THE FIRST TWO DECADES OF SMART CITY RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Published in March 23, 2017
The Journal of Urban Technology has just published the latest article on smart cities I have developed with Mark Deakin. This publication reports on the first two decades of research on smart cities by conducting a... continue
SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT PATHS: INSIGHTS FROM THE FIRST TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH
Published in March 8, 2017
More than twenty years have now passed since the concept of smart city first appeared in a scholarly publication, marking the beginning of a new era in urban innovation. Since then, the literature discussing this new concept and... continue
JOIN THE ONLINE S3 PROJECT'S COMMUNITY: WORKSHOP IN EDINBURGH
Published in January 25, 2017
After lots of efforts, we are finally ready! Tomorrow, 26th January 2017, the ONLINE-S3 Project Team will be running a users' workshop on how to approach the development of Smart Specialisation Strategies. In... continue
HOW TO BUILD A SMART CITY: NEW BOOK AVAILABLE
Published in December 16, 2016
Some months ago, Forum PA has expressed its desire to produce a publication to support the smart city debate within the Italian context. The result is my second book of the year, which has just been published, but this... continue
BUILDING THE SMART CITY: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Published in November 26, 2016
After one year of hard work and dedication, my first Italian book on smart cities is finally in press: "Progettare la Smart City: dalla ricerca teorica alla dimensione pratica". The book is published by Maggioli Editore, in a series... continue
SUCCESSFUL SMART CITY STORIES: LEARNING FROM AMSTERDAM
Published in November 11, 2016
During the international conference Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions that took place in Bolzano in November 2015 I presented the results of a study aiming at mapping the main activities... continue
SUCCESSFUL SMART CITY STORIES: THE CASE OF BARCELONA
Published in June 9, 2016
Few months ago, during the 1st International City Regeneration Congress (Re-City 2015), I had the pleasure to present a paper dealing with the Smart City strategy developed by the municipal administration of Barcelona... continue
URBAN REGENERATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA: HOW TO DEVELOP SMART CITY STRATEGIES IN LARGE EUROPEAN CITIES
Published in November 16, 2015
My latest publication on the development process of smart city strategies is now available on TECHNE: Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment. The exploratory study documented in this open access... continue
HOW TO BUILD A SMART CITY: LEARNING FROM AMSTERDAM
Published on October 29, 2015
During recent years, transforming ordinary urban environments in smart cities has become a strategic priority for a growing number of local governments. An ambitious aim that they are trying to achieve by launching... continue
TALKING ABOUT BARCELONA IN TAMPERE: A SUCCESSFUL SMART CITY STORY
Published in September 7, 2015
As promised, the presentation that I showed in Tampere during the 1st International City Regeneration Congress (Re-City 2015) is now available on SlideShare. 27 slides in which the successful smart city story of... continue
BECOMING SMART CITIES: THE CASE OF BARCELONA
Published in August 25, 2015
Located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, Barcelona is the centre of one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe, and with a population of just over 1.5 million inhabitants, it is also the second largest city in... continue