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Projet européen conclu mi 2012 : "The smart city concept is multi-dimensional. It is a future scenario (what to achieve), even more it is an urban development strategy (how to achieve it). It focuses on how (Internet-related) technologies enhance the lives of citizens. This should not be interpreted as drawing the smart city technology scenario. Rather, the smart city is how citizens are shaping the city in using this technology, and how citizens are enabled to do so. The smart city is about how people are empowered, through using technology, for contributing to urban change and realizing their ambitions. The smart city provides the conditions and resources for change. In this sense, the smart city is an urban laboratory, an urban innovation ecosystem, a living lab, an agent of change. Much less do we see a smart city in terms of a Ranking. This ranking is a moment in time, a superficial result of underlying changes, not the mechanism of transformation. The smart city is the engine of transformation, a generator of solutions for wicked problems, it is how the city is behaving smart."

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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 how cities are being instrumented with digital devices and infrastructure that produce 'big data' which enable real-time analysis of city life, new modes of technocratic urban governance, and a re-imagining of cities. The paper details a number of projects that seek to produce a real-time analysis of the city and provides a critical reflection on the implications of big data and smart urbanism.

"This paper critically appraises citizens' participation in the smart city. Reacting to critiques that the smart city is overly technocratic and instrumental, companies and cities have reframed their initiatives as 'citizen-centric'. However, what 'citizen-centric' means in practice is rarely articulated. We draw on and extend Sherry Arnstein's seminal work on participation in planning and renewal programmes to create the 'Scaffold of Smart Citizen Participation' - a conceptual tool to unpack the diverse ways in which the smart city frames citizens. "

Cisco is working with a community in Orlando, Florida to create a "Smart+Connected" city in Lake Nona, one of eight global iconic cities - and the first in the U.S. - built with ubiquitous connectivity and interconnected building, transportation, utility, and civic systems, for a truly smart, networked city created for innovation.

The city of Gothenburg, Sweden, has taken a novel approach to getting locals involved in the planning process. Instead of relying only on public meetings and design charrettes, the city has developed an interactive and photorealistic 3D map that residents can use to drop in suggestions and ideas for improving their city

By launching a Smart Cities and Communities European Innovation Partnership (SCC) the European Commission aims to boost the development of smart technologies in cities - by pooling research resources from energy, transport and ICT and concentrating them on a small number of demonstration projects which will be implemented in partnership with cities. For 2013 alone, € 365 million in EU funds have been earmarked for the demonstration of these types of urban technology solutions.

"« Nous avons bâti le premier et le seul réseau de ride-sharing au monde opéré et possédé par ses conducteurs ». Arcade City, créé par d'anciens chauffeurs Uber à Austin (Texas) en 2015, se veut « une plate-forme coopérative basée sur les blockchains et visant à transformer l'économie du partage »."

"Cet exemple illustre la nécessité d'appréhender la ville avec une approche holistique, en mettant en cohérence les stratégies d'acteurs peu habitués à interagir pour dépasser les cloisonnements et « transversaliser » l'économie. Comme l'explique Jean-Pierre Corniou (Directeur Général Adjoint de Sia Partners), « c'est cette création de nappes d'interopérabilité qui enrichit la valeur du réseau »4. Le très fort potentiel du marché des smart cities, estimé à 15 milliards d'euros en 20205, favorise ces synergies. Une large gamme d'innovations visant à limiter la consommation en énergie, les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et à promouvoir l'efficacité énergétique au sein des villes intelligentes voit ainsi le jour. L'exemple de Masdar City (Emirats Arabes Unis), dont l'objectif est de disposer d'un bilan carbone nul en 2025, est à cet égard éloquent."

"La notion de « Smart City » change. Elle passe de l'accent mis sur les technologies à un intérêt croissant des citoyens, plus prompts à s'impliquer. Cette évolution a aussi été constatée lors du congrès mondial Smart City Expo qui vient de se clore à Barcelone"

"The concept of an urban food forest seems like the final frontier for the urban agricultural movement. A green haven in the middle of the city is already a very exciting prospect, since while we already have parks and recreational areas, never has there been someone who decided to put an entire forest in the middle of the city. Thinking about entering the forest and harvesting all the beautiful fruits and vegetables to your heart's content is even more exhilirating."

"Où en sont les smart cities ? Quid de la place du citoyen dans leur développement ? A l'occasion de l'événement Microsoft experiences'16, David Lacombled, président du think tank La Villa Numéris, animait une table ronde sur les villes intelligentes dans le monde. L'occasion pour nous de lui poser quelques questions."

Convaincus que le concept de « smart city » ne doit pas être exclusivement réservé aux métropoles, nous souhaitions, à travers cette étude, recenser et définir les attentes des petites villes en matière de numérique.

 The IBM Smarter Cities Challenge is a competitive grant programme in which IBM is awarding a total of $50 million worth of technology and services to 100 municipalities worldwide between 2011 and 2013. Teams of specially selected IBM experts will provide Birmingham city leaders with analysis and recommendations in support of modelling the entire city's services and in helping to achieve better outcomes in areas such as economic development, transportation, healthcare, public safety, education and the environment.

"Dans le cadre de son cycle d'ateliers dédié aux smart cities, France Stratégie a convié Régis Chatellier de la CNIL et Yves Verhoeven de l'ANSSI pour aborder les enjeux de la vie privée et les impacts des cyber-risques dans la ville intelligente. Et leur constat n'est pas des plus rassurant : les collectivités ne maîtriseraient pas suffisamment ces sujets."

Cet article de recherche par en mars 2017 se penche sur les acteurs qui font la smart city, et notamment contribuent à la diffusion de sa réthorique : communauté de nouveaux technocrates urbains, communauté épistémique et groupes d'intérêt divers jouent chacun à leur manière un rôle dans le développement des smart cities, non sans limites.

La ville de Dublin lance "Dublin City Beta Project", un cadre expérimental souple, agile, éphémère, pour tester des choses dans l'espace urbain, de façon légère, dans une large zone de la ville, sorte de bac à sable urbain.

"The Insights in Motion technology draws on transit data, geo-spacial information, census records, points-of-interest information and data from cell phones and smart phones. The telephone data is completely anonymous so no individual's privacy is compromised. By tracking the movements of thousands of people from place to place and correlating it with time and the speed of travel, the system understands the mode of transportation people are using and knows where they're traveling to and from-whether its home, work, school or shopping. For city planners, it's a revelation. "It's like a blind person for the first time opening their eyes and seeing," says Milind Naphade, leader of the IBM Research project."

Kansas City a lancé début 2016 un projet pilote d'un an, visant à expérimenter un transport collectif à la demande, sur l'exemple de Uber.

E-Loue est un service en ligne, permettant de louer des objets, entre particuliers. Outre la version de base du service - semblable à d'autres du même type - E-Loue City est une plateforme locative P2P reliée au site officiel d'une ville. Chaque commune peut donc créer sa propre plateforme E-Loue City, en demandant sa personnalisation selon ses besoins.