| Abstract |
In China, about 800 million inhabitants of cities are increasingly looking for intelligent and resource saving living conditions. In order to fulfil these needs, the Chinese government is promoting the concept of Smart Cities in almost 300 areas in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan. Generally, these concepts share four different layers building up on each other: (a) sensors (camera, RFID, detectors, sensors, smartphones and reception devices); (b) networks (telecommunication, Internet, TV, power grid and private networks); (c) platforms (service support, network management, information processing, information security); and (d) applications (smart agriculture, industrial monitoring, public security, smart governance, smart health care, smart transportation and smart energy). However, the jury is still out on whether China’s ‘digital’ Smart City emphasis is enough to tackle underlying ecological challenges and structural imbalances to realize Smart Urban Development. © 2018 selection and editorial matter, Simon Huston; individual chapters, the contributors. |
