The Art of Being Smart

Innovation and Sustainable Solutions in Mediterranean Ports

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2025
Routledge India (Verlag)
9781032987705 (ISBN)

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This book examines the concept of smart cities in the context of the UN's sustainable development goals, through three Mediterranean port cities. It draws on the case studies of Dubrovnik (Croatia), Limassol (Cyprus), and Valletta (Malta), three smart cities on the Mediterranean that are important tourist cruising destinations; cities in small European states that are members of the EU; with sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List; important tourist cruising destinations with global recognition; promoted as safe tourist destinations; and locations for popular films and series. It analyses the three cities and assesses their success in achieving their goals of becoming inclusive, safe, adaptable, and sustainable.

Based on extensive fieldwork and backed by big data qualitative analysis, the volume will be of great interest to professionals, scholars, and researchers of environment and sustainability, built environment, and urban studies.

Robert Mikac is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

1. UN Sustainable Development Goals and smart cities concept – Dubrovnik, Limassol and Valletta in comparative perspective
2. Beyond Borders: Mapping the Geopolitical Landscape of Smart City Definitions and Global Power Dynamics
3. Characteristics of a Smart City: Dubrovnik, Valletta, Limassol as Case Studies
4. Creating the brand of Mediterranean port cities on the example of Dubrovnik, Valletta, and Limassol
5. Smart and safe city destination image – challenges and benefits
6. City diplomacy – Smart Cities as Actors in International Relations
7. Urban safety and security development: Dubrovnik, Valletta, Limassol

Erscheinungsdatum	01.11.2025
Reihe/Serie	Urban Futures
Zusatzinfo	5 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Architektur
	Technik ► Bauwesen
ISBN-13	9781032987705 / 9781032987705
Zustand	Neuware