The Lisbon ranking for smart sustainable cities in Europe

Akande, Adeoluwa; Cabral, Pedro; Gomes, Paulo J.; Casteleyn, Sven

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2018.10.009

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“…In ranking 28 European capital cities based on how smart and sustainable they are using hierarchical clustering and principal component analysis (PCA), Akande, Gomes and Cabral (2018) [77] found that Stockholm is the leading Nordic capital city in this regard. The City of Stockholm (2017) [61] sets the following targets:…”

Section: Environmentally Smart Sustainable Solutionsmentioning

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Smart Eco-City Strategies and Solutions for Sustainability: The Cases of Royal Seaport, Stockholm, and Western Harbor, Malmö, Sweden

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Krogstie

2020

Urban Science

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Sustainable urbanism is seen today as one of the keys towards unlocking the quest for a sustainable society. As a central paradigm of sustainable urbanism, the eco-city is promoted by global and local policies as one of the preferred responses to the challenges of sustainable development. It is argued that eco-city strategies are expected to deliver positive outcomes in terms of providing healthy and livable human environments in conjunction with minimal demand on resources and thus minimal environmental impacts. As such, it is pertinent to examine how the eco-city model and especially its three sustainability dimensions is practiced and justified in urban planning and development at the local level. This is motivated by the increased interest in developing sustainable urban districts. In this light, this study seeks to answer the following two questions: What are the key strategies of the eco-city district model, and in what ways do they mutually complement one another in terms of producing the expected tripartite value of sustainability? To what extent does the eco-city district model support and contribute to the environmental, economic, and social goals of sustainability? To illuminate the phenomenon of the eco-city district accordingly, a descriptive case study is adopted as a qualitative research methodology, where the empirical basis is mainly formed by urban planning and development documents in two eco-city districts-Royal Seaport, Stockholm, and Western Harbor, Malmö, Sweden-in combination with qualitative interview data, secondary data, and scientific literature. This study shows that the eco-city district models of SRS and Western Harbor involve mainly design and technology, supported with behavioral change, as key strategies and solutions for achieving urban sustainability. Design encompasses greening, passive solar houses, sustainable transportation, mixed land use, and diversity. And technology comprises green technologies, energy efficiency technologies, and waste management systems. Design contributes to the three goals of sustainability, and technology contributes mostly to the environmental and economic goals of sustainability. Behavioral change is associated with sustainable travel, waste separation, and energy consumption. Moreover, at the core of the eco-city district model is the clear synergy between the underlying strategies in terms of their cooperation to produce combined effects greater than the sum of their separate effects with respect to the benefits of sustainability. Further, this study demonstrates that while the environmental, economic, and social goals of sustainability are represented in eco-city district strategies on a discursive level, institutionalized planning practices show that the environmental goals remain at the core of planning, while the economic and social goals still play second fiddle. Nevertheless, new measures have recently been implemented in Western Harbor that are expected to strengthen their influence over urban development practices, whereas the Royal Sea...

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Section: Environmentally Smart Sustainable Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Eco-City Strategies and Solutions for Sustainability: The Cases of Royal Seaport, Stockholm, and Western Harbor, Malmö, Sweden

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Krogstie

2020

Urban Science

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“…To date, multiple case studies with the over-arching aim of developing theoretical frameworks that are centred on smart city governance have been written and published, especially among the developed economies. These empirical studies range from those discussing the implementation experiences, policy mechanisms, and transformation processes of smart cities [2,10,17,18] to those highlighting the drivers behind and barriers to smart cities [10], via those proposing new metrics for performance assessment, sustainability assessment, and benchmarking for smart cities [19,20]. There is also a growing concern with the ability of smart city development to safeguard environmental sustainability [2,7,12,18,20].…”

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Smart City Governance in Developing Countries: A Systematic Literature Review

2020

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Smart cities that make broad use of digital technologies have been touted as possible solutions for the population pressures faced by many cities in developing countries and may help meet the rising demand for services and infrastructure. Nevertheless, the high financial cost involved in infrastructure maintenance, the substantial size of the informal economies, and various governance challenges are curtailing government idealism regarding smart cities. This review examines the state of smart city development in developing countries, which includes understanding the conceptualisations, motivations, and unique drivers behind (and barriers to) smarty city development. A total of 56 studies were identified from a systematic literature review from an initial pool of 3928 social sciences literature identified from two academic databases. Data were analysed using thematic synthesis and thematic analysis. The review found that technologyenabled smart cities in developing countries can only be realised when concurrent socioeconomic, human, legal, and regulatory reforms are instituted. Governments need to step up their efforts to fulfil the basic infrastructure needs of citizens, raise more revenue, construct clear regulatory frameworks to mitigate the technological risks involved, develop human capital, ensure digital inclusivity, and promote environmental sustainability. A supportive ecosystem that encourages citizen participation, nurtures start-ups, and promotes public-private partnerships needs to be created to realise their smart city vision.

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“…Lastly, we conducted a cluster analysis to check the possible aggrupation of EU member states in relationship to all the social factors analysed here and testing H12. This is the best method of grouping countries on the basis of a common issue, as it is done here [52,53].…”

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Social Effects of Economic Crisis: Risk of Exclusion. An Overview of the European Context

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Sustainability is a complex concept. It only can be achieved from a global perspective, where social, economic and environmental issues are all key factors for achieving the goal. This paper is focused on the importance of social sustainability and, as a consequence, the importance of avoiding each and everyone's risk of poverty and exclusion as due to the recent crisis effects. Nevertheless, this crisis resulted in higher inequalities and put a lot of people at risk of poverty, even in "developed" countries. Through a statistical and econometric analysis, some of the key factors to which the European Union should aim to avoid unsustainable scenarios are analysed. A regression, factorial and cluster analysis is carried out and this leads to conclude that the labour market is key in promoting economic policies in order to achieve social sustainability.

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The Lisbon ranking for smart sustainable cities in Europe

Cited by 243 publications

References 60 publications

Smart Eco-City Strategies and Solutions for Sustainability: The Cases of Royal Seaport, Stockholm, and Western Harbor, Malmö, Sweden

Smart Eco-City Strategies and Solutions for Sustainability: The Cases of Royal Seaport, Stockholm, and Western Harbor, Malmö, Sweden

Smart City Governance in Developing Countries: A Systematic Literature Review

Social Effects of Economic Crisis: Risk of Exclusion. An Overview of the European Context

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