Smart Cities – Dynamic Sustainability Issues and Challenges for ‘Old World’ Economies: a Case from the United Kingdom

Date
2015-11-02
Authors
Stokes, Peter
Larson, Mitchell
Russell, Natalie
Adderley, S.
Moore, Neil
Matthews, Martin
Smith, Simon
Lichy, Jessica
Scott, Peter
Ward, Tony
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN
2350-367X
Volume Title
Publisher
Slovenian Academy of Management
Peer reviewed
Yes
Abstract
The rapid and dynamic rate of urbanization, particularly in emerging world economies, has resulted in a need to find sustainable ways of dealing with the excessive strains and pressures that come to bear on existing infrastructures and relationships. Increasingly during the twenty-first century policy makers have turned to technological solutions to deal with this challenge and the dynamics inherent within it. This move towards the utilization of technology to underpin infrastructure has led to the emergence of the term ‘Smart City’. Smart cities incorporate technology based solutions in their planning development and operation. This paper explores the organizational issues and challenges facing a post-industrial agglomeration in the North West of England as it attempted to become a ‘Smart City’. In particular the paper identifies and discusses the factors that posed significant challenges for the dynamic relationships residents, policymakers and public and private sector organizations and as a result aims to use these micro-level issues to inform the macro-debate and context of wider Smart City discussions. In order to achieve this, the paper develops a range of recommendations that are designed to inform Smart City design, planning and implementation strategies.
Description
Keywords
Smart cities, urbanization, technology, innovation and transition
Citation
Stokes, P., Larson, M., Russell, N., Adderley, S., Moore, N., Mathews, M., Smith, S., Lichy, J., Scott, P., Ward, T., and Brindley, C. (2015) Smart Cities – Dynamic Sustainability Issues and Challenges for ‘Old World’ Economies: a Case from the United Kingdom. Dynamic Relationships Management Journal, 4 (2), pp. 3-22
Research Institute
Centre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEI)