Analysing the city through data retrieved from Location Based Social Networks (LBSNs) has
received considerable attention as a promising method for applied research. However, the …

The growing concept of Industry 5.0 (IR 5.0) has enhanced the study horizon of the
technology-centered Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0) to an intelligent and balanced socioeconomic …

This paper examines the neoliberal ideals that underpin participation and citizenship in the
smart city and their replication mechanisms at the European level, particularly focusing on …

Reacting to critiques that the smart city is overly technocratic and instrumental, companies
and cities have reframed their initiatives as 'citizen-centric'. However, what 'citizen …

While scholars critique the first-generation of the corporate smart city for failing to tackle
people-oriented agendas and authentically respond to the needs of residents, many point to …

Driven by the profit motive of global high-technology companies, in collusion with the trend
towards city governance being wedded to a competitive form of 'urban entrepreneurialism' …

This chapter provides an introduction to the smart city and engages with its idea and ideals
from a critical social science perspective. After setting out in brief the emergence of smart …

Accounts by geographers of the ways in which urban spaces are digitally mediated have
proliferated in the last few years. This significant body of work pays particular attention to the …

Citizen sensing is an approach that develops and uses lightweight technologies with local
communities to collect, share and act upon data. In doing so it enables them to become …

The outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought great challenges
to the improvement of global smart city services. To date, few studies have been conducted …