The world is amid a massive wave of urban growth and rural depopulation, generating opportunities but also problems and challenges. Digital technologies offer significant capabilities for addressing and managing them, and making cities, regions, and communities smarter and more sustainable in environmental, financial, and social terms. It is noted that residents of both urban and rural communities and their surrounding environments are increasingly connected through intelligent or smart technologies. This offers a higher likelihood of improved wellbeing and prosperity, while challenges at the complex intersection of technology and society are emerging. This track aims at exploring how society is managing and dealing with urban challenges by exploiting the capabilities offered by digital technologies in search of innovative solutions leading to a better quality of life, economic development, and sustainability. This track explores the opportunities, challenges, and implications of smart digital initiatives in areas such as transportation, health and education, urban and environment-friendly planning, energy efficiency, digital infrastructures, entrepreneurship, as well as democratic processes, governance, and transparency at a community, local, regional and even national cross-border level.
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#1 [A] - Adoption and use of mobile applications by local governments: the case of Portugal by Gonçalo Paiva Dias
#2 [A] - Conception of a digital mobility platform for citizens in rural areas by Vera Spitzer, Maria Wimmer
#3 [A] - Drivers and barriers for the development of smart sustainable cities: a systematic literature review by Luiza Schuch de Azambuja
#4 [A] - Gendering the smart cities: addressing gender inequalities in urban spaces by Javiera Fernanda Medina Macaya, Soumaya Ben Dhaou, Maria Alexandra Cunha
#5 [O] - The concept of smart cities: diverging understanding and expectations by practitioners: results from a qualitative study in a German city by Roman Antoschin, Maria Wimmer
#6 [O] - Exploring the challenges of ICT governance in Brazilian smart cities by Luiz Claudio Diogo Reis
