All Outputs (65)

‘Our bodies are not strong anymore’: a focus group study of health risk perception of ambient air pollution near a petrochemical industry (2023)
Journal Article
Okoye, O., Carnegie, E., & Mora, L. (2023). ‘Our bodies are not strong anymore’: a focus group study of health risk perception of ambient air pollution near a petrochemical industry. Journal of Public Health in Africa, 14(7), Article 2522. https://doi.org/10.4081/jphia.2023.2522

Background. Ambient air pollution has persisted in less-endowed communities, resulting in exposure to unhealthy pollutants. Epidemiological studies on air pollution have been mainly quantitative, with a dearth of information on community health risk... Read More about ‘Our bodies are not strong anymore’: a focus group study of health risk perception of ambient air pollution near a petrochemical industry.

Smart city governance from an innovation management perspective: Theoretical framing, review of current practices, and future research agenda (2023)
Journal Article
Mora, L., Gerli, P., Ardito, L., & Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2023). Smart city governance from an innovation management perspective: Theoretical framing, review of current practices, and future research agenda. Technovation, 123, Article 102717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102717

Smart city transitions are a fast-proliferating example of urban innovation processes, and generating the insight required to support their unfolding should be a key priority for innovation scholars. However, after decades of research, governance mec... Read More about Smart city governance from an innovation management perspective: Theoretical framing, review of current practices, and future research agenda.

Global Review of Smart City Governance Practices (2022)
Report
Beckers, D., Gerli, P., Mora, L., Thabit, S., & Tonnarelli, F. (2022). Global Review of Smart City Governance Practices. Nairobi: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Through smart city initiatives, digital technologies are increasingly applied in cities to modernize city operations and transform service delivery. The ongoing digital transformation provides new opportunities but also creates challenges, and it is... Read More about Global Review of Smart City Governance Practices.

Digital Meets Smart: Towards a Technology-Enhanced Approach to Smart Specialisation Strategy Development (2022)
Journal Article
Mora, L., Panori, A., Deakin, M., & Ortega-Argiles, R. (2022). Digital Meets Smart: Towards a Technology-Enhanced Approach to Smart Specialisation Strategy Development. Regional Studies, 56(9), 1421-1428. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2091775

Conceived in the framework of regional studies on Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) development, this special issue strengthens research efforts oriented towards assembling a technology-enhanced approach to S3 policymaking. First, it sheds light on... Read More about Digital Meets Smart: Towards a Technology-Enhanced Approach to Smart Specialisation Strategy Development.

Understanding the Use of Heterogenous Data in Tackling Urban Flooding: An Integrative Literature Review (2022)
Journal Article
Ren, M., Zhang, Z., Zhang, J., & Mora, L. (2022). Understanding the Use of Heterogenous Data in Tackling Urban Flooding: An Integrative Literature Review. Water, 14(14), Article 2160. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14142160

Data-driven approaches to urban flooding management require a comprehensive understanding of how heterogenous data are leveraged in tackling this problem. In this paper, we conduct an integrative review of related studies, and this is structured base... Read More about Understanding the Use of Heterogenous Data in Tackling Urban Flooding: An Integrative Literature Review.

Science, technology and innovation for sustainable urban development in a post-pandemic world (2022)
Report
Zhang, L., Mora, L., Hasannudin, Z., Akgun, E., Zhang, J., & Godunova, M. (2022). Science, technology and innovation for sustainable urban development in a post-pandemic world. Geneva: United Nations

This UN report focuses on the contribution that Science, technology and innovation (STI) practices make towards mitigating some of the most pressing sustainability challenges facing the urban sociotechnical systems in a post-covid world. The report a... Read More about Science, technology and innovation for sustainable urban development in a post-pandemic world.

The hidden power of emotions: How psychological factors influence skill development in smart technology adoption (2022)
Journal Article
Gerli, P., Clement, J., Esposito, G., Mora, L., & Crutzen, N. (2022). The hidden power of emotions: How psychological factors influence skill development in smart technology adoption. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 180, Article 121721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121721

Working within the theoretical framework set by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) literature, this paper clarifies how psychological factors (emotions, attitudes, beliefs, and information-seeking) affect skill development in the context of smart... Read More about The hidden power of emotions: How psychological factors influence skill development in smart technology adoption.

Air Pollution and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Oil and Gas- Situated Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Okoye, O. C., Carnegie, E., & Mora, L. (2022). Air Pollution and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Oil and Gas- Situated Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 67, Article 1604522. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604522

Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at synthesising epidemiological data on the association between long-term air pollution and kidney-related outcomes in oil and natural gas (ONG) situated communities.

Methods: We synthesise... Read More about Air Pollution and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Oil and Gas- Situated Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sustainable Smart City Transitions: Theoretical Foundations, Sociotechnical Assemblage and Governance Mechanisms (2022)
Book
Mora, L., Deakin, M., Zhang, X., Batty, M., de Jong, M., Santi, P., & Appio, F. P. (2022). Sustainable Smart City Transitions: Theoretical Foundations, Sociotechnical Assemblage and Governance Mechanisms. Routledge

This book enhances the reader’s understanding of the theoretical foundations, sociotechnical assemblage, and governance mechanisms of sustainable smart city transitions. Drawing on empirical evidence stemming from existing smart city research, the bo... Read More about Sustainable Smart City Transitions: Theoretical Foundations, Sociotechnical Assemblage and Governance Mechanisms.

Evidence-informed decision-making in Smart Specialisation Strategies: a patent-based approach for discovering regional technological capabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Natalicchio, A., Mora, L., Ardito, L., & Petruzzelli, A. M. (2022). Evidence-informed decision-making in Smart Specialisation Strategies: a patent-based approach for discovering regional technological capabilities. Regional Studies, 56(9), 1442-1453. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2021.1988551

Discovering regional technological capabilities is key to underpinning the place-based and evidence-driven logic of Smart Specialisation. However, a comprehensive methodological approach for operationalizing the mapping, assessment and benchmarking o... Read More about Evidence-informed decision-making in Smart Specialisation Strategies: a patent-based approach for discovering regional technological capabilities.

One Size Does Not Fit All: Framing Smart City Policy Narratives within Regional Socio-Economic Contexts in Brussels and Wallonia (2021)
Journal Article
Esposito, G., Clement, J., Mora, L., & Crutzen, N. (2021). One Size Does Not Fit All: Framing Smart City Policy Narratives within Regional Socio-Economic Contexts in Brussels and Wallonia. Cities, 118, Article 103329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103329

Smart city initiatives are increasingly dominating urban policy scripts worldwide, and their diffusion is centered upon different regional strategies. Adopting the Narrative Policy Framework as methodological basis, this article examines the smart ci... Read More about One Size Does Not Fit All: Framing Smart City Policy Narratives within Regional Socio-Economic Contexts in Brussels and Wallonia.

Not everything is as it seems: digital technology affordance, pandemic control, and the mediating role of sociomaterial arrangements (2021)
Journal Article
Mora, L., Kummitha, R. K. R., & Esposito, G. (2021). Not everything is as it seems: digital technology affordance, pandemic control, and the mediating role of sociomaterial arrangements. Government Information Quarterly, 38(4), Article 101599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2021.101599

An overly favorable narrative has developed around the role played by digital technologies in containing Covid-19, which oversimplifies the complexity of technology adoption. This narrative takes sociomaterial arrangements for granted and conceptuali... Read More about Not everything is as it seems: digital technology affordance, pandemic control, and the mediating role of sociomaterial arrangements.

Towards High Impact Smart Cities: a Universal Architecture Based on Connected Intelligence Spaces (2021)
Journal Article
Komninos, N., Kakderi, C., Mora, L., Panori, A., & Sefertzi, E. (2022). Towards High Impact Smart Cities: a Universal Architecture Based on Connected Intelligence Spaces. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 13, 1169-1197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-021-00767-0

Smart cities constitute a new urban paradigm and a hegemonic phenomenon in contemporary city development. The concept envisages a data-enhanced future and efficiency gains made possible by automation and innovation in city activities and utilities. H... Read More about Towards High Impact Smart Cities: a Universal Architecture Based on Connected Intelligence Spaces.

Smart cities: the metrics of future internet-based developments and the renewable energies of urban and regional innovation (2020)
Journal Article
Deakin, M., Reid, A., & Mora, L. (2020). Smart cities: the metrics of future internet-based developments and the renewable energies of urban and regional innovation. Journal of Urban Technology, 27(4), 59-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2020.1868738

This paper closes a gap in the literature on smart cities relating to the metrics of future Internet-based developments. It achieves this by presenting the findings of a case study that overcomes the methodological shortcomings that otherwise exist i... Read More about Smart cities: the metrics of future internet-based developments and the renewable energies of urban and regional innovation.

Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective (2020)
Journal Article
Mora, L., Deakin, M., Zhang, X., Batty, M., de Jong, M., Santi, P., & Appio, F. P. (2021). Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective. Journal of Urban Technology, 28(1-2), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2020.1834831

This Special Issue begins with a middle-range theory of sustainable smart city transitions, which forms bridges between theorizing in smart city development studies and some of the foundational assumptions underpinning transition management and syste... Read More about Assembling Sustainable Smart City Transitions: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Perspective.

Strategic Planning for Smart City Development: Assessing Spatial Inequalities in the Basic Service Provision of Metropolitan Cities (2020)
Journal Article
Du, M., Zhang, X., & Mora, L. (2021). Strategic Planning for Smart City Development: Assessing Spatial Inequalities in the Basic Service Provision of Metropolitan Cities. Journal of Urban Technology, 28(1-2), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2020.1803715

Spatial inequality in basic service provision is a key challenge for smart city development strategies. With a focus on walkable accessibility, this paper proposes a new methodological approach to analyzing spatial inequalities in metropolitan cities... Read More about Strategic Planning for Smart City Development: Assessing Spatial Inequalities in the Basic Service Provision of Metropolitan Cities.

Mind the Gap: Developments in Autonomous Driving Research and the Sustainability Challenge (2020)
Journal Article
Mora, L., Wu, X., & Panori, A. (2020). Mind the Gap: Developments in Autonomous Driving Research and the Sustainability Challenge. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, Article 124087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124087

Scientific knowledge on autonomous-driving technology is expanding at a faster-than-ever pace. As a result, the likelihood of incurring information overload is particularly notable for researchers, who can struggle to overcome the gap between informa... Read More about Mind the Gap: Developments in Autonomous Driving Research and the Sustainability Challenge.

The strategic, organizational, and entrepreneurial evolution of smart cities (2020)
Journal Article
Schiavone, F., Appio, F. P., Mora, L., & Risitano, M. (2020). The strategic, organizational, and entrepreneurial evolution of smart cities. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 16, 1155–1165 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00696-5

This present editorial illustrates the recent evolution of strategy, organization and entrepreneurship in smart city. Referring to strategy, integrated smart city strategies aim to connect the physical space of cities with the economic and social sph... Read More about The strategic, organizational, and entrepreneurial evolution of smart cities.

Smart Systems of Innovation for Smart Places: Challenges in Deploying Digital Platforms for Co-Creation and Data-Intelligence (2020)
Journal Article
Panori, A., Kakderi, C., Komninos, N., Fellnhofer, K., Reid, A., & Mora, L. (2021). Smart Systems of Innovation for Smart Places: Challenges in Deploying Digital Platforms for Co-Creation and Data-Intelligence. Land Use Policy, 111, Article 104631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104631

The effect of digital transformation towards more efficient, place-based and bottom-up innovation policies at different spatial scales has proven significant, as digital technologies modify existing policy-design routines in cities and regions. Smart... Read More about Smart Systems of Innovation for Smart Places: Challenges in Deploying Digital Platforms for Co-Creation and Data-Intelligence.

Increasing offsite housing construction in Scotland: An evidence base to support new policy and systems (2020)
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Mora, L., Deakin, M., Reid, A., Hairstans, R., Duncheva, M., Calcagno, C., Smith, M., Smith, P., & Lang, V. (2020). Increasing offsite housing construction in Scotland: An evidence base to support new policy and systems. Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, Scottish Enterprise. and the Scottish Government

The purpose of this project is to provide evidence of the potential contribution offsite construction offers to address the challenges faced by the affordable housing sector in Scotland. Funding for the project is drawn from the Construction Scotland... Read More about Increasing offsite housing construction in Scotland: An evidence base to support new policy and systems.