Understanding Smart Cities: A Tool for Smart Government or an Industrial Trick?

Description: Understanding Smart Cities: A Tool for Smart Government or an Industrial Trick? by Leonidas G. Anthopoulos This book investigates the role of smart cities in the broader context of urban innovation and e-government, identifies what a smart city is in practice and highlights their importance to the welfare of society. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book investigates the role of smart cities in the broader context of urban innovation and e-government, identifies what a smart city is in practice and highlights their importance to the welfare of society. The book offers specific, measurable, and action-oriented public sector planning and management principles and ideas for smart governance in the era of global urbanization and innovation to help with the challenges in maintaining the democratic system of checks and balances as well as the division of powers in a highly interconnected world. The book will be of interest researchers, practitioners, students, and public sector IT professionals that work within innovation management, public administration, urban technologies and urban innovation, and public local administration studies. Back Cover This book investigates the role of smart cities in the broader context of urban innovation and e-government, identifies what a smart city is in practice and highlights their importance to the welfare of society. The book offers specific, measurable, and action-oriented public sector planning and management principles and ideas for smart governance in the era of global urbanization and innovation to help with the challenges in maintaining the democratic system of checks and balances as well as the division of powers in a highly interconnected world. The book will be of interest researchers, practitioners, students, and public sector IT professionals that work within innovation management, public administration, urban technologies and urban innovation, and public local administration studies. Author Biography Dr. Leonidas Anthopoulos is an Associate Professor at the Business School of the TEI of Thessaly. Dr. Anthopoulos has IT research, planning and Management experience with the development and deployment of complex IT projects. At his previous job positions, as an Expert Counselor at the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs in e-Government and e-Diplomacy areas, as an IT researcher and manager at the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), Municipality of Trikala (Greece), Administration of Secondary Education of Trikala (Greece) and Information Society S.A. (Greece), he was responsible for planning and managing the development of multiple IT projects for the Greek Government and for various Public Organizations. Among them it worth mentioning the Smart City of Trikala (e-Trikala), the SYZEFXIS and Police-online projects, the central portal for the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs etc. He is a member of various committees, worth mentioning the ITUSmart City Focus Group, Associate Editor of the IJPADA journal (IGI-GROUP) and editor of book collections. He is the author of several articles published on prestigious scientific journals, book collections and international conferences. His research interests concern, among others, smart city, e-Government, Enterprise Architecture, Strategic Management, etc. Table of Contents Prologue.- The rise of the Smart City.- Smart City in Practice.- The smart city market.- Governing a smart city.- Smart Government.- Epilogue.- Acknowledgements.- Index Feature Analyzes the role of local government in the development of a smart city and what that means in practice Investigates the smart city market structure and how its development effects government and industry Provides principles for smart public sector planning and governance within the context or urban innovation and smart cities Details ISBN3319570145 Author Leonidas G. Anthopoulos Language English Year 2017 ISBN-10 3319570145 ISBN-13 9783319570143 Format Hardcover Pages 293 Media Book Publication Date 2017-04-25 Edition 1st Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Illustrations 101 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 293 p. 102 illus., 101 illus. in color. Short Title Understanding Smart Cities Subtitle A Tool for Smart Government or an Industrial Trick? Series Number 22 Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2017 Series Public Administration and Information Technology Alternative 9783319860572 DEWEY 352.3802854678 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131028074;

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