this paper consists of two parts. the first section describes the index and process of globalization and presents kof and a.t. kearney models and index. it also shows the situation of iran in the process of globalization. the results of this section indicate that based on the above mentioned index, iran does not have a good situation in the globalization process (iran’s position is the lowest a...

The adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) within the healthcare sector led to the concept of electronic health (e-health), which is contributing to reduced costs and increased efficiency. Following the consolidation of e-health, the generalized use of mobile devices with positioning capabilities (e.g., smartphones) opened the door to the idea of mobile health (m-health), ...

This contribution wishes to contribute to the present controversies and discussions about smart cities by sketching a framework for the affective smart city.

Everywhere we see municipalities setting up projects for Smart Cities. It has become a sort of a "mantra" word. But when we look at their plans we get different perspectives on what they call a "smart city". Sometimes they refer to smoother traffic, rational use of energy, sometimes to garbage recycling, sometimes to a healthier environment, ... These are all "improvements" and obviously desira...

Smart cities’ is a term that has gained traction in academia, business and government to describe cities that, on the one hand, are increasingly composed of and monitored by pervasive and ubiquitous computing and, on the other, whose economy and governance is being driven by innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship, enacted by smart people. This paper focuses on the former and, drawing on a ...

Today the concept of smart cities is discussed in scientific society and politics. A core function of smart cities is transportation. This paper gives a short overview on the concepts for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for smart cities and proposes a framework for the design of an autonomic transportation system that provides personalized mobility services to its users in a smart city sett...

There is increasing recognition that the ICT4S community needs to take a role in both developing education and conducting research on how to educate people in using ICT to make urban areas more sustainable. In this paper we explore the question how can a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) be used to engage citizens in learning about smart cities and teach them how to co-create a smart cities pro...

The Smart City concept relates to improving efficiency of city services and facilitating a more sustainable development of cities. However, it is important to highlight that, in order to effectively progress towards such smart urban environments, the people living in these cities must be tightly engaged in this endeavour. This paper presents two novel services that have been implemented in orde...

Increasing numbers of cities are focussed on using technology to become “Smart”. Many of these Smart City programmes are starting to go beyond a technological focus to also explore the value of a more inclusive approach that values the input of citizens. However, the insights gained from working with citizens are typically focused around a single town or city. In this paper we explore whether i...