Smart Cities The Internet of Things, People and Systems
This book presents a coherent, novel vision of Smart Cities, built around a value-driven architecture. It describes the limitations of the contemporary notion of the Smart City and argues that the next developmental step must actively include not only the
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art Cities The Internet of Things, People and Systems
Smart Cities
Schahram Dustdar · Stefan Nastić Ognjen Šćekić
Smart Cities The Internet of Things, People and Systems
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Schahram Dustdar TU Wien Vienna, Austria
Ognjen Šćekić TU Wien Vienna, Austria
Stefan Nastić TU Wien Vienna, Austria
ISBN 978-3-319-60029-1 ISBN 978-3-319-60030-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-60030-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017941478 © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
“The best way to plan for downtown is to see how people use it today; to look for its strengths and to exploit and reinforce them. There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.” — Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, 1961
Preface
The contemporary view of the Smart City is very much static and infrastructurecentric, focusing on installation and subsequent management of Edge devices and analytics of data provided by these devices. While this still allows a more efficient management of the city’s infrastructure, optimizations and savings in different domains, the existing architectures are currently designed as single-purpose, vertically siloed solutions. This hinders active involvement of a variety of stakeholders (e.g., citizens and businesses) who naturally form part of the city’s ecosystem and have an inherent interest in jointly coordinating and influencing city-level activities. The book presents a coherent, novel vision of Smart Cities, built around a valuedriven architecture. It describes the limitations of the conte
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