Urenio Watch Watch: Publications on Intelligent Cities / Smart Cities

Smart sustainable cities of the future

This article, by Simon Elias Bibri and John Krogstie, entitled “Smart sustainable cities of the future: An extensive interdisciplinary literature review” provides an overview of existing approaches from various scientific fields related to smart and sustainable cities. It is published in the journal Sustainable Cities and Society by Elsevier. Continue reading

Open Data Barometer: Global Report

The findings from the fourth edition of the Open Data Barometer show that while some governments are advancing towards these aims, open data remains the exception, not the rule. Why does this matter? Everyone should be able to access and use open data on an open web to allow them to participate fully in civic life. Without good data, it is impossible to hold governments to account for the decisions that they make, the policies they pass, and the money they budget and spend. Continue reading

Paper: Big data analytics for mitigating carbon emissions in smart cities

This paper “Big data analytics for mitigating carbon emissions in smart cities: opportunities and challenges”, written by Sarah Giest, tries to identify opportunities and challenges around big data use in the context of smart cities, and more specifically, for mitigating carbon emissions. The paper has an open access license.

 

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Books, special issues of academic journals, articles, and conference pp presentations, all dealing with concepts, theories, strategies, and applications of intelligent cities and smart cities.

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BOOKS
Komninos N. (2008) Intelligent Cities and Globalisation of Innovation Networks, London and New York, Routledge.
Link: Routledge

Komninos N. (2002) Intelligent Cities: Innovation, knowledge systems and digital spaces, London and New York, Taylor and Francis, Spon Press.
Link: Taylor and Francis

Tsarchopoulos, P. (2013) Intelligent cities: Technologies, architectures, and governance of the digital space, PhD Dissertation, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dept of Urban and Regional Development and Planning.
Download: Full Text (Greek Language), Abstract (English Language)

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JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES

Schaffers, H., Komninos N., Ratti C. (eds) (2012) “Smart Applications for Smart Cities’, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Vol. 2012, Νο 3.
Link:  JTAER

Komninos, N. and Schaffers, H. (eds) (2012) “Smart Cities and the Future Internet in Europe”, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Vol.3, No 3.
Link: JKEC, Springer

Komninos, N. (ed.) (2009) “Intelligent Clusters, Communities and Cities: Enhancing innovation with virtual environments and embedded systems”, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol.1, No4.
Link: IJIRD, Inderscience

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ARTCLES
Komninos, N., Kakderi, C., and Tsarchopoulos, P. (2014) “New services design for smart cities: a planning roadmap for user-driven innovation”, Proceedings of 2014 ACM Conference, International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies for Smart Cities (WiMobCity), pp. 29-39. (PDF)

Angelidou, M. (2014). Smart city policies: A spatial approach. Cities, 41, S3-S11. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.06.007. Free access link (valid until 16 October 2014)

Tsamboulatidis, I. et al. (2013) ImproveMyCity – An open source platform for direct citizen-government communication, Conference proceedings.  2013-Improve-my-City-ATS

Komninos, N. (2013) Smart Cities and the Future Internet: Innovation ecosystems of embedded spatial intelligence, ICEIRD 2013 Conference Proceedings. 2013-ICEIRD-Smart Cities and the Future Internet

Komninos, N., Schaffers, H., and Pallot, M., (2013) Open Innovation and Smart Cities. Open Innovation Yearbook 2013, EU Publications, irectorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, pp. 34-42.Open Innovation Yearbook 2013

Angelidou, M., Gountaras, N., ansd Tarani, P. (2012) Engaging digital services for the creation of urban knowledge ecosystems: the case of Thermi, Greece, Int. J. of Knowledge-Based Development, Vol.3, No.4, pp.331 – 350. Link  IJKBD.

Schaffers, H., Komninos, N., Pallot, M. (eds) (2012) “Smart Cities as Innovation Ecosystems Sustained by the Future Internet’, FIREBALL White Paper. Online FIREBALL-White-Paper.

Komninos, N., and Tsarchopoulos, P. (2012) “Towards Intelligent Thessaloniki: from an agglomeration of apps to smart districts”, Journal of Knowledge Economy, Springer Online First.

Komninos, N., Pallot, M.,   and Schaffers, H. (2012) “Special Issue on Smart Cities and the Future Internet in Europe”, Journal of Knowledge Economy, Springer Online First.

Pallot, M., Trousse, B., Senach, B., Shaffers, H. and Komninos, N. (2011)’ Future Internet and Living Lab Research Domain Landscapes: Filling the Gap between Technology Push and Application Pull in the Context of Smart Cities’ eChallenges e-2011 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation. Link: e-Challenges 2011
Download: eChallenges-2011-Future Internet and Living Labs

Komninos, N., Shaffers, H. and Pallot, M. (2011)”Developing a Policy Roadmap for Smart Cities and the Future Internet”  eChallenges e-2011 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation. Link: e-Challenges 2011
Download: eChallenges-2011-A Policy Roadmap for Smart Cities

Komninos, N. (2011) “Intelligent Cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence”, Journal of Intelligent Buildings International,  Vol. 3, pp. 1’“17. Link: JIBI

Schaffers, H., Komninos, N., Pallot, M., Trousse, B., Nilsson M., and Oliveira, A. (2011)” Smart Cities and the Future Internet: Towards Cooperation Frameworks for Open Innovation”, The Future Internet, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6656, pp. 431-446.  Download paper from here.

Κομνηνός Ν. (2011) ‘˜Î•Ï…φυείς πόλεις – ευφυείς συνοικίες: Ένα νέο παράδειγμα σχεδιασμού των πόλεων βασισμένο στην καινοτομία και ευρυζωνικότητα’ ,  Î¤Î¹Î¼Î·Ï„ικός Τόμος Α.Φ. Λαγόπουλου, Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων ΑΠΘ.  Download:  Eyfyeis Poleis – Eyfyeis Synoikies

Intzesiloglou,G., Kakderi, C., Komninos, N., and Zaharis, N. (2011) “Identifying Successful Knowledge Exchange Practices between Academia & Industry in University-city Regions” Proceedings of International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development, ICEIRD 2011: Download:  Knowledge Exchange in University City-Regions-ICEIRD-2011

Komninos Nicos, Miariti Christina, Milossis Dimitris, Tsarchopoulos Panagiotis, Zaharis Nikos (2010) “Valorisation of Academic R&D: The INTERVALUE Platform’, Proceedings of International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development ICEIRD 2010. Download paper: INTERVALUE for ICEIRD

Komninos, Nicos and Sefertzi, Elena (2009) “Intelligent Cities: R&D offshoring, web 2.0 product development and globalization of innovation systems’ Paper presented at the Second Knowledge Cities Summit, Shenzhen, China, 5-7 November 2009. Download paper: Intelligent Cities-Shenzhen 2009-Komninos-Sefertzi. Download pp presentation: Intelligent Cities-Shenzhen 2009-Komninos-Sefertzi

Komninos, N. (2009) “Intelligent cities: Towards interactive and global innovation environments”, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol. 1, No.4 pp. 337 – 355.
Link: IJIRD

Κομνηνός, Ν., Πάσσας, Î ., και Τσαρχόπουλος, Π. (2008) “Στρατηγική οικονομική ευφυΐα: Το Internet στην υπηρεσία της καινοτομίας”, Η Πληροφορική στη Βόρειο Ελλάδα. Download: stratigiki eyfyia-internet kai kainotomia

Komninos, N., Passas, I., Tarani, P., and Tsarchopoulos P. (2007) “Four platforms for intelligent cities”, IE07 Conference Proceedings, 486-494.
Link: IEEE

Komninos, N. (2007) “Cidades Inteligentes”, Interface Administracao Publica Local e Regional, Anuario 2007, 5-9.
Download: cidades-inteligentes

Κομνηνός, Ν. (2006) “Έξυπνες πόλεις: Συστήματα καινοτομίας και τεχνολογίες πληροφορίας στην ανάπτυξη των πόλεων”, Περιοδικό Αρχιτέκτονες, No 60, 72-75.
Download: exypnes-poleis

Κομνηνός, Ν., Πάσσας, Î ., και Τσαρχόπουλος, Π. (2006) “Ευφυείς πόλεις”, Η Πληροφορική στη Βόρειο Ελλάδα, No 2, 13-14.
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Komninos N., (2006) “Intelligent by Design: Technology and intelligent cities in Saudi Arabia”, Think: Global Issues in Perspective, Νο 9, 6-13.
Download: technology-and-intel-cities-in-Saudi-Arabia

Komninos, N., Sefertzi, E., and Tsarchopoulos P. (2006) “Virtual innovation environment for the exploitation of R&D”, Intelligent Environments 06, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 2, pp. 95-104. (Download:virtual-innovation-environment-for-the-exploitation-of-rd-ie06)
Link: IEEE

Komninos, N. (2006) “The Architecture of Intelligent Cities”, Intelligent Environments 06, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 1, pp. 13-20. (Download: The Architecture of Intelligent Cities)
Link: IEEE

Bourgogne P., Guth, M., Pelayo, E., Halvorsen, K., Komninos, N. Oswaldo, A. (2006) Strategic Intelligence and Innovative Clusters, Regional Council of Lorraine, Interreg IIIC, 1-58.
Download: English:  STRATINC-strategic-intelligence – German: STRATINC-strategische-intelligenz– Spanish: STRATINC-inteligencia-estrategica–  French version: STRATINC-intelligence-strategique

Komninos, N. (2006) “Intelligent Cities”, The Encyclopedia of Digital Government, Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia (eds), London, Idea Group Reference, 1100-1104.
Link: EDG

Komninos, N. (2006) “Virtual Innovation Environment”, The Encyclopedia of Digital Government, Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia (eds), London, Idea Group Reference, 1601-1605.
Link: EDG

Komninos, N. (2004) “Regional Intelligence: Distributed localized information systems for innovation and development”, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol.28, No 3-4-5-6, 483-506.
Link: IJTM

Κομνηνός, Ν. (2004) “Περιφέρειες αριστείας στην Ευρώπη: το νέο πρότυπο περιφερειακής ιεραρχίας και ανάπτυξης”, Ζητήματα Χωρικής Ανάπτυξης, επιμ. Γ. Καυκαλάς, Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Κριτική, 73-105.
Download: perifereies-aristeias-stin-eyropi

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Green Growth: From LEED-ND to Smart Environments for Resource Saving”, S3 Platform, 11th Peer Review Workshop, Crete, September 2013
Download: 2013-09-Green Growth – From LEED to Smart Environments

“Ευφυής Θεσσαλονίκη” Conference of Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, ‘Sustainable Cities’,  Thessaloniki, 7 December 2012.
Download:  Î•Ï…φυής Θεσσαλονίκη-Συμπόσιο ΣΕΒ για Βιώσιμες Πόλεις

“Smart Cities: Towards Distributed Embedded Sensors, Open Source and Cloud-based Solutions”, IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, 5-7 November 2012, Nice France.
Download: Smart Cities. Towards distributed embedded sensors, OS and Cloud

“Smart Cities and the Future Internet: Innovation for All within Smart Environments”, 11th Students Spring Symposium, Thessaloniki, 18 May 2012.
Download: Smart Cities and Future Internet-Innovation for All

“A Planning roadmap for intelligent cities: case study on revitalizing a commercial district”, RSA European Conference 2012, 13th – 16th May 2012, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Download: RSA_Delft_A planning roadmap for intelligent cities

“Planning for Intelligent Cities: The integration problem”, eChallenges 2011 Conference, Florence, 26-28 October 2011.
Download: Planning for Intelligent Cities-eChallenges 2011

“Living Labs – Intelligent Cities – Smart Regions: Innovation beyond the Institutional Paradigm”, MEDLAB Final Conference, Thessaloniki, 3 and 4 October 2011.
Donwload:  LL-Intel Cities-Smart Regions. Innovation beyond the Institutional Paradigm

“What Makes Cities Smart”, Creating Smarter Cities 2011 Conference, Edinburgh Napier University,  Edinburgh, 30 June and 1 July 2011.
Download:  What makes cities smart-Edinburgh 30062011

“MedLab: Mediterranean Living Lab for Territorial Innovation”, CENTRAL LAB kick-off meeting, Ptuj, Slovenia 30 May 2011.
Download:  MEDLAB-Ptuj Slovenia

“Intelligent Cities and the PEOPLE Project”, MEDLAB workshop on Living Labs and the Future Internet: Towards smart cities and regions, Larnaca, 18 October 2010.
Download: Intelligent Cities and the PEOPLE Project

“Ηλεκτρονική-ευφυής  Ï€ÏŒÎ»Î· του μέλλοντος”  CYTA Conference – World Telecommunication Day  2010, Nicosia Cyprus, 20 May 2010.
Download: Electronic-Intelligent City-CYTA-2010

“Ευφυείς πόλεις: Χωρικοί μετασχηματισμοί των συστημάτων καινοτομίας”, Department of Regional Planning and Development Engineers, Veroia, 13 January 2010.
Download: Intel Cities-Spatial transformation of innovation systems-Veroia

“Ευφυείς Πόλεις: Στρατηγικές για παγκόσμια και διαδραστικά συστήματα καινοτομίας”, 2ο Congress of the Department of City and Regional Planning and Development, Volos, 24-27 September 2009.
Download: Intel Cities-2nd Congress CRP-Volos-250909

“Thessaloniki Living Lab: Designing and Testing Applications for Intelligent Cities” MEDLAB kick-off meeting, Thessaloniki, 27-28 April 2009.
Download: ll-thessaloniki-designs-for-intelligent-cities

“Globalisation of Innovation and policy measures for open systems of innovation’, IRE  Workshop, Madrid, 16-18 April 2008.

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“Intelligent Cities: Building 3rd Generation Systems of Innovation’, MSc Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, City ‘“ Affiliated Institution of the University of Sheffield, 13 January 2008.
Download: intel-cities-overview

“Ευφυείς πόλεις: Ένα νέο παράδειγμα ανάπτυξης και σχεδιασμού των πόλεων”, Postgraduate seminar URENIO, 9 November 2007.
Download: eyfyeis-poleis-ena-neo-paradigma

“Four platforms for intelligent cities” 3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’ 07), Ulm, 24-25 September, 2007.
Download: four-platforms-for-intelligent-cities-ie07

“Innovative Clusters and Strategic Intelligence’, STRATINC Final Conference, Brussels, 7 September 2006.
Download: clusters-and-intelligence-stratinc-conf

“Collaborative innovation and inter-regional networks’, EU Conference on Regions for Economic Change ‘“ Innovating through EU Regional Policy, Brussels, 12 – 13 June 2006.
Download: confe-proceeding-regions-econ-change

“The Architecture of intelligent cities” 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE’ 06), Athens, 5-6 July 2006.
Download: architecture-of-intel-cities-ie06

“META-FORESIGHT: Software Platform and Tools’, Metaforesight Conference on Integrating Intelligence, Caceres, Spain, 6 – 7 October 2005.
Download: metaforesight-caceres-conf

“META-FORESIGHT: Integrating Regional Intelligence’, 4th IRE Plenary Conference,   Ljubljana, 7-8 June 2005.
Download: metaforesight-ire-conf-ljubljana

“Περιοχικά Συστήματα Καινοτομίας: Από τα Clusters στις Ευφυείς Περιφέρειες’ International Conference on Good Practices of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Thessaloniki, 10-11 December 2004.
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