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" Smart cities : "
Cosgrave, Ellie
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Latin Dissertation
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1101166
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TLets682678
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Cosgrave, Ellie
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Smart cities :\ Cosgrave, Ellie
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University of Bristol
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2013
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2013
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Ph.D.
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Responding to modern urban challenges will require a fundamental re-envisioning of urbanengineering, management and leadership. Some technologists now argue that the 'smart city' couldprovide 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 wellas inform longer term planning and policy decisions. They claim that smart grids will enableefficiency within our energy infrastructure and that intelligent transport systems will encouragemulti-modal low carbon urban mobility. They say anywhere access to information throughsmartphones and mobile infrastructure will transform the way people use the city and will supportthe development of new products and services.However, the technological solutions are only one part of the answer and are interwoven within acomplex investment environment. While technology companies are bombarding cities withopportunities to invest in state of the art technology, city councils are left wondering how and whythey should invest. They are left to explore the economic return, the business models, the value thatit brings to citizens and the role that they should play within an ecosystem of delivery partners andstake holders. They are left to decipher funding models, measurement and reporting regimes and theimplications for their organisational structure, operational requirements and responsibilities. On topof this, they must understand how these investments align to existing local and national politicalpriorities 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 environmentalchallenges is not straightforward in practice. But the urgency of the challenge requires cityauthorities to actively increase the pace of innovation. Drawing on the experience of cities in Britainand overseas, this thesis explores the challenges faced by city councils trying to implement smartcity solutions. It devises a 'governance map' to illustrate the governance context within whichinvestment decisions are made, and develops a practical framework to support city councils inaddressing smart city challenges.
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