How to Become a Smart City: Learning from Amsterdam

Mora, Luca; Bolici, Roberto

Abstract

This exploratory study has been carried out to better understand the development process of strategies that allow large European cities to become smart. This aim is achieved through the analysis of the Amsterdam’s smart city strategy. By using case study research with a descriptive approach, the activities undertaken during the implementation of this successful initiative have been mapped and organized in a step-by-step roadmap. This made it possible to obtain a detailed description of the entire development process, useful knowledge to consider for other similar initiatives, and a conceptual framework for future comparative research. All these results will support the construction of a holistic and empirically valid theory able to explain how to build effective smart city strategies in this type of urban area.

Citation

Mora, L., & Bolici, R. (2017). How to Become a Smart City: Learning from Amsterdam. In A. Bisello, D. Vettorato, R. Stephens, & P. Elisei (Eds.), Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions; Green Energy and Technology (251-266). BMC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44899-2_15

• Conference Name: International conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions: SSPCR 2015
• Start Date: Nov 19, 2015
• End Date: Nov 20, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Nov 16, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Nov 4, 2016
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 12, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 13, 2017
• Electronic ISSN: 1865-3537
• Publisher: BMC
• Pages: 251-266
• Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
• Book Title: Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions; Green Energy and Technology
• ISBN: 9783319448985; 9783319448992
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44899-2_15
• Keywords: Smart city; Strategy; Roadmap; Development process; Amsterdam
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/950256
• Contract Date: Sep 13, 2017