Building on Smart Cities Skills and Competences : Human factors affecting smart cities development / edited by Panos Fitsilis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fitsilis, Panos, Editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (SpringerNature-11645)

Internet of Things, Technology, Communications and Computing, 2199-1081

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperating objects (Computer systems).

User interfaces (Computer systems).

Human-computer interaction.

Telecommunication.

Application software.

Cyber-Physical Systems.

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Communications Engineering, Networks.

Computer and Information Systems Applications.

Local Subjects:

Cyber-Physical Systems.

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Communications Engineering, Networks.

Computer and Information Systems Applications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 334 pages) : 50 illustrations in color.

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Contained In:

Springer Nature eBook

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book provides insights on skills required to achieve success in smart cities from a variety of industry and human factors perspectives. It emphasizes the balance between learning skills, technical skills, and domain-specific skills in these industries, with special emphasis given to innovative software development models. The authors note that digital transformation requires complementary measures that are not overtly aimed to support infrastructure investment but are instead directed at promoting entrepreneurship, improving digital skills, engaging citizens, applying new transformation strategies, and developing innovative software. All of the above are considered strategically important, especially for medium-sized cities since that enable them to be more competitive in the global economy. Presents insights on needed skills for achieving success in smart cities from a variety of industry perspectives; Focuses on the human factors side of smart cities, which is integral to successful applications; Includes the type of training that is needed to support modern smart ecosystems.

Contents:

Part I. Skills and competences for smart cities' development

Chapter 1. Identifying emerging smart city job roles and skills to build a smart city workforce

Chapter 2. The co-evolution of the digital transition and appropriate skills at city level

Chapter 3. Preparing for Future Competences: trends arising through keyword and review analysis

Chapter 4. Building Smart City Knowledge and Competences Using Problem-Based Learning in a Blended Learning Environment

Part II. Strategy and Projects

Chapter 5. The dynamic formation of a successful smart city roadmap

Chapter 6. Sustainable Digital Transformation of Urban Landscape through Disruptive Technologies and Standards

Chapter 7. Smart cities: Emerging risks and mitigation strategies

Chapter 8. City Resilience and Intelligence - Interrelation and Reciprocity

Chapter 9. Smart city projects evaluation: a bibliometric approach

Chapter 10. Modelling Project Management Complexity in Smart Cities Projects

Part III. Citizen engagement

Chapter 11. Learning to engage citizens to make smarter cities.

Chapter 12. Smart City Ambassadors develop skills and raise awareness in Oman

Chapter 13. At the Root of the Smart Cities: Smart Learning Ecosystems to train Smart Citizens

Chapter 14. Towards e-deliberation 2.0

Chapter 15. No-Code for Smart Cities

Part IV. Smart cities innovative technologies

Chapter 16. A Big Data Analytics Framework for A Smart City: A Case Study

Chapter 17. RES-Q: Towards semantic interoperability for risk and disaster management in smart cities

Chapter 18. Blockchain for Smart Cities: Findings from a Systematic Literature Review

Chapter 19. Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics and Smart Cities.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-97818-1

9783030978181

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.