Smart city Barcelona : the Catalan quest to improve future urban living / Antoni Vives ; translated from the Spanish by David Thomas Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vives, Antoni, 1965- author.

Series:

Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain

The Cañada Blanch/Sussex Academic studies on contemporary Spain

Standardized Title:

Smart. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

City planning--Spain--Barcelona.

City planning.

Urban policy.

Technological innovations.

Spain--Barcelona.

Technological innovations--Spain--Barcelona.

Urban policy--Spain--Barcelona.

Barcelona (Spain)--Economic policy.

Barcelona (Spain).

Barcelona (Spain)--Politics and government--21st century.

Economic policy.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 244 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press, [2018]

Summary:

Barcelona's transformation into the world's leading smart city is explained by one of its chief protagonist. SMART CITY Barcelona provides an essential guide for innovation and leadership for all those who participate in the design of cities in the 21st century. The Barcelona municipality is a driving force in the creation of city employment, well-being and opportunity. What can the world learn from the Barcelona model? What should municipal governments' priorities be when committing to this development model? What are smart cities and what are they not? Why do they generate so much controversy? Based on the author's experience as deputy mayor of urbanism, housing, infrastructures, environment, energy, ICT, and innovation in Barcelona City Council, as well as a consultant and lecturer to cities across the world (Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Doha, Dubai, Oslo, Prague, Moscow and Bogotá, to name few), SMART CITY Barcelona presents twelve theoretical and practical lessons for all citizens, civil servants, politicians, architects, city planners and businessmen who wish to contribute to the design of 21st century cities. The urban development vision to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and internet of things (IoT) technology in way that makes best use of the resources and human assets peculiar to a city has attracted popular attention and social media comment as people view this new vision as the promotion of the artistic, spiritual and political life of the city they live in. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 What I've Learned 5

2 Why Smart 9

3 Barcelona: A Mantra, A Plan 23

4 Opening the City Up for Works 43

5 City-Os, Big Data and High-Resolution Diagnosis 63

6 Innovation, Manufacturing Associations and More Social Big Data 92

7 How To Organise the Smart City? 113

8 Participating, Experimenting, and Superblocks (Or the City is Anything but Simple) 126

9 Transforming for the Next Three Generations, Counting on Early Victories 147

10 Energy Through the Internet 175

11 Smart Up City: Productive, Hyper-Connected, Re-Naturised 187

12 What is Technology? 208.

Notes:

"First published in Spanish: SMART. Las ideas que convirtieron a Barcelona en una ciudad líder en el mundo, by Arpa y Alfil Editores, S.L., 2017"--Title page verso.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781845199180

1845199189

OCLC:

1005201870