Smart Cities Data: Framework, Applications, and Challenges

Bilal, Muhammad; Usmani, Raja Sher Afgun; Tayyab, Muhammad; Mahmoud, Abdullahi Akibu; Abdalla, Reem Mohamed; Marjani, Mohsen; Pillai, Thulasyammal Ramiah; Hashem, Ibrahim Abaker Targio

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“…Smart cities' data are classified into various categories: static and dynamic (Honarvar and Sami, 2019; Nikiforova, 2021); public and private, offered voluntarily or collected by infrastructure through monitoring and surveillance (Harris, 2020; Bilal et al. , 2020; Chamoso et al.…”

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“…(Allam and Jones, 2020;Millard, 2020;Scassa, 2021). Data are used in many fields and have major influences on the social and economic life of citizens, organizations and institutions (Bilal et al, 2020;Buchinger et al, 2021). Based on these data, the local governments make decisions on infrastructure investments, the companies expand or limit their activities, and the citizens choose the city where they want to live (Jeong et al, 2020a, b).…”

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“…These complex data sets support the sustainability, resilience and governance in a smart city, and have a significant overall impact on the quality of life of citizens, the intelligent management of natural resources, the quality of current smart services and the development of new ones. Smart cities' data are classified into various categories: static and dynamic (Honarvar and Sami, 2019;Nikiforova, 2021); public and private, offered voluntarily or collected by infrastructure through monitoring and surveillance (Harris, 2020;Bilal et al, 2020;Chamoso et al, 2020;Leprince-Ringuet, 2020;Morishita-Steffen et al, 2021); structured, semi-structured or unstructured (Noussair et al, 2018). Table 1 presents in more detail the classification of smart cities' city data, based on three criteria identified in the literature: stability, providers and heterogeneity.…”

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The role of data platforms in COVID-19 crisis: a smart city perspective

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2022

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PurposeThe Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly affected urban communities, generating the need for an immediate response from local governance. The availability of urban data platforms in some smart cities helped the relevant actors to develop various solutions in an innovative and highly contextual way. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of data platforms in smart cities in the context of the Covid-19 crisis.Design/methodology/approachA total of 85 studies were identified using the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science electronic library. After applying exclusion and inclusion criteria, 61 publications were considered appropriate and reasonable for the research, being read in-depth. Finally, only 52 studies presented relevant information for the topic and were synthesized following the defined research questions. During the research, the authors included in the paper other interesting references found in selected articles and important information regarding the role of data in the fight against Covid-19 in smart cities available on the Internet and social media, with the intention to capture both academic and practical perspectives.FindingsThe authors' main conclusion suggests that based on their previous expertise in collecting, processing and analyzing data from multiple sources, some smart cities quickly adapted their data platforms for an efficient response against Covid-19. The results highlight the importance of open data, data sharing, innovative thinking, the collaboration between public and private stakeholders, and the participation of citizens, especially in these difficult times.Practical implicationsThe city managers and data operators can use the presented case studies and findings to identify relevant data-driven smart solutions in the fight against Covid-19 or another crisis.Social implicationsThe performance of smart cities is a social concern since the population of urban communities is continuously growing. By reviewing the adoption of information technologies-based solutions to improve the quality of citizens' life, the paper emphasizes their potential in societies in which information technology is embedded, especially during a major crisis.Originality/valueThis research re-emphasizes the importance of collecting data in smart cities, the role of the diversity of their sources and the necessity of citizens, companies and government synergetic involvement, especially in a pandemic context. The existence of smart solutions to process and extract information and knowledge from large data sets was essential for many actors involved in smart cities, helping them in the decision-making process. Based on previous expertise, some smart cities quickly adapted their data platforms for an efficient response against Covid-19. The paper analyzes also these success cases that can be considered models to be adopted by other municipalities in similar circumstances.

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