in Europa ed Asia, ed in particolar modo il segmento di mercato di maggior rilevanza nelle due aree geografiche. Seguirà in ultimo un breve approfondimento sulla situazione in Italia relativamente alle Smart Cities.
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Gupta, Khushboo. "Smart City and Related Implementation Challenges - Case Study: Kakinada and Kanpur." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/96810.
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With advancement in information and communication technologies (ICT), Smart Cities are becoming a popular urban development strategy amongst policymakers and city managers to respond to various threats posed by rapid urbanization such as environmental degradation and increasing inequality (Hartemink, 2016). Therefore, globally, regions ranging from small towns to megacities are proposing and investing in smart city (SC) initiatives. Unfortunately, the prolific use of this term by city managers and technology vendors is clouding the view on what it really takes to become a SC (Van den Bergh and Viaene, 2015). Consequently, cities are experiencing multiple implementation risks when trying to turn a smart city ambition into reality. These implementation risks reflect the gaps or missing pieces in the current organizational structure and policies designed for implementing SC projects at the city level. They can be understood better if the process of SC transformation is explored using diverse cases of cities undergoing such a transformation. However, the current studies on SC initiatives at the local, regional, national, and international level have focused on: 1) strengthening the SC concept rather than understanding the practical implementation of the concept – i.e., discussing SC characteristics and outcomes rather than focusing on the challenges faced in implementing SC projects; 2) cases that have already been developed as a SC or are soon to become a SC, leaving out the opportunity to study cities undergoing SC transformation and the identification of implementation risks; and 3) cases from more advanced economies. Taken together, these observations reveal the need for research that focuses on SC initiatives in a developing nation context. More specifically, there is a need for researchers, city managers, and policymakers in these regions to focus on the process of SC transformation to identify implementation risks early on in the process. Understanding these risks may help the development of better risk mitigation strategies and result in more successful SC projects. This research explores SC implementation risks in two cities currently undergoing a SC transformation in India – Kakinada and Kanpur. While examining the risks landscape in these two cities, the research also explores what city officials are focused on when implementing SC projects.
This research finds that: 1) implementation risks such as Institutional, Resource and Partnership, and Social are crucial for implementing SC projects; 2) in the cities of Kakinada and Kanpur, Institutional risks that relate to gaps and deficiencies in local urban governance such as overlapping functions of multiple local urban development agencies, have causal linkages with other risks such as Resource and Partnership risks and Financial risks, which further delay project implementation; and 3) city officials and industry professionals implementing SC projects in Kakinada and Kanpur have a slightly different perspective on smartness, however both the groups focus on External smartness of the city – i.e., projects related to physical infrastructure such as mobility and sanitation – rather than Internal smartness of the city – i.e., strengthening local urban governance, increasing citizen engagement, etc. Overall, this research proposes that there is a need to frame the concept of a SC around both Internal and External Smartness of the city.
This research will be of special interest to: 1) cities (in both developed and developing nations) currently implementing SC projects by providing a framework to systematically examine the risk landscape for successful project implementation; and 2) communities/institutions (especially in developing nations) proposing SC initiatives by helping them focus on components, goals, and enablers of a SC.Doctor of Philosophy
The concept of a Smart City (SC) revolves around "using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to increase workability, liveability, and sustainability" of a city (Smart Cities Council, 2014). SCs are becoming a popular urban development strategy amongst policymakers and city managers to respond to various threats posed by rapid urbanization such as environmental degradation and increasing inequality (Hartemink, 2016). Unfortunately, city managers see SCs as a readymade solution to urban challenges. As a consequence, cities are experiencing multiple implementation risks when trying to turn a smart city ambition into reality. These implementation risks reflect the gaps or missing pieces in the current organizational structure and policies designed for implementing SC projects at the city level. They can be understood better if the process of SC transformation is explored. However, the current studies on SC initiatives at the local, regional, national, and international level have focused on: 1) strengthening the SC concept rather than understanding the practical implementation of the concept; 2) cases that have already been developed as a SC or are soon to become a SC, leaving out the opportunity to study cities undergoing SC transformation and the identification of implementation risks; and 3) cases from more advanced economies. Taken together, these observations reveal the need for research that focuses on SC initiatives in a developing nation context. More specifically, there is a need for researchers, city managers, and policymakers in these regions to focus on the process of SC transformation to identify implementation risks early in the project development process. Understanding these risks may help the development of better risk mitigation strategies and result in more successful SC projects. This research explores SC implementation risks in two cities currently undergoing a SC transformation in India – Kakinada and Kanpur. This research finds that: 1) implementation risks such as Institutional, Resource and Partnership, and Social are crucial for implementing SC projects; 2) in the cities of Kakinada and Kanpur, Institutional risks that relate to gaps and deficiencies in local urban governance such as overlapping functions of multiple local urban development agencies, have causal linkages with other risks such as Resource and Partnership risks and Financial risks, which further delay project implementation; and 3) city officials and industry professionals implementing SC projects in Kakinada and Kanpur have a slightly different perspective on smartness, however both the groups focus on the External smartness of the city – i.e., projects related to physical infrastructure such as mobility and sanitation – rather than the Internal smartness of the city – i.e., strengthening local urban governance, increasing citizen engagement, etc.
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Das, D. K., E. Burger, and S. Eromobor. "Indicative planning perspectives for development of Bloemfontein as a smart city in South Africa." Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 11, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/324.
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Published ArticleIn this paper an evaluation of smart socioeconomic, physical and environmental characteristics of Bloemfontein city of South Africa was done to understand the current scenario of the city and evolve perspective indicative planning guidelines for transforming the city into a smart city. The evaluation was done based on 74 smart indicators, and 30 factors under six characteristics, such as, smart economy, smart people, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment and smart living. For this purpose, survey research methodology with analysis of primary and secondary data and review of the current Integrated Development Plan of the city was followed. The investigation of the various indicators revealed that although the city is lagging behind in most of the characteristics, yet provides ample opportunity to develop it as a smart city, if smart city concept and smart growth principles are employed in city development process.
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Conconi, Jessica <1991>. "Dalla Smart City alla Comunità di Pratica: verso una Human Smart Community." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/7115.
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La ricerca ha l’obiettivo di problematizzare il concetto di «comunità», per comprendere se, e secondo che modalità, possiamo dire di farne parte all’interno di città sempre più smart, nelle quali la tecnologia è parte integrante dei servizi e delle modalità di accesso ad essi. La prima parte si concentra dunque sul significato del termine «comunità», analizzato secondo l’uso che ne fa la filosofia e la sociologia classica e contemporanea, in particolare attraverso l’analisi dei concetti di identità e di immaginazione, fino ad arrivare allo studio del concetto di «Comunità di Pratica» teorizzato da Étienne Wenger. Nella seconda parte si passa all’analisi della «Smart City» e della «Smart Community», paradigmi contemporanei di pianificazione urbana e sociale volti all’ottimizzazione e all’innovazione dei servizi della città, attraverso lo studio degli elementi costitutivi e della normativa di riferimento, e con particolare attenzione al ruolo delle tecnologie e della dimensione di genere. Nella terza parte è presentato il paradigma della «Human Smart City» intesa come luogo d’inclusione e di partecipazione: sono quindi analizzate le forme di partecipazione attiva a disposizione dei cittadini ed è proposta una ri-progettazione di tali forme attraverso il paradigma delle «Comunità di Pratica», in particolare mediante interventi volti al ripensamento della Pubblica Amministrazione, al fine di realizzare una Human Smart Community.
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Al-Naemi, Abdallah. "Transformation of the education city (Doha-Qatar) into a smart city." Thesis, Lille 1, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LIL1I005/document.
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Ce travail de thèse a pour objectif d’établir une solution pour la transformation du campus de l’Education City (Doha, Qatar) en une ville intelligente. Ce campus est construit sur 14 km2 avec près de 80 bâtiments. Il comporte des infrastructures pour le transport, l’eau et l’énergie. La première partie du travail de thèse a comporté une synthèse bibliographique des travaux réalisés sur la transformation des sites existants (quartier, campus,..) en ville intelligente. Ce travail a permis de déterminer la méthodologie à suivre et les éléments permettant la transformation en ville intelligente. La seconde partie a comporté la collecte des données sur le campus et leur intégration dans un SIG. L’analyse de ces données a permis d’identifier les besoins et les défis des infrastructures et de leur gestion. La troisième partie a porté sur la transformation des services d’eau (potable, irrigation, assainissement, protection contre le feu, système de refroidissement) en système intelligent. La 4ème partie a porté sur la transformation du système électrique en un système intelligentThe aim of the thesis work is to establish a solution for the transformation of the Education City campus (Doha, Qatar) into a smart city. This campus is built on 14 km2with nearly 80 buildings. It includes infrastructures for transportation, water and energy. The first part of the thesis compiled a bibliographical summary of the work that done on the transformation of existing sites (neighborhood, campus, ..) into a smart city. This work allowed to determine the methodology to follow and the elements allowing the transformation into a smart city. The second part involved data collection about the Education City and integration in to a GIS system. Analysis of these data allowed to identify the needs and challenges of infrastructures and their management. The third part focused on the transformation of water services (drinking, irrigation, sanitation, fire protection, cooling system) into intelligent system. The last part concerned the transformation the electrical system into an intelligent system
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Cosgrave, Ellie. "Smart cities : governance implications for city councils." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682678.
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Responding to modern urban challenges will require a fundamental re-envisioning of urban engineering, management and leadership. Some technologists now argue that the 'smart city' could provide a transformative panacea for urban development. They argue that ubiquitous urban sensing, big data and analytics will help us to better understand the real time functioning of our cities, as well as inform longer term planning and policy decisions. They claim that smart grids will enable efficiency within our energy infrastructure and that intelligent transport systems will encourage multi-modal low carbon urban mobility. They say anywhere access to information through smartphones and mobile infrastructure will transform the way people use the city and will support the development of new products and services. However, the technological solutions are only one part of the answer and are interwoven within a complex investment environment. While technology companies are bombarding cities with opportunities to invest in state of the art technology, city councils are left wondering how and why they should invest. They are left to explore the economic return, the business models, the value that it brings to citizens and the role that they should play within an ecosystem of delivery partners and stake holders. They are left to decipher funding models, measurement and reporting regimes and the implications for their organisational structure, operational requirements and responsibilities. On top of this, they must understand how these investments align to existing local and national political priorities and strategies. This gap between technological solutions and investment models is perhaps not surprising. Leveraging state of the art technology to serve political, economic, social and environmental challenges is not straightforward in practice. But the urgency of the challenge requires city authorities to actively increase the pace of innovation. Drawing on the experience of cities in Britain and overseas, this thesis explores the challenges faced by city councils trying to implement smart city solutions. It devises a 'governance map' to illustrate the governance context within which investment decisions are made, and develops a practical framework to support city councils in addressing smart city challenges.
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Гмиря, І. О. "Система детекції людей у системах smart city." Thesis, ХНУРЕ, 2021. https://openarchive.nure.ua/handle/document/16015.
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Науковий керівник – к.т.н., доцент Чуприна А.С.The purpose of this article is to oreview the market of Smart City solutions and existing approaches to solving security issues in Smart City. The main goal of this article is to search for possible functionality for the detection system that is being created, which can be integrated as part of Smart City. The article also provides a short overview of possible functions, which describes the main tasks that the system solves. After considering the functionality, the architecture of the system being created, the selected development technologies, programming languages and frameworks are described.
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Wang, Bin. "Realize Smart City Applications with LoRaWAN Network." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för elektronikkonstruktion, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-35428.
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Internet of Things is an important part of realizing smart cities, this article introduces a proposal to build an Internet of Things system with LoRaWAN to achieve diverse smart city applications. There are three problems proposed and resolved in this research, how to maximize wireless devices’ lifetime with LoRa protocol characters， how to choose the gateways’ location for improving the efficiency and reduce costs, and about a good way to set up network servers to balance performance and consumption to implement in smart city applications. The IoT platform is built completely and running three applications on it in this research, Smart Parking, Smart Building Monitoring and Smart Sewage Monitoring. The methods of build platform and set applications are also explained in this article.
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Hefnawy, Ahmed. "Lifecycle-based Modeling of Smart City Ecosystem." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSE2014.
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Le développement, l'exploitation et la maintenance des systèmes urbains intelligents sont des tâches très complexes et impliquent de nombreux acteurs de différentes disciplines et domaines. Dans la plupart des cas, ces systèmes se trouvent à différentes phases de conception, de déploiement et d'exploitation, c'est-à-dire à différentes phases de leur cycle de vie. Par conséquent, les concepts de gestion du cycle de vie sont très importants pour mieux gérer le développement des villes intelligentes en tant qu'écosystème complet à travers les différentes phases du cycle de vie. Cet argument est étayé par les résultats de notre enquête sur les villes intelligentes, où les informations récoltées des parties prenantes interrogées prouvent la pertinence d’une approche cycle de vie pour répondre aux neuf préoccupations identifiées; non alignement sur les objectifs stratégiques, échec réglementaire au niveau des différentes phases, retard dans le «time to market», processus disjoints, partage des connaissances et traçabilité des données difficiles, échange inefficace de données/informations; et utilisation inefficace et inefficiente des infrastructures. Pour répondre aux préoccupations mentionnées ci-dessus, cette thèse propose l'application des éléments fondamentaux du cycle de vie aux villes intelligentes, ce qui nécessite l'introduction de la notion de temps dans la modélisation urbaine intelligente en ajoutant le point de vue « cycle de vie » comme nouvelle dimension de leurs architectures multicouches. L'approche proposée comprend deux éléments. Le premier est le modèle tridimensionnel qui permet aux développeurs de villes intelligentes d'envisager trois points de vue : les couches de l'architecture, le temps (phases du cycle de vie) et les domaines. Le deuxième correspond à la notion d'interaction qui permet l'intégration entre les systèmes de gestion du cycle de vie et les plateformes IoT. Cette approche est validée à travers un cas d'utilisation d’un système de stationnement intelligent « Smart Parking », proposé dans le cadre de la Coupe du Monde™ de la FIFA 2022. Le système de stationnement intelligent proposé est stratégiquement aligné sur les objets Smart Qatar et relie toutes les parties prenantes concernées à travers les différentes phases du cycle de vie. Pour assurer l'interopérabilité sémantique, le système de stationnement intelligent utilise les normes DATEX II pour les données statiques et dynamiques liées au stationnement. Enfin, le cas d'utilisation met l'accent sur l'intégration entre les données liées au cycle de vie et les données IoT à travers l'interaction entre un système de cycle de vie Aras Innovator® (construction de nomenclatures, gestion de configurations, etc.) et une plate-forme d’implémentation de référence IoT O-MI/O-DF (publication peer-to-peer, découverte d'informations liées au stationnement sous une forme agrégée)Smart city system development, operation and maintenance are very complex tasks and involve numerous stakeholders from different disciplines and domains. In most cases, these systems are at different phases of design, deployment and operation, i.e. at different phases of lifecycle. Hence, lifecycle management concepts are very important to better manage smart city development as a complete ecosystem across different phases of lifecycle. This argument is supported by the findings of our smart city survey, where the information gathered from interviewed stakeholders proves the relevance of a lifecycle approach to address the identified nine concerns; non-alignment to strategic objectives, regulatory failure at different phases, delay in “time to market”, disjointed processes, difficult knowledge sharing and data traceability, inefficient and delayed exchange of data/ information, and inefficient and ineffective use of infrastructure.To address the abovementioned concerns, this thesis proposes the application of lifecycle management concepts in smart cities, which requires the introduction of the time notion to smart city modeling by adding the lifecycle viewpoint as a new dimension to the multi-layered architecture. The proposed smart city lifecycle-based approach consists of two components. First, the three-dimensional model that enables smart city developers to consider three viewpoints: Architecture Layers, Time (Lifecycle Phases), and Domains. Second, the interaction approach that enables integration between lifecycle management systems and IoT platforms. This approach is validated through a use-case of Smart Parking System, proposed as part of the FIFA World Cup™ 2022. The proposed smart parking system is strategically aligned to Smart Qatar objectives and connects all relevant stakeholders across the different lifecycle phases. To ensure semantic interoperability, the smart parking system uses the DATEX II standards for static and dynamic parking related data. Finally, the use-case focuses on the integration between lifecycle related data and IoT data through the interaction between Aras Innovator® lifecycle system (BoM construction, configuration management, etc.) and the O-MI/O-DF IoT Reference Implementation Platform (peer-to-peer publication and discovery of parking-related information in an aggregated form)
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Calderoni, Luca <1982>. "Distributed Smart City Services for Urban Ecosystems." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2015. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6858/1/calderoni_luca_tesi.pdf.
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A Smart City is a high-performance urban context, where citizens live independently and are more aware of the surrounding opportunities, thanks to forward-looking development of economy politics, governance, mobility
and environment. ICT infrastructures play a key-role in this new research field being also a mean for society to allow new ideas to prosper and new, more efficient approaches to be developed. The aim of this work is to research and develop novel solutions, here called smart services, in order to solve several upcoming problems and known issues in urban areas and more in general in the modern society context. A specific focus is posed on smart governance and on privacy issues which have been arisen in the cellular age.
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Calderoni, Luca <1982>. "Distributed Smart City Services for Urban Ecosystems." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2015. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6858/.
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A Smart City is a high-performance urban context, where citizens live independently and are more aware of the surrounding opportunities, thanks to forward-looking development of economy politics, governance, mobility
and environment. ICT infrastructures play a key-role in this new research field being also a mean for society to allow new ideas to prosper and new, more efficient approaches to be developed. The aim of this work is to research and develop novel solutions, here called smart services, in order to solve several upcoming problems and known issues in urban areas and more in general in the modern society context. A specific focus is posed on smart governance and on privacy issues which have been arisen in the cellular age.
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Чорнобай, А. А., and О. О. Смотр. "ПЕРСПЕКТИВНІ СФЕРИ ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ: «Smart Cities» та «Smart Homes»." Thesis, Львівський державний університет безпеки життєдіяльності, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6226.
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Das, D. K. "Using system dynamics principles for conceptual modelling of smart city development in South Africa." Interim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 13, Issue 3: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/308.
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Published ArticleSouth African cities are in the process of transition in the changing scenario and need a change in the planning perspective for their sustainable development. The concept of smart city offers opportunities for such development to many middle sized cities of South Africa. Therefore, in this paper conceptual modelling for development of smart cities in South Africa is attempted based on systems concept. The conceptual models are built by using the principles of system dynamics methodology and based on causal feedback relationships among the various factors under different smart characteristics of a city such as, smart economy, smart people, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment and smart living. The causal feedback loops and interrelationship among various parameters illustrate the dynamicity and influence of parameters on one another, which would able to assist in evolving plausible policy interventions for developing smart cities in South Africa. It is concluded that the modelling approaches presented here could guide the policy makers and city planners to evolve robust and responsive policy interventions for developing smart cities in the changing scenario.
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TIOZZO, NETTI DIEGO. "Dalla Smart City alla Smart Land : tecnologie intelligenti per l'agricoltura, l'allevamento e l'ambiente." Doctoral thesis, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11578/282322.
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Göransson, Scalzotto Joel. "It´s The Smart City, Stupid! : A critical study of Smart narratives, Attraction Hysteria & the production of Smart Space in the European Green Capital 2020." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-182392.
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In this research, the “Smart City-edifice” of Lisbon has been examined through qualitative field work carried out in the city. The concept of the Smart City- edifice has been designed by the author in an attempt to grasp the ambiguous Smart City ambition as an assemblage of (i) specific techniques incorporated into the urban environment (ii) the modes of governance which these techniques allow for, particularly real time data collection & (iii) issues of city branding, placemaking and urban, Smart regeneration. The highlighted empirical material has been produced in collaboration with interlocutors from three different projects, and relate to the three different facets of the Smart Cityedifice: A developer of a gamification scheme (e-governance), a sustainable neighbourhood project (Tech-driven sustainability and governance/civic participation) and lastly a creative hub (branding, creativity & regeneration). These facets are being examined in the context of Lisbon, a city which has gone through a re-formulation of urban agendas in the capitalist restructuring of the economy in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The post-crisis strategy in Lisbon is interpreted as a sort of “attraction hysteria” (Anttiroiko, 2014), as much effort has been placed on attracting global capital and tourism, incentivised not least by a liberalized, profitable housing market. This attraction hysteria is understood by the author as producing specific implications for the development of the Smart Cityedifice. Main findings include the hinderances that said politics have produced for ambitions of civic participation and other democratic visions of the Smart City. These findings are understood in the light of the Lefebvrian framework of the “right to the city” and critical understandings of the touristified city. The field work itself has been guided by two key research questions, these being: a) How are Smart City narratives being operationalized locally by actors in Lisbon? B) What possible tensions could arise between Smart aims of global urban competitiveness and aims of civic participation, in the context of Lisbon?
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MA, TIANYI. "A GENERAL CITIZEN-SOURCING FRAMEWORK FOR CITY SERVICES." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Pavia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1203335.
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With the rise of ICT in smart cities, citizens actively contribute to city governance. Citizens contribute through sensing and processing capabilities of smart phones, thus developing an innovative collaboration paradigm, called “citizen-sourcing”, which fosters public engagement and participation in a collaborative governance. However, implementing such citizen-sourcing implies a collaborative process that is more complex than traditional bureaucratic procedures, and involves a wider range of data. Indeed, it faces various challenges, which include governance process, data, and IT architecture. Governance process challenge relates to the stakeholder engagement and participation, accountability, communication and collaboration. Data challenge includes not only data openness, generalization, heterogeneity, but also, with unstructured data, data duplication and information trustworthiness. Finally, IT architecture challenge addresses scalability, business-IT alignment, and accessibility.
Our main contribution is a framework, called G-CSF (General Citizen-Sourcing Framework for city services), which defines reference collaboration processes, a reference data model, and a reference architecture. G-CSF stems from a benchmark to evaluate citizen-sourcing systems in terms of process, data, and architecture.
Within G-CSF, the reference collaboration process addresses four stakeholders, namely Feed Producer, Feed Coordinator, Feed Consumer, and Feed Contractor, which, respectively, represent (a) stakeholders who submit service request (e.g., citizens, customers), (b) collaboration coordinators (e.g., municipality officers), (c) city departments who answer the service request, and (d) field staff (e.g., service response teams) who deliver services.
In order to integrate heterogeneous data into a unique exchangeable format, we propose a reference data model, namely General City Feed Specification (GCFS), which facilitates the service configuration and data sharing for city service providers.
In order to better support a scalable business-IT alignment and efficient data integration and processing, we define a Publisher / Subscriber architecture, which supports a distributed data-driven service composition and orchestration, and provides an easy-to-configure and easy-to-deploy environment for stream data processing; Additionally, we illustrate distinctive automated services, namely automated feed detection, credibility assessment, similarity analysis, and automated feed dispatch.
The key innovations of G-CSF include: a) a supervised incremental text classifier (KLD-Star) for detecting feeds in OSN (Online Social Network); b) a hybrid credibility assessment approach for assessing information credibility of feeds, which assesses credibility on user reputation, semantics, and similarity of nearby feeds. By far, G-CSF is the first citizen-sourcing solution addressing automated feed detection, credibility assessment and de-duplication.
We illustrate two case studies as proof of concept, namely CITY FEED and MOBANA. CITY FEED manages city issues, and it has been deployed in Pavia, and Basiglio, a small municipality in Milan, Italy. MOBANA focuses on the public transit domain, and proves the scalability and processing efficiency of the proposed architecture.With the rise of ICT in smart cities, citizens actively contribute to city governance. Citizens contribute through sensing and processing capabilities of smart phones, thus developing an innovative collaboration paradigm, called “citizen-sourcing”, which fosters public engagement and participation in a collaborative governance. However, implementing such citizen-sourcing implies a collaborative process that is more complex than traditional bureaucratic procedures, and involves a wider range of data. Indeed, it faces various challenges, which include governance process, data, and IT architecture. Governance process challenge relates to the stakeholder engagement and participation, accountability, communication and collaboration. Data challenge includes not only data openness, generalization, heterogeneity, but also, with unstructured data, data duplication and information trustworthiness. Finally, IT architecture challenge addresses scalability, business-IT alignment, and accessibility. Our main contribution is a framework, called G-CSF (General Citizen-Sourcing Framework for city services), which defines reference collaboration processes, a reference data model, and a reference architecture. G-CSF stems from a benchmark to evaluate citizen-sourcing systems in terms of process, data, and architecture. Within G-CSF, the reference collaboration process addresses four stakeholders, namely Feed Producer, Feed Coordinator, Feed Consumer, and Feed Contractor, which, respectively, represent (a) stakeholders who submit service request (e.g., citizens, customers), (b) collaboration coordinators (e.g., municipality officers), (c) city departments who answer the service request, and (d) field staff (e.g., service response teams) who deliver services. In order to integrate heterogeneous data into a unique exchangeable format, we propose a reference data model, namely General City Feed Specification (GCFS), which facilitates the service configuration and data sharing for city service providers. In order to better support a scalable business-IT alignment and efficient data integration and processing, we define a Publisher / Subscriber architecture, which supports a distributed data-driven service composition and orchestration, and provides an easy-to-configure and easy-to-deploy environment for stream data processing; Additionally, we illustrate distinctive automated services, namely automated feed detection, credibility assessment, similarity analysis, and automated feed dispatch. The key innovations of G-CSF include: a) a supervised incremental text classifier (KLD-Star) for detecting feeds in OSN (Online Social Network); b) a hybrid credibility assessment approach for assessing information credibility of feeds, which assesses credibility on user reputation, semantics, and similarity of nearby feeds. By far, G-CSF is the first citizen-sourcing solution addressing automated feed detection, credibility assessment and de-duplication. We illustrate two case studies as proof of concept, namely CITY FEED and MOBANA. CITY FEED manages city issues, and it has been deployed in Pavia, and Basiglio, a small municipality in Milan, Italy. MOBANA focuses on the public transit domain, and proves the scalability and processing efficiency of the proposed architecture.
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Garcia, Font Víctor. "Anomaly detection in smart city wireless sensor networks." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/565607.
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Aquesta tesi proposa una plataforma de detecció d’intrusions per a revelar atacs a les xarxes de sensors sense fils (WSN, per les sigles en anglès) de les ciutats intel·ligents (smart cities). La plataforma està dissenyada tenint en compte les necessitats dels administradors de la ciutat intel·ligent, els quals necessiten accés a una arquitectura centralitzada que pugui gestionar alarmes de seguretat en un sistema altament heterogeni i distribuït. En aquesta tesi s’identifiquen els diversos passos necessaris des de la recollida de dades fins a l’execució de les tècniques de detecció d’intrusions i s’avalua que el procés sigui escalable i capaç de gestionar dades típiques de ciutats intel·ligents. A més, es comparen diversos algorismes de detecció d’anomalies i s’observa que els mètodes de vectors de suport d’una mateixa classe (one-class support vector machines) resulten la tècnica multivariant més adequada per a descobrir atacs tenint en compte les necessitats d’aquest context. Finalment, es proposa un esquema per a ajudar els administradors a identificar els tipus d’atacs rebuts a partir de les alarmes disparades.Esta tesis propone una plataforma de detección de intrusiones para revelar ataques en las redes de sensores inalámbricas (WSN, por las siglas en inglés) de las ciudades inteligentes (smart cities). La plataforma está diseñada teniendo en cuenta la necesidad de los administradores de la ciudad inteligente, los cuales necesitan acceso a una arquitectura centralizada que pueda gestionar alarmas de seguridad en un sistema altamente heterogéneo y distribuido. En esta tesis se identifican los varios pasos necesarios desde la recolección de datos hasta la ejecución de las técnicas de detección de intrusiones y se evalúa que el proceso sea escalable y capaz de gestionar datos típicos de ciudades inteligentes. Además, se comparan varios algoritmos de detección de anomalías y se observa que las máquinas de vectores de soporte de una misma clase (one-class support vector machines) resultan la técnica multivariante más adecuada para descubrir ataques teniendo en cuenta las necesidades de este contexto. Finalmente, se propone un esquema para ayudar a los administradores a identificar los tipos de ataques recibidos a partir de las alarmas disparadas.
This thesis proposes an intrusion detection platform which reveals attacks in smart city wireless sensor networks (WSN). The platform is designed taking into account the needs of smart city administrators, who need access to a centralized architecture that can manage security alarms in a highly heterogeneous and distributed system. In this thesis, we identify the various necessary steps from gathering WSN data to running the detection techniques and we evaluate whether the procedure is scalable and capable of handling typical smart city data. Moreover, we compare several anomaly detection algorithms and we observe that one-class support vector machines constitute the most suitable multivariate technique to reveal attacks, taking into account the requirements in this context. Finally, we propose a classification schema to assist administrators in identifying the types of attacks compromising their networks.
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Pham, Thi Hai Yen. "Smart city for the preservation of urban biodiversity." Thesis, Lille 1, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LIL1I043.
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Le travail vise à développer la prise en compte et les méthodes de suivi de la biodiversité en ville dans des projets de smart city en prenant ici comme démonstrateur e Campus Scientifique de l'Université de Lille, Nord de la France.Cette thèse comprend quatre parties.La première partie comprend un état de l'art concernant le rôle de la biodiversité et l'impact de l'urbanisation sur celle-ci ainsi que le développement du concept Smart City et son application dans le domaine de l'écologie.La deuxième partie crée un cadre pour le suivi de la biodiversité urbaine qui comprend la sélection d'indicateurs de surveillance, la collecte de données, l'analyse de données et l'évaluation de l'état de la biodiversité urbaine.La troisième partie présente l'application de la méthodologie présentée dans la deuxième partie au campus scientifique de l'Université de Lille. Cette partie présente successivement le campus scientifique, les indicateurs utilisés dans ce travail, la collecte et l'analyse des données et enfin le principal résultat de ce travail ainsi que les recommandations pour la préservation de la biodiversité sur le campus scientifique.La dernière partie traite des données ouvertes: l'application des données ouvertes, leur accessibilité et leur utilisation dans le domaine de la biodiversitéThis work aims to develop and implement some monitoring systems in the Scientific Campus of Lille University, North of France in order to observe and evaluate its biodiversity state. This thesis includes four parts. The first part includes a literature review concerning the role of biodiversity and the impact of urbanization on it as well as the development of Smart City concept and its application in the field of ecology.The second part creates a framework for urban biodiversity monitoring includes selecting indicators to surveillance, data collection, data analyst, and evaluating the urban biodiversity status. The third part presents the application of the methodology presented in part 2 to the scientific campus of Lille University. This part presents successively the scientific campus, the indicators used in this work, data collection and analysis and finally the main outcome of this work and recommendations for the preservation of the biodiversity at the scientific campus.The last part deals with open data, the application of open data for biodiversity research. It also presents how to access and how we can use it in the biodiversity domain
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Rahman, S. (S). "Business model of blockchain enabled smart city cervices." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2019. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/nbnfioulu-201906052461.
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Abstract. This thesis is qualitative research analyzing how blockchain can influence the business models that are for smart city services. Blockchain technology is seen as an innovation that will change the functioning of city services in the future. The study designed to see the effect of the business model on implementation of blockchain enabled smart city services. This study combines the Causal Layered Analysis and Business Model Wheel to see the influence. In doing so, this study chose to understand the futures of a tech-aided social context; the blockchain enabled smart city services.
The theoretical part of this study consists of smart city services, fundamental of blockchain technology, and business model. The literature review enabled the author to collect the data efficiently. The empirical part is based on the semi-structured interviews from the professionals from city organization and researchers on the research topic area. The author provided a discussion on different business model elements for the blockchain enabled smart city sector in Finland.
This research contributes to a holistic understanding of the business model, smart city potentials and applies blockchain in a different layer of smart city services. This paper looks at the future scenarios of the business model and discusses how blockchain can make an impact. This research also combines the foresight of future city structures and business modeling at future scenarios.
This research will also help the researchers, city managers, business development professional for understanding future cities and how innovative technology make an impact on city business model. This comprehensive study also helps future business perspective for city associated organization. The outcome of the research can be used for identifying a business opportunity and to understand the influence of technology on the business model.
This study uncovers some business model elements and its effect on short, mid, and long term future. All in all, with a solid theoretical base, high-quality empirical dataset, well-argued results, and maintaining ethical standards, this study offers a comprehensive description of the studied topic.
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Mazzo, Artur de Lazzari. "Governança e análise fenomenológica em smart cities: um estudo da Amsterdam Smart City (ASC)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96132/tde-06112018-152340/.
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Em um cenário atual em que o mundo apresenta ritmos de crescimento populacionais acelerados e consequentes acréscimos de habitantes vivendo em zonas urbanas, deve-se considerar que as cidades apresentam desafios e questões como alto índice de congestionamentos de trânsito, poluição do ar, consumo de recursos naturais, insegurança, etc. Surge-se, neste contexto, o desenvolvimento das chamadas Smart Cities, que são cidades que apresentam iniciativas inteligentes para solucionar ou melhorar a qualidade de vida do cidadão, baseadas em dimensões que envolvem o meio ambiente, governança, economia, mobilidade, pessoas, infraestrutura e tecnologia. A iniciativa escolhida foi a cidade de Amsterdã, mais precisamente a organização ASC (Amsterdam Smart City), que hoje representa, globalmente, um dos principais exemplos de iniciativas de Smart Cities do mundo. O presente estudo busca responder à seguinte questão de pesquisa: Como é estruturada a governança da ASC (Amsterdam Smart City) e como podem ser descritas as experiências vividas em uma smart city? Para responder à questão relacionado à governança, foi utilizado o modelo de redução lógica de governança proposto por Lynn (2000). E como base das unidades de sentido da análise fenomenológica, foi utilizado o Framework Integrativo de Iniciativas de Smart Cities na Amsterdam Smart City proposto por Chourabi et al., (2012). Visando um melhor entendimento buscou-se utilizar uma abordagem qualitativa, tendo como método o estudo de caso. A coleta de dados obteve-se através de entrevistas semiestruturadas para duas pessoas com amplo conhecimento da organização. E, para a análise fenomenológica, uma entrevista semiestruturada teve como base, porém foi utilizada uma narrativa descritiva do próprio autor a partir de suas próprias experiências vividas na cidade. Os resultados demonstrados no presente estudo refletem a importância de um olhar mais abrangente para o desenvolvimento de cidades inteligentes que não só a tecnologia a ser aplicada. Uma governança inteligente é tão importante quanto a tecnologia, pois molda e viabiliza os projetos, cria parcerias essenciais, estrutura e operacionaliza as iniciativas e realiza um papel importante na gestão municipal de mudança de paradigmas e cultura direcionada para a inovação.In the current scenario, in which the world faces accelerated population growth rates and consequent increases in the number of inhabitants living in urban areas, it must be considered that cities present challenges and issues such as high traffic congestion levels, air pollution, high resource consumption, insecurity, etc. In this context, the development of the so-called Smart Cities, which are cities that present intelligent initiatives to solve or improve citizens\' quality of life, are based on dimensions that involve the environment, governance, economy, mobility, community, infrastructure and technology. The initiative chosen was the city of Amsterdam, more precisely the organization ASC (Amsterdam Smart City), which today represents, globally, one of the main examples of Smart Cities initiatives in the world. The present study aims to answer the following research question: How is the governance of the Amsterdam Smart City structured and how can be described the smart city life experiences? Regarding the governance matter, the logic reduction model of governance proposed by Lynn (2000) was used. And as a basis for the units of meaning of the phenomenological analysis, the Integrative Framework of Smart Cities Initiatives in the Amsterdam Smart City proposed by Chourabi et al. (2012) was taken as ground basis. Targeting a better understanding, a qualitative approach was applied in a case study methodology. The data collection was obtained through semi-structured interviews with two people containing deep knowledge of the organization. And, for the phenomenological analysis, a semi-structured interview was used as basic step, however a descriptive narrative of the author himself was also used based on his own experiences lived in the city. The outcomes shown in the present study reflect the importance of a broader look for the development of smart cities that are not just technology based. Intelligent governance is as important as technology, as it shapes and enables projects, creates essential partnerships, structures and operationalizes initiatives, and plays an important role in municipal management of paradigm shift and innovation-driven culture.
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Ali, Shayar. "Smart City : Implementation and development of platforms for the management of SunRise Smart Campus." Thesis, Lille 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LIL1I027/document.
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Ce travail concerne la mise en place de plateformes professionnelles informatiques et le développement de la plate-forme SunRise pour la gestion d'une Smart City. Il s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet SunRise qui vise à transformer le campus Cité Scientifique de l'Université de Lille en une «ville intelligente et durable». Le campus est représentatif d'une petite ville de 25 000 habitants et de 100 km de réseaux urbains.Cette thèse comprend cinq parties.La première partie comprend un état de l’art concernant les Smart Cities avec ses définitions et ses composantes.La deuxième partie présente le rôle des données dans les villes intelligentes, ainsi que les dernières technologies utilisées pour la gestion des villes intelligentes. Il présente également les différentes architectures et plateformes existantes pour la gestion d'une Smart City.La troisième partie présente le démonstrateur SunRise Smart City, sur lequel s’appuie cette thèse. La partie détaille l'instrumentation du site de démonstration ainsi que le modèle SIG du démonstrateur.La quatrième partie concerne l'architecture des deux plateformes professionnelles PI System et OpenDataSoft ainsi que leur mise en place et leur utilisation pour l'analyse de la consommation d'eau.La dernière partie décrit l'architecture de la plateforme SunRise et détaille ses couches. Il présente également les étapes du développement et de l’implémentation de la plateformeThis work concerns the implementation of professional platforms and the development of SunRise platform for managing a Smart City. It is a part of SunRise project, which aims at turning the Scientific Campus of the University of Lille into a large-scale demonstrator site of the "Smart and Sustainable City". The campus is representative to a small town of 25000 inhabitants and 100 km of urban infrastructure.This thesis includes five parts. The first part includes a literature review concerning the Smart Cities with its definitions and components. The second part presents the role of data in Smart Cities, as well as the latest technologies that are used for Smart City management. It presents also the different existing architectures and platforms for management a Smart City.The Third part presents the SunRise Smart City demonstrator, which is used as a basis for this thesis. The part details the instrumentation installed in the demo site as well as the GIS model of the demonstrator. The fourth part concerns the architecture of the two professional platforms PI System and OpenDataSoft as well as their implementation and use for the analysis of water consumption.The last part describes the architecture of the platform SunRise and details its layers. It presents also the stages of the platform development and implementation
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LAMPUGNANI, DAVIDE. "SMART CITIES E PROCESSI DI TRADUZIONE SOCIO-TECNICA. IL CASO DI TORINO SMART CITY." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/6764.
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La tesi ha come oggetto lo studio del rapporto tra tecnologia e società all’interno del fenomeno delle smart cities. In particolare, facendo riferimento all’approccio dei Science and Technology Studies, il lavoro di ricerca si propone di indagare i processi di traduzione socio-tecnica dell’idea di “smart city” riferendosi empiricamente al campo italiano ed al caso della città di Torino. A livello concettuale e metodologico, si sottolinea la necessità di far dialogare ed integrare lo studio dettagliato dei processi socio-tecnici con il più ampio contesto storico entro cui questi si trovano inseriti. A livello storico, invece, la tesi traccia una traiettoria che, partendo dalla città reticolare moderna della metà dell’800 e risalendo fino ai movimenti delle intelligent cities e della smart growth degli anni ’90, arriva fino al rilancio globale della smart city nel biennio 2008-2009. Infine, a livello attuale, il lavoro pone in evidenza il rapporto ambivalente tra le narrazioni e le forme di traduzione socio-tecnica veicolate dagli attori imprenditoriali ed istituzionali internazionali e le narrazioni e le forme di traduzione sviluppate dalle città. Attraverso l’analisi del caso di Torino Smart City la tesi mostra le potenzialità insite nell’idea di “smart city” ed i rischi connessi alla riproduzione di forme di tecno-determinismo e tecno-utopismo.The object of the thesis is the study of the relationship between technology and society within the phenomenon of smart cities. In particular, referring to the Science and Technology Studies approach, the research aims at investigating the processes of socio-technical translation of the “smart city” idea by empirically addressing the Italian field and the case study of the city of Turin. At conceptual and methodological level, we show the necessity of a dialogue and an integration between the thick description of socio-technical processes and the wider context within which these are embedded. At historical level, the thesis traces a trajectory that, starting from the modern networked city of mid ‘800 and continuing up to intelligent cities and smart growth movements of the 90s, reaches the global raising of the smart city in 2008-2009. Finally, at present, the work underlines the ambivalent relationship between narrations and forms of socio-technical translation pushed by entrepreneurial and international institutional actors and narrations and forms of translation developed by cities. By analyzing the case of Torino Smart City the thesis shows both the inherent potentialities of the “smart city” idea and the risks connected with the reproduction of forms of techno-determinism and techno-utopianism.
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LAMPUGNANI, DAVIDE. "SMART CITIES E PROCESSI DI TRADUZIONE SOCIO-TECNICA. IL CASO DI TORINO SMART CITY." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/6764.
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La tesi ha come oggetto lo studio del rapporto tra tecnologia e società all’interno del fenomeno delle smart cities. In particolare, facendo riferimento all’approccio dei Science and Technology Studies, il lavoro di ricerca si propone di indagare i processi di traduzione socio-tecnica dell’idea di “smart city” riferendosi empiricamente al campo italiano ed al caso della città di Torino. A livello concettuale e metodologico, si sottolinea la necessità di far dialogare ed integrare lo studio dettagliato dei processi socio-tecnici con il più ampio contesto storico entro cui questi si trovano inseriti. A livello storico, invece, la tesi traccia una traiettoria che, partendo dalla città reticolare moderna della metà dell’800 e risalendo fino ai movimenti delle intelligent cities e della smart growth degli anni ’90, arriva fino al rilancio globale della smart city nel biennio 2008-2009. Infine, a livello attuale, il lavoro pone in evidenza il rapporto ambivalente tra le narrazioni e le forme di traduzione socio-tecnica veicolate dagli attori imprenditoriali ed istituzionali internazionali e le narrazioni e le forme di traduzione sviluppate dalle città. Attraverso l’analisi del caso di Torino Smart City la tesi mostra le potenzialità insite nell’idea di “smart city” ed i rischi connessi alla riproduzione di forme di tecno-determinismo e tecno-utopismo.The object of the thesis is the study of the relationship between technology and society within the phenomenon of smart cities. In particular, referring to the Science and Technology Studies approach, the research aims at investigating the processes of socio-technical translation of the “smart city” idea by empirically addressing the Italian field and the case study of the city of Turin. At conceptual and methodological level, we show the necessity of a dialogue and an integration between the thick description of socio-technical processes and the wider context within which these are embedded. At historical level, the thesis traces a trajectory that, starting from the modern networked city of mid ‘800 and continuing up to intelligent cities and smart growth movements of the 90s, reaches the global raising of the smart city in 2008-2009. Finally, at present, the work underlines the ambivalent relationship between narrations and forms of socio-technical translation pushed by entrepreneurial and international institutional actors and narrations and forms of translation developed by cities. By analyzing the case of Torino Smart City the thesis shows both the inherent potentialities of the “smart city” idea and the risks connected with the reproduction of forms of techno-determinism and techno-utopianism.
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Strömberg, Fredrik, and Erik Näslund. "Open Data within a Smart City Initiative : A case study exploring how collaboration can foster innovation within a smart city initiative." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-136680.
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Open data is information readable by machines that are freely available to others and it is further the defining element of a smart city. However, little research has been conducted within the area of open data within the smart city context. Further, the smart city initiative explored is the second to be established in Sweden, and an open data platform will serve as the cornerstone in the smart city initiative. In addition to that, the collaboration between the stakeholders is a key factor for reaching the common goal when creating a smart city. In this case study, the researchers have conducted an exploratory case study in order to examine how stakeholders can collaborate within a smart city initiative to foster innovation through the use of open data. Therefore, key stakeholders within the project have been interviewed and the concept of digital innovation network has been adopted to get a deeper understanding of the project, as it involves institutions and companies from both public and private sector that aims to be innovative together. Further, this study identifies four key concerns to guide the smart city initiative. There is a need for a clear strategy and committed management when opening up and handling data; to involve public opinion in data collection, analysis and application to make the open data platform function; to bridge the knowledge resources between the stakeholders in order to benefit from the collaboration in the project; and make a distinction in how to share data between the two discovered innovation networks.
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Figueiredo, Gabriel Mazzola Poli de. "O discurso e a prática da smart city: perspectivas críticas e aproximações sistemáticas no contexto de metrópoles latino-americanas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16132/tde-21092018-151408/.
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A ausência de consenso a nível mundial sobre o que é uma Smart City abre margem para a apropriação do termo por uma retórica de consumo tecnológico que pode não ter compromisso algum com melhorias sociais e urbanas. Em um cenário em que estudos de caso e soluções-padrão são amplamente utilizados, torna-se problemático o fato de que muitos dos casos estudados na literatura foram pensados para cidades europeias, asiáticas e norte-americanas, que apresentam uma dinâmica social signifi cativamente diferente das brasileiras e latino-americanas. A presente pesquisa visa, portanto, contribuir com uma abordagem crítica e sistemática para o entendimento do discurso Smart City e seus desdobramentos práticos no contexto de metrópoles latino-americanas. Por meio de um panorama geral sobre o fenômeno Smart City, é feita uma revisão da literatura científi ca, documentos, notícias e projetos para compreender o discurso em torno da Smart City e sua evolução nos últimos vinte anos. Esse discurso é então confrontado com as práticas e fenômenos tipicamente encontrados nas metrópoles latino-americanas, tendo como referência a Região Metropolitana de São Paulo. Em seguida, são levantadas diversas fragilidades conceituais e fantasias em torno da Smart City e da atribuição da inteligência à cidade e outros objetos da técnica. Parte-se para um questionamento à própria validade do termo Smart City e coloca-se a importância de qualifi car a discussão em torno dos cenários urbanos futuros. Dada a própria natureza plural e complexa do ambiente urbano, defende-se a necessidade de uma refl exão capaz de abrir margem para novas possibilidades de discurso e prática projetual. São elencados os pilares essenciais ao sustento de tal refl exão, assim como algumas diretrizes e considerações visando a incorporação desta ao projetar do urbano. Por fi m, são sugeridas novas dimensões de análise que permitam reconhecer os aspectos problemáticos levantados ao longo deste trabalho.The worldwide lack of consensus regarding what constitutes a Smart City leaves the concept vulnerable to being seized by a rhetoric of technological consumption, to which urban and social improvements might not be of concern. In a scenario where case studies and off-the-shelf solutions are widely used, a troubling fact arises: many of said cases and solutions where designed for North-American, European and Asian cities, which have social dynamics signifi cantly different from the ones seen in Brazilian and Latin-American cities. This research aims to contribute to systematic critical approaches seeking to comprehend Smart City discourse and it\'s practical developments in the context of Latin-American metropolises. By way of a panoramic view of the phenomena and the comparison of different academic and non-academic sources, an attempt is made to understand the evolution of Smart City discourse over the last twenty years. This discourse is them compared to the practices and phenomena typically present in Latin American metropolises, with São Paulo\'s Metropolitan Region as a reference. Several conceptual frailties and fantasies surrounding the Smart City and the general attribution of knowledge to cities - or any other technical object - are raised. The very validity of the term Smart City is put into question and the importance of qualifying the discussion on future urban scenarios is made evident. The plural and complex nature of the urban environment calls for a refl ection capable of producing new possibilities of discourse and design practices. The essential pillars for such a refl ection are proposed, as well as a few directives and remarks in an attempt to incorporate it into the design of urban spaces. Finally, new dimensions are proposed to guide analytical attempts towards recognizing the troublesome aspects outlined in this research.
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Bui, Lily 1987. "Sense and the city : representations of air quality data in the 'smart city'." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104259.
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Thesis: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2016."June 2016." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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The proliferation of sensor devices in the emerging landscape of 'smart cities' provides new mechanisms with which to measure the built and natural environment. City governments increasingly rely on sensor data to monitor infrastructure, mobility patterns, environmental hazards, disasters, and more. At the same time, citizens have increasing access to tools with which to examine urban concerns outside of institutional means. By looking at the use of one specific category of sensor data, air quality, this thesis provides a critical analysis of the plurality of ways in which urban sensing data is generated and represented. Specifically, the thesis examines representations of air quality data intended for governmental to grassroots audiences, and how these representations may prove to be problematic in attempts to reconcile their myriad forms and meanings across contexts and constituencies. Urban planning and design, disciplines that rely on the interpretation of environmental data in order to propose strategies for shaping the built environment, serve as a unique point of convergence of the key tensions that persist in the use of sensor data in cities. Case studies of various urban sensing initiatives in the U.S. and abroad illustrate disjunctions between different modes of sensor data collection and the way that data is communicated, affecting the way that governments negotiate with citizen stakeholders and vice versa. The core research questions this thesis examines are twofold: (1) What are the ways in which air quality sensor data is represented and given meaning in city dashboards, data portals, and other graphic user interfaces for different audiences, and (2) How might sensor data be used in the context of urban planning and design to reveal new frameworks for environmental data collection and representation that promote collaboration between government and citizen stakeholders?
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Bui, Lilian (Lilian D. ). "Sense and the city : representations of air quality data in the 'smart city'." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104259.
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Thesis: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2016."June 2016." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references.
The proliferation of sensor devices in the emerging landscape of 'smart cities' provides new mechanisms with which to measure the built and natural environment. City governments increasingly rely on sensor data to monitor infrastructure, mobility patterns, environmental hazards, disasters, and more. At the same time, citizens have increasing access to tools with which to examine urban concerns outside of institutional means. By looking at the use of one specific category of sensor data, air quality, this thesis provides a critical analysis of the plurality of ways in which urban sensing data is generated and represented. Specifically, the thesis examines representations of air quality data intended for governmental to grassroots audiences, and how these representations may prove to be problematic in attempts to reconcile their myriad forms and meanings across contexts and constituencies. Urban planning and design, disciplines that rely on the interpretation of environmental data in order to propose strategies for shaping the built environment, serve as a unique point of convergence of the key tensions that persist in the use of sensor data in cities. Case studies of various urban sensing initiatives in the U.S. and abroad illustrate disjunctions between different modes of sensor data collection and the way that data is communicated, affecting the way that governments negotiate with citizen stakeholders and vice versa. The core research questions this thesis examines are twofold: (1) What are the ways in which air quality sensor data is represented and given meaning in city dashboards, data portals, and other graphic user interfaces for different audiences, and (2) How might sensor data be used in the context of urban planning and design to reveal new frameworks for environmental data collection and representation that promote collaboration between government and citizen stakeholders?
by Lilian Bui.
S.M. in Comparative Media Studies
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Farah, Elias. "Detection of water leakage using innovative smart water system : application to SunRise Smart City demonstrator." Thesis, Lille 1, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIL10103/document.
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Le travail de thèse porte sur l'utilisation des réseaux d’eau potable intelligents pour la détection des fuites. Il s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet SunRise qui vise à transformer la Cité Scientifique de l’Université de Lille en une ville intelligente et durable. Le campus représente une petite ville de 25000 habitants. Ce travail fait également partie du projet européen SmartWater4Europe, qui vise à développer 4 démonstrateurs des réseaux d’eau intelligents. Le travail comporte 5 parties. La première partie comprend une étude bibliographique sur les technologies pour la détection des fuites. La deuxième partie présente le démonstrateur SunRise Smart City, qui sert de support pour cette thèse. Cette partie détaille les instrumentations installées dans le site et les tests de simulation des fuites pour analyser l’efficacité d’un système acoustique de détection des fuites. La troisième partie comporte une analyse de consommation d’eau à différentes échelles pour les sous-compteurs et les compteurs généraux. Cette analyse est menée à l’aide d’une plateforme développée pour faciliter l’agrégation et l’interprétation des données. Cette partie présente aussi les fuites majeures en 2015. La quatrième partie concerne la détection des fuites en se basant sur le bilan d’eau. Elle présente aussi la stratégie du Contrôle Actif des Fuites (CAF) appliquée sur le site afin de réduire le niveau de l’Eau Non-Vendue (ENV). La dernière partie comporte l’application des méthodes avancées pour la détection des fuites. Ces méthodes comprennent l’approche CFPD ‘Comparison of Flow Pattern Distribution’, la méthode du Débit Nocturne Minimal (DNM) et deux approches statistiques développéesThis work concerns the use of the Smart Water Technology for the detection of water leakage. It is a part of SunRise project which aims at turning the Scientific Campus of the University of Lille into a large scale demonstrator site of the "Smart and Sustainable City". The campus is representative to a small town of 25000 inhabitants. This work is also a part of the European Project SmartWater4 Europe, which aims to develop 4 demonstrators of the Smart Water Technology. This thesis includes five parts. The first part includes a literature review concerning the technologies used in leakage detection. The second part presents the SunRise Smart City demonstrator, which is used as a basis for this thesis. This section details the instrumentation installed in the demo site as well as leak simulations tests to analyze the efficiency of an acoustic system of leakage detection. The third part focuses on the analysis of the water consumption at different time scales. Analysis concerns both sub-meters and bulk meters. It is conducted using a platform for the aggregation and the interpretation of the data. This part presents also major leakage events in 2015. The fourth part concerns leak detection using the water balance calculation based on the top down and bottom up approaches. It also presents the Active Leakage Control (ALC) strategy applied to the demo site in order to reduce the level of Non-Revenue Water (NRW). The last part concerns the use of advanced methods for leak detection with application on the campus data. These methods include the Comparison of Flow Pattern Distribution Method (CFPD), the Minimum Night Flow (MNF) method and two developed statistical approaches
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DE, BIASIO MICHELA. "Smart and the city : the role of startups and their ecosystem in smart cities' development." Doctoral thesis, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11578/282333.
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Stivanello, Alice <1993>. "Strategic Management over Data Privacy and Cyber Security Risk in Smart City and Smart Home." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/12673.
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The world population growth combined with the unprecedented levels of urban density is posing serious challenges for the future of our cities which demand an efficient, effective, and sustainable management of urban infrastructures and resource consumption. Through the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT), the smart city is identified as a ‘system-of-systems’ created to process real-time information exchange at a large-scale and consequently distribute a better life quality to its citizens. Grounded in learning capability and cross-domain interoperability, the embedded Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure represents a high-value attack platform and thus its adoption should be carefully weighed up against the cyber risk exposure. The main objective of this research is to explore the inner workings of a such complex ecosystem and understand the criticalities of the cyber-security requirements.
Since the smart home market represents a fundamental component of a smart city and the most promising application of IoT technology, an accurate investigation is carried out. Defining the smart home as an intertwined advanced automated system which provide the inhabitants remote access and centralized control over the building’s functions, the role played by the advancement of IoT technology is crucial. A multi-layer architectural model is presented in order to grasp the logical conditions underlying the intelligence-driven networks. Installed under the guise of customer service, surveillance facility and remote monitoring are responsible for the potential abuse of data retrieved and thus the failure of safety and security solutions. In response, a cyber-physical vulnerability assessment is conducted and evaluated into a threat-based Defence approach.
The scope of this thesis is the identification and formulation of a safe and secure human-machine space, associating proper countermeasures to prevent data leakages and mitigate damages. Although this analysis tries to be exhaustive in all its part, the major focus is on cyber-security concern as it represents a significant barrier to smart systems adoption and all stakeholders should take it seriously. Neglecting the current cyber-security vulnerabilities and underestimate the impact of a cyber intrusion may reveal cascading disasters across the entire smart industry.
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Palazzi, Arianna. "Impatto delle tecnologie Smart City sulla città di Cesena." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2015. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/8816/.
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La presente tesi ha lo scopo di censire e classificare le principali attività di Cesena come Smart City, con particolare riguardo a quelle che hanno una componente tecnologica predominante. La tesi presenta le definizioni concetto di Smart City e le diverse articolazioni in ambiti che questo prevede. Scelta come chiave di lettura la classificazione più utilizzata in ambito internazionale, sono stati approfonditi i sei ambiti di azione in cui questa si articola: Smart Economy, Smart People, Smart Governance, Smart Mobility, Smart Enviroment, Smart Living. Inoltre, la tesi presenta le principali metodologie di valutazione utilizzate per comparare la smartness delle città, in contesto italiano ed europeo, nonché i criteri con cui queste valutazioni sono state applicate. Nel testo viene dato rilievo agli aspetti più legati alle nuove tecnologie ICT, viste come sostegno ed accelerante nei progetti attuati verso la smartness.
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Hasan, Md Mahmud. "Optimal Cyber Security Placement Schemes for Smart City Infrastructures." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/36199.
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The conceptual evolution of smart cities is highly motivated by the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The purpose of a smart city is to facilitate the best quality of life to its inhabitants. Its implementation has to be supported by the compliant utilities and networked infrastructures. In the current world, it can only be achieved by applying ICTs in an extensive manner. The move towards the smart city's seamless connectivity widens the scope of cyber security concerns. Smart city infrastructures to face a high risk of targeted attacks due to extended cyber-physical vulnerabilities. This creates many challenging research issues relevant to the design and implementation of cyber security solutions. Networks associated with city infrastructures vary from a small indoor one to a large geographically distributed one. The context of a network is an essential consideration for security solutions. This thesis investigates a set of optimal security placement problems for enhancing monitoring in smart city infrastructures. It develops solutions to such placement problems from a resource management perspective. Economy and quality-of-security service (QoSS) are two major design goals. Such goals are translated into three basic performance metrics: (i) coverage, (ii) tolerance, and (iii) latency. This thesis studies security placement problems pertaining to three different types of networks: (i) wireless sensor network (WSN), (ii) supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) backbone, and (iii) advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) wide area network (WAN). In a smart city, WSNs are deployed to support real time monitoring and safety alert (RTMSA) applications. They are highly resource constrained networks. For WSNs, placement problems for an internally configured security monitor named watchdog have been studied. On the other hand, a smart grid is a key driver for smart cities. SCADA and AMI are two major components of a smart grid. They are associated with two different types of geographically distributed networks. For SCADA backbones, placement problems for a specially designed security device named trust system have been studied. For AMI-WANs, placement problems for a cloud-based managed security service have been studied. This thesis proposes a number of promising solution schemes to such placement problems. It includes evaluation results that demonstrate the enhancements of the proposed schemes.
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Fazeli, Seyed Mohammad. "SMART CITY: A PROTOTYPE FOR CARBON FOOTPRINT MOBILE APP." Thesis, KTH, Industriella informations- och styrsystem, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-152820.
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Global warming has increased significantly over the past decades and at its center, there are human factors which have the greatest impacts on productions of carbon dioxide which is considered as a primary greenhouse gas in development of global warming. Greenhouse gas emissions and, in particular, carbon dioxide emissions are growing significantly to the extent that if no initiatives are taken, it can have dramatic consequences for our future generations and in general for human’s life on Earth, therefore we need means by which we can control and maintain the levels of greenhouse gas emissions and in particular carbon dioxide emissions. One of the efficient solutions that can significantly decrease the levels of carbon dioxide emissions is the construction and development of smart cities. In this context (smart city), individuals can play an important role in reducing the CO2 emissions. By considering the new opportunities that can result from development of Smart Cities and the essential role of information and communication technology (ICT) in such cities, this thesis work tries to introduce the idea of a self-tracking Carbon Footprint mobile application which enables users to keep track of their individual’s carbon dioxide emissions occurred as a result of their daily activities such as eating, transportation, shopping, energy consumption, and etc. in real time. Being able to measure the generated carbon footprint with respect to each of the user’s activities, users will be able to monitor and control it. This monitoring and controlling of one’s carbon footprint can have significant influences in reducing those human factors which result in production of more carbon dioxide gases and consequently more global warming effects.
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Khernane, Nesrine. "Collaborative multimedia sensors for a connected and smart city." Thesis, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018UBFCD027.
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En raison de leur fort potentiel applicatif dans différents domaines innovants (télésurveillance, télémédecine, etc.), les réseaux de capteurs multimédias sans fil (RCMSF) suscitent l’intérêt de nombreux travaux de recherche. En outre des contraintes soulevées par les réseaux de capteurs scalaires, les RCMSF imposent de nouvelles contraintes liées à la nature même des données capturées et manipulées. En effet, les données multimédias sont, sans aucune mesure, très largement volumineuses en comparaison aux données scalaires. De plus, leur contenu sémantique, très riche, dépendent de la qualité de l’acquisition. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à la problématique pratique d’un réseau de capteurs multimédias permettant de renseigner les automobilistes en temps réel sur les places de parking disponibles au niveau d’une ville, voire d’une agglomération. Cependant, de manière générale, les approches proposées dans nos travaux concernent tout RCMSF de surveillance.Dans ce contexte, l’objectif principal reste de maximiser la durée de vie du réseau tout en assurant une qualité perçue acceptable au niveau de la destination et ce sous un contrôle distribué (pour des raisons de passage à l’échelle évidentes). Deux axes sont à considérer : le traitement des données à la source et leur routage.Dans l'axe traitement de données, le problème principal réside dans la « qualité » des données à transmettre. De manière générale, plus la qualité est importante, plus les données sont volumineuses et conséquemment la consommation énergétique est importante et vice-versa. Il s’agit donc de trouver un équilibre qui préserve les ressources énergétiques, c-à-d. maximiser sa durée de vie tout en assurant une qualité acceptable des données envoyées. Cette dernière est le résultat d’un processus d’encodage au niveau de la source.Ainsi, nous avons d'abord abordé l'axe de traitement de données et proposé un algorithme complètement distribué qui maximise la durée de vie du réseau tout en assurant de manière optimale un équilibre entre la puissance d'encodage au niveau de la source et la qualité vidéo exigée au niveau de la destination. Contrairement aux approches existantes, notre algorithme, de nature distribuée, est assuré de trouver un tel compromis quelle que soit la configuration initiale du réseau.En raison de la complexité de ce problème, notamment dans un contexte décentralisé, les travaux antérieurs n’ont traité que la partie traitement de données indépendamment du routage. En d’autres termes, le routage a été considéré comme une entrée.Dans les travaux de recherche de cette thèse, nous avons par la suite montré que le routage impacte directement les résultats du processus de prolongation de la durée de vie du réseau. En effet, nous avons analysé le comportement de plusieurs protocoles de routage dans les RCMSF et les résultats obtenus ont mis en exergue cette influence. Nous avons donc proposé un modèle analytique intégrant de facto et le codage des données au niveau des sources et leur routage jusqu’à la station de traitement. Nous avons développé une résolution semi-distribuée de ce problème. Les résultats obtenus étaient très encourageants.Ainsi, dans la deuxième partie, une solution entièrement distribuée a été proposée, dans laquelle, l'axe de routage ne peut pas être réalisé sans les paramètres déterminés et mis à jour par l'axe de traitement de données, et inversement. La solution proposée permet: a) un routage de bout en bout avec des décisions locales dans chaque nœud capteur et b) de déterminer le nombre suffisant de chemins nécessaires pour assurer une transmission fiable de données.Pour la suite, nous avons complété nos travaux en considérant plus de contraintes réalistes, notamment la fiabilité des liens ainsi que la variation de leurs capacités (en fonction de l'énergie restante des nœuds intermédiaire). Les résultats de simulation ont montré une économie d’environs 25% de l'énergie totaleDue to their high application potential in various innovative fields (telemonitoring, telemedicine, etc.), Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks (WMSN) arouse the interest of numerous research projects. In addition to inherent constraints of scalar sensor networks in terms of energy limitation, deployment, coverage, reliability, ..., WMSNs impose new constraints related to the captured data. Indeed, multimedia data are very voluminous in comparison to scalar data and, in addition, have a time constraint (real-time delivery). Moreover, their semantic content, very rich, is subject to different perceptions and interpretations depending on the quality of the acquisition. As a target application, this dissertation focuses detecting available car parking spaces within a large city or a metropolis. Nevertheless, the proposed approaches can be used for a wide variety of WMSN applications for surveillance purposes.In this context, the main objective remains the network lifetime maximization while ensuring an acceptable perceived quality at the destination station. The studied approaches are of a distributed nature for scalability reasons, required in WMSN. Two main axes have been targeted: data processing at source nodes and data routing toward the destination.In the data processing axis, the main problem lies in the quality of the data to be transmitted. In general, the higher the quality is, the larger the data are, and consequently more important is the energy consumption and vice versa. It is therefore a question of finding a balance that preserve the energy resources; i.e. maximize the network lifetime while ensuring an acceptable quality of the sent data. The latter is the result of an encoding process at the source level.Thus, we proposed a fully distributed algorithm that maximizes the network lifetime by optimally balancing the encoding power and the source rate at the source node in order to meet a desired visual quality at the destination station. In opposition to existing approaches, our algorithm, of distributed nature, is ensured to find such a trade-off whatever the initial network configuration is.As a second step, we focuses on data routing. In fact, due to the complexity of this problem, especially in a decentralized context, literature works have not considered jointly data processing and routing. In other words, routing was considered as a network input.In the research work of this thesis, we have subsequently shown that the routing directly impacts the results of the network lifetime maximization process. Indeed, we have analyzed the behavior of several routing protocols in WMSN and the obtained results highlighted this influence. We have therefore proposed an analytic model integrating simultaneously the encoding of data at the source nodes and their routing to the base station. We have developed a semi-distributed resolution of this problem. The results obtained were very encouraging.Thus, in the second part, a fully distributed solution was proposed, in which, the routing axis cannot be achieved without the parameters, that should be determined and updated by the data processing axis. On the other hand, the data processing axis cannot be achieved without the routing tables updated by the routing axis. The proposed solution allows: a) an end-to-end routing with local decisions at each video sensor node and b) the choose of the sufficient number of paths needed to ensure a reliable data transmission.For the rest, we have completed our work by considering more realistic constraints, in particular the dynamic reliability of the links as well as the variation of their capacities (according to the remaining energy of the intermediate nodes). The simulation results showed savings of around 25% of the total energy
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Flabeau, Jules. "Deep Active Learning of Object Detection for Smart City." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-281798.
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Deep learning networks are nowadays a major asset for smart city applications and brand new technologies. It is well known that deep learning methods require a great amount of data to have good performance, especially for safety-critical applications such as autonomous driving. Therefore reducing the expensive and time-consuming labelling task done by human annotators is a hot topic. Being one of the most promising candidates to solve this problem, active learning aims to reduce drastically the number of samples to annotate for the learning process. In this work, we focus on the design of an active learning strategy in the specific context of object detection in videos. Besides traditional criteria of sampling, the queries are evaluated based on the temporal coherence of the network’s predictions. Introduced very recently, this characteristic has proven itself to be efficient for evaluating the informativeness of data points. Introducing Temporal Flow, we tested our sampling strategy against the state of the art methods and outperformed them on a benchmark dataset. Indeed, our active learning showed better average performance per labelled samples after each cycle of training. The promising results are encouraging to pursue the effort done in active learning for object detection in videos. A real implementation of this work is feasible but also more research can follow as we acknowledge that further improvements are possible.Djupinlärning är idag en viktig tillgång för tillämpningar i den smarta staden och annan ny teknik. Det är välkänt att djupa inlärningsmetoder kräver stora mängder data för att uppnå bra prestanda, särskilt för säkerhetskritiska applikationer som autonom körning. Att försöka minska mängden dyr och tidskrävande annotering som utförs av människor är ett hett ämne. En av de mest lovande kandidaterna för att lösa detta problem är aktiv inlärning. I detta arbete fokuserar vi på utformningen av en strategi för aktiv inlärning i ett specifikt sammanhang, detektion av objekt i video. Förutom traditionella kriterier för sampling, utvärderas den temporära koherensen i nätverkets förutsägelser. Denna nyligen introducerade egenskap har visat sig vara effektiv för att utvärdera informationsinnehållet hos datapunkter. Detta arbete introducerar vår metod Temporal Flow. Vi testade vår samplingsstrategi mot de modernaste metoderna och överträffade dem vid jämförelse på ett benchmarking-dataset. Resultaten uppmuntrar en fortsättning av ansträngningarna som gjorts i aktiv inlärning för objektdetektering i videor.
Les réseaux de neurones sont aujourd’hui un atout majeur pour les applications en Smart City et autres nouvelles technologies. Il est bien connu que ces méthodes nécessitent une grande quantité de données pour avoir de bonnes performances, notamment en matière de sécurité pour des applications critiques telles que la conduite autonome. Par conséquent, la réduction de la longue et coûteuse tâche d’annotation effectuée par les annotateurs humains est un sujet de recherche prisé. Étant l’un des candidats les plus prometteurs pour pallier à cela, l’active learning vise à réduire considérablement le nombre d’échantillons à annoter pour le processus d’apprentissage. Dans ce travail, nous nous concentrons sur la conception d’une stratégie d’active learning dans le contexte spécifique de la détection d’objets dans les vidéos. Outre les critères traditionnels d’échantillonnage, les requêtes évaluent la cohérence temporelle des prédictions. Introduite très récemment, cette caractéristique s’est révélée efficace pour évaluer le caractère informatif des points de données. En introduisant Temporal Flow, nous avons testé notre stratégie d’échantillonnage par rapport aux méthodes faisant état de l’art et les avons surpassé sur un dataset de référence. Les résultats prometteurs sont encourageants pour poursuivre l’effort entrepris en active learning pour la détection d’objets dans les vidéos. Une véritable mise en oeuvre de ce travail est faisable, mais des recherches plus avancées peuvent également suivre, comme nous reconnaissons que des améliorations peuvent être apportées.
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Fuentes, Alfaro Patricia Marlene, and Yarleque Marcos Junior Montesinos. "Propuesta smart city: para la seguridad ciudadana – cámaras inteligentes." Master's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/622746.
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El desarrollo del plan de negocio que se ha realizado nos permite justificar el rumbo del proyecto empresarial que se desea implementar, así como describir las acciones y recursos necesarios para el despliegue. Así pues, tiene como finalidad contribuir con el conocimiento para la trasformación de las ciudades en: ciudades inteligentes (Smartcitys). Un nuevo concepto que se viene escuchando cada vez más en el mundo para mejorar la vida de los ciudadanos y aumentar la eficiencia en los procesos, servicios de la ciudad. Los procesos de urbanización de la población mundial, el crecimiento de la misma son problemas a los cuales nos enfrentaremos; el mundo ha alcanzado un nivel de urbanización sin precedentes y las ciudades se concentra la mayor parte de la población. Con toda seguridad, los responsables del gobierno municipal aprovecharán las oportunidades, modificarán sus estrategias de inversión, que lejos de atraer y mantener mano de obra de forma masiva tratarán de crear sistemas de servicios diseñados para optimizar la ciudad alrededor de ciudadanos. Se creará un entorno que mejore la calidad de vida y el atractivo de las ciudades, pero sobre todo la seguridad ciudadana que hoy se habla constantemente. A continuación, se presentará la estrategia a seguir, así como los objetivos que se han trazado para poder implementar este caso de Negocio. Finalmente, se presentan el análisis financiero que permitirá sustentar la viabilidad del caso.Tesis
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Abuhasirah, Mohammad. "Smart city : a comprehensive digital framework for participatory governance." Thesis, Lille 1, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LIL1I020.
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Cette thèse concerne le développement d'un cadre global pour la gouvernance participative, qui constitue une question importante pour une implication efficace des citoyens et des autres parties prenantes dans le développement urbain. Les villes sont actives dans la mise en œuvre de divers aspects de la gouvernance participative. Cependant, certains chercheurs ont souligné des limites dans les pratiques actuelles et ont exprimé des besoins pour surmonter ces difficultés par l’utilisation de la technologie. Cette recherche contribue à cet objectif à travers le développement d'une méthodologie globale pour la gouvernance participative et son application à la ville de LilleThis thesis concerns the development of a comprehensive framework for the participatory governance, which constitutes an important issue for an effective involvement of citizens and other stakeholders in urban development. This issue meets a large concern around the world. Cities are active in implementing various forms of participatory governance. However, some scholars highlighted a high need for innovation in this area to cope with the limitations of the current practices and to use the digital technology as a driver for Participatory Governance development. This research contributes to this objective through the development of a comprehensive participatory governance methodology and its application to the city of Lille
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Green, Ryan B. "Optically Transparent Antennas and Filters for Smart City Communication." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5763.
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Incremental usage of mobile devices demand a new generation of wireless networks (5G) to provide faster data rates, more reliable coverage, monitor city infrastructure usage, and increase network capacity. The frequencies proposed for the upcoming 5G network would result in shorter broadcast distances and network dead zones, countered by incorporating transparent antennas into glass high rises. Transparent antennas possess, however a major challenge: low gain. This lower gain can be countered by means of employing antennas in an antenna array, boosting the gain and even giving the array the ability to beam form for the upcoming 5G network. The 5G dead zones can be countered with strategically placed transparent reflectors embedded into the glass surfaces of city high-rises.
This dissertation shows there are significant effects due to the transparent antennas’ carrier concentration and film thickness. Changes in film conductivity and thicknesses results in shifts for filter and antenna resonances. A 4x1 GZO antenna array was constructed to operate at 5.8 GHz, and the results show approximately 10dBi of lower aperture gain between a copper version of the array and the GZO version of the array. However, the 4x1 GZO array shows an approximate 12dBi increase in gain over a single GZO antenna element.
The technology developed in this dissertation has a broader impact other than for smart cities and the upcoming 5G network. Transparent antenna arrays offer sight insensitive military communication systems and eye-worn medical and commercial devices to monitor eye health and other various health signs.
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Mosannenzadeh, Farnaz. "Smart Energy City Development in Europe: Towards Successful Implementation." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/11572/368407.
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Smart energy city (SEC) development is a component of the urban development initiative smart city, which has been a popular response to the global energy challenge in Europe during the past two decades. SEC development aims to increase the sustainability of urban energy systems and services. Since 2011, SEC development has been supported by the European Commission as part of the Strategic Energy Technology plan (SET-Plan) and through the European Union Programmes for Research and Technological Development (specifically FP7 and Horizon 2020). This, along with the promising vision of SEC development and considerable financial support by the private sector, has encouraged numerous European cities to initiate SEC projects. Successful implementation of these projects at the urban scale is crucial to achievement of urban energy objectives and sustainability of future urban development.
The here presented thesis aims to support urban decision-makers towards successful implementation of urban scale smart energy city development in Europe. The study includes three stages. The first stage is dedicated to conceptual analysis. Within this stage, I conceptualized smart city through a keyword analysis of existing literature on the concept. Then, within the context of the smart city concept, I defined SEC development through literature review and expert knowledge elicitation. The second stage is dedicated to empirical investigation. Using the definition of SEC development, I distinguished and investigated 43 previously implemented SEC projects to identify common barriers that hinder successful implementation of SEC development. In addition, I proposed a new multi-dimensional methodology that allows a simultaneous prioritization of barriers against their probability, the level of impact, scale, origin, and relationship with other barriers. The third stage of the thesis is dedicated to learning methodologies that allow efficient transfer of knowledge from the past SEC experiences to the new SEC developments. I introduced the application of two learning methodologies that support decision-makers to predict barriers to the implementation of a new SEC project: case-based learning and decision tree learning. The former predicts barriers based on internal similarities between the new SEC project and the past projects. The latter uses the past projects and creates a predictive model for each barrier based on internal and external project characteristics. These models are later used to predict barriers to a new SEC project. Both methodologies were tested in a new SEC project, named SINFONIA. The conceptual analysis revealed that application of information and communication technologies, the collaboration of multiple stakeholders, integration of multiple urban domains, and sustainability evaluation are the constant characteristics (i.e. principles) of smart city and SEC development. It resulted in, to the best of my knowledge, the first multi-dimensional and comprehensive definition of SEC development, revealing its principles, objectives, domains of intervention, stakeholders, time and spatial dimensions. Furthermore, a list of smart energy solutions in each SEC domain of intervention was provided. The empirical investigation of the past SEC projects resulted in the identification of 35 common barriers to the implementation of SEC development, categorized in policy, administrative, legal, financial, market, environmental, technical, social, and information and awareness dimensions. The barrier prioritization showed that barriers related to collaborative planning, external funding of the project, providing skilled personnel, and fragmented ownership should be the key action priorities for SEC project coordinators. Application of case-based learning methodology resulted in identifying five past SEC projects that were the most similar to the SINFONIA project in terms of project internal characteristics. Investigating the barriers to the similar projects revealed that fragmented ownership is the most probable barrier to implementation of SINFONIA project. Application of the decision trees methodology resulted in generation of 20 barrier models, four of which showed a very good performance in prediction of barriers: lack of values and interest in energy optimization measures, time-consuming requirements by European Commission concerning reporting and accountancy, economic crisis, and local unfavorable regulations for innovative technologies. None of these four barriers were predicted to occur in the SINFONIA project. The application of this method in the SINFONIA showed a higher predicting power when a barrier was absent.
The findings of the here presented thesis contribute to successful implementation of SEC development by supporting decision-makers in different phases of SEC projects. The results of the conceptual analysis contribute to a common understanding and foster the dialogue on the concept among various SEC stakeholders, particularly decision-makers and urban planners. The results of the empirical investigation lead to a better comprehension and evaluation of the barriers to the implementation of SEC projects in order to efficiently allocate resources to mitigate barriers. The proposed learning methodologies proved to be promising in helping decision-makers to identify similar projects to a new SEC development and to predict barriers to the implementation of new SEC projects.
The thesis concludes that SEC is an outstanding urban development that can make a valuable contribution to the sustainability of urban energy systems. The specific characteristics of SEC development pose new challenges to the future smart and sustainable urban planning. Nevertheless, SEC development brings about unprecedented opportunities for integration and application of advanced quantitative techniques with current urban planning methods. This allows efficient knowledge transfer in not only intra-urban but also inter-urban levels in order to provide a collaborative, integrated and constructive movement towards successful implementation of SEC projects and sustainability of future urban development.