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Gaspare D'Amico1, Pasqua L'Abbate2, Wenjie Liao3
1Department of Economics, University of Messina, Via dei Verdi, 75, 98122 Messina, Italy.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 13, 2020
Summary
Platform urbanism and sensor city approaches enhance urban sustainability and governance. These data-driven strategies engage citizens and optimize city services, creating a blueprint for smarter, more sustainable urban development.
Area of Science:
- Urban Planning and Smart Cities
- Data Science and Urban Governance
- Sustainable Urban Development
Background:
- Data-driven approaches are increasingly vital for sustainable urban development.
- Platform urbanism is a key tool for smart urban governance, enabling "City 4.0."
- Intelligent systems integrate sensors and big data for optimizing urban infrastructure and services.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze best practices in sensor city development.
- To evaluate the impact of data-driven urbanism on city management.
- To identify challenges and opportunities in implementing sensor city technologies.
Main Methods:
- Case study analysis of renowned sensor city projects (Huawei, Cisco, Google, Ericsson, Microsoft, Alibaba).
- Microscopic investigation of implemented sensor city initiatives.
- Qualitative analysis of project outcomes and challenges.
Main Results:
- Sensor city approaches enhance urban smartness and sustainability.
- These approaches effectively engage citizens and companies in urban processes.
- Awareness of local environmental, social, and economic issues is raised.
- A novel city blueprint is provided for urban administrators and planners.
Conclusions:
- Sensor city initiatives offer a promising model for future urban development.
- Challenges include data quality, cybersecurity, infrastructure integration, and policy transformation.
- Successful implementation requires addressing technological and governance hurdles.
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