The First Two Decades of Smart City Research from a Risk Perspective

Autor: Tony Ma, Tan Hai Dang Nguyen, Shadi Shayan, Ki Pyung Kim
Přispěvatelé: Shayan, Shadi, Kim, Ki Pyung, Ma, Tony, Nguyen, Tan Hai Dang
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 9280, p 9280 (2020)
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su12219280
Popis: Although they offer major advantages, smart cities present unprecedented risks and challenges. There are abundant discrete studies on risks related to smart cities; however, such risks have not been thoroughly understood to date. This paper is a systematic review that aims to identify the origin, trends, and categories of risks from previous studies on smart cities. This review includes 85 related articles published between 2000 and 2019. Through a thematic analysis, smart city risks were categorized into three main themes: organizational, social, and technological. The risks within the intersections of these themes were also grouped into (1) digital transformation, (2) socio-technical, and (3) corporate social responsibility. The results revealed that risk is a comparatively new topic in smart-city research and that little focus has been given to social risks. The findings indicated that studies from countries with a long history of smart cities tend to place greater emphasis on social risks. This study highlights the significance of smart city risks for researchers and practitioners, providing a solid direction for future smart-city research. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
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