The City as a Place of Opportunity
What do people expect when they move to a city? As diverse as their motives may be, they always have one element in common: access. Access to jobs, a livelihood, and perhaps even affluence,—market access; access to the necessities of life, such as water,
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Chirine Etezadzadeh
Smart City – Future City? Smart City 2.0 as a Livable City and Future Market
Dr. Chirine Etezadzadeh Ludwigsburg Germany
ISSN 2197-6708 ISSN 2197-6716 (electronic) essentials ISBN 978-3-658-11016-1 ISBN 978-3-658-11017-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-11017-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015949088 Springer Vieweg © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2016 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. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
What you Can Find in this Essential
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a holistic view of cities as urban systems representing a complex organism a description of social developments in cities based on global mega trends a discussion on the topic of digitalization including a future outlook a deeper understanding of the concept of a smart city a broader definition of sustainability and an urban design approach including ideas and implications for product development
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Definition of “City”
“A city as opposed to the country or rural areas is a larger, densely populated settlement that has specific functions in terms of the geographical division of labor and political power, depending on the social organization and types of production. In the Federal Republic of Germany, for instance, an urban settlement is defined as a chartered municipality with a population of 2000 or more according to official statistics (a rural town has a population of 2000–5000, a provincial town a population of 5000–20,000, a medium-sized town a population of 20,000–100,000, and a large town/city a population of more than 100,000).”[Author’s transl.] Source: Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon (n.d.). keyword: city. http://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/Archiv/9180/stadt-v9.html. Retrieved on 01/01/2015.
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Preface
Whenever the topic of smart cities arises, the discussion quickly turns to images of otherworldly engineering ingenuity or visions of IT-based omnipotence. This
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