Over the past decade smart urban technologies have begun to blanket our cities, forming the backbone of a large intelligent infrastructure. Along with this development, dissemination of the smart cities ideology has had a significant imprint on urban planning and development. Smart Cities and Innovative Urban Technologies focuses on the concepts of smart cities and innovative urban technologies. It contains research that provides insight into spatial formations of information and communication technologies, and knowledge production practices from various perspectives—including analyses of public and private sectors together with NGOs and other stakeholders. It provides a state-of-the-art analysis from multidisciplinary point-of-view in urban studies. Contributions in this edited volume include theoretical developments as well as empirical analyses. This book will be of great use to various audiences including academics as well as practitioners, spatial developers, planners, and public administrators in order to increase understanding of the dynamics and factors effecting smart cities conceptual maturation and their physical emergence. Information generated in these chapters, particularly regarding the challenges and obstacles of smart cities and innovative urban technologies, are intended to be of benefit to the key local actors in making decision in their cities or/and peripheral locations.

中文翻译：

---

智慧城市和创新城市技术

在过去十年中，智慧城市技术已经开始覆盖我们的城市，形成了大型智能基础设施的支柱。伴随着这一发展，智慧城市思想的传播对城市规划和发展产生了重大影响。智慧城市和创新城市技术专注于智慧城市和创新城市技术的概念。它包含从不同角度深入了解信息和通信技术的空间形态以及知识生产实践的研究——包括对公共和私营部门以及非政府组织和其他利益相关者的分析。它从城市研究的多学科角度提供了最先进的分析。本编辑卷的贡献包括理论发展和实证分析。本书将对包括学者和从业者、空间开发商、规划师和公共管理人员在内的各种读者大有帮助，以加深对影响智慧城市概念成熟及其物理出现的动态和因素的理解。这些章节中产生的信息，特别是关于智慧城市和创新城市技术的挑战和障碍的信息，旨在帮助当地主要参与者在其城市或/和周边地区做出决策。