Category: Research summary
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005R_Smart cities, big data and urban policy: Towards urban analytics for the long run

Listen to the episode: Summary of the article titled Smart cities, big data and urban policy: Towards urban analytics for the long run from 2021 by Jens Kandt and Michael Batty. Since smart cities are often associated with technology and big data, I thought it would be beneficial to look at one of the freshest…
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005Rtranscript_Smart cities, big data and urban policy: Towards urban analytics for the long run

Listen to the episode: Welcome to today’s What is The Future For Cities podcast and its Research episode; my name is Fanni, and today I will introduce a research article by summarising it. The episode really is just a short summary of the original article, and, in case it is interesting enough, I would encourage…
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004R_Will the real smart city please stand up? Intelligent, progressive or entrepreneurial?

Listen to the episode: Summary of the article titled Will the real smart city please stand up? Intelligent, progressive or entrepreneurial? from 2008 by Robert G. Hollands. This article is one of the most mentioned in the literature giving a critical opinion about smart cities. Since smart city is accepted as a special future for…
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004Rtranscipt_Will the real smart city please stand up? Intelligent, progressive or entrepreneurial?

Listen to the episode: Welcome to today’s What is the future for cities podcast and its Research episode; my name is Fanni, and today, I will introduce a research article by summarising it. The episode really is just a short summary of the original article, and in case it is interesting enough, I would encourage…
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002R_Intelligent cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence

Listen to the episode: Summary of the article title Intelligent cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence from 2011 by Nicos Komninos. This article is often referenced as a basic piece in the research about the future of cities and it is one of the early articles highlighting the importance of community intelligence. Plus, Nicos Komninos…
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002Rtranscript_Intelligent cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence

Listen to the episode: Welcome to today’s What is the future for cities podcast and its Research episode, my name is Fanni, and today, I will introduce a research by summarizing it. The episode really is just a short summary of the original article, and in case it is interesting enough, I would encourage everyone…
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001Rtranscript_Smart cities – Ranking of European medium-sized cities

Listen to the episode: Welcome to What is the future for cities podcast and its first Research episode, my name is Fanni, and today, I will introduce a research by summarizing it. The first research episode is working with a 2007 research about smart cities, because this seems to be a grounding element of many…
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001R_Smart cities – Ranking of European medium-sized cities

Listen to the episode: Summary of the report titled Smart cities – Ranking of European medium-sized cities from 2007 by Rudolf Giffinger, Christian Fertner, Hans Kramar, Robert Kalasek, Nataša Pichler-Milanović, and Evert Meijers. This report is the basis of many smart city initiatives; however, the report itself and what it contains is rarely mentioned. Therefore,…
