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SMARTGREENS 2015, VEHITS 2015: Smart Cities, Green Technologies, and Intelligent Transport Systems pp 3–16Cite as

Smart City Concepts: Chances and Risks of Energy Efficient Urban Development

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Abstract

On the background of globalisation and climate change discussions about urban development are increasingly concentrating on economic performance and positioning as well as issues of social polarization and environmental conditions. As such trends are in particular affecting urban development attention is focusing on the question how cities might meet challenges of improved quality of life, energy efficiency and sustainable development, but also of improved urban competitiveness in an interregional and even global context.

Due to these trends and challenges the idea of a Smart City concept emerged and has been widely discussed. However, looking on this discussion (and respective strategic efforts) one can easily detect the different understandings which are more or less directly related to the question ‘How can cities use and implement technical innovations in the urban fabric?’.

Facing these trends this paper will deal with following questions: Which meaning do innovations have in the different Smart City approaches? What are the impacts of different understandings? Why does the place based understanding of Smart City strengthen a sustainable development?.

Dealing with these questions the contribution gives an overview about the understanding of the Smart City idea and the differences existing across specific approaches. Then, chances and risks regarding energy efficient urban developments are worked out. Finally, the contribution will conclude with specific suggestions of a place based understanding of Smart City initiatives from the point of view of strategic planning.

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  2. RWTH Aachen University , Aachen, Germany

    Karl-Heinz Krempels

  3. Siemens Corporate Technology , München, Germany

    Cornel Klein

  4. Maynooth University , Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland

    Brian Donellan

  5. Ford Research and Engineering , Detroit, MI, USA

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Giffinger, R. (2015). Smart City Concepts: Chances and Risks of Energy Efficient Urban Development. In: Helfert, M., Krempels, KH., Klein, C., Donellan, B., Guiskhin, O. (eds) Smart Cities, Green Technologies, and Intelligent Transport Systems. SMARTGREENS VEHITS 2015 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 579. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27753-0_1

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