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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