Designing Privacy-Aware Intelligent Transport Systems: A Roadmap for Identifying the Major Privacy Concepts

Smart Cities

The concept of smart urban spaces originated from the time when cities started facing problems of efficiency in sectors such as transport, health and environment. Smart cities are cities that utilise information and technologies for effective and intelligent usage of resources resulting in cost and energy savings, improved quality of life and reduced environmental footprint (Cohen, 2011). The concept of smart city is not static but rather a process by which cities become more liveable, resilient and responsive to new challenges. Recently a rising number of papers address issues regarding smart cities. Neirotti et al. (2014) present current trends in Smart City initiatives. Kramers et al. (Kramers et al., 2014) explore ICT solutions for reduced energy use in cities. Al-Hader et al. in (Al-Hader et al., 2009) discuss about development and monitoring of smart-city infrastructure. Nuaimi et al. in (Nuaimi et al., 2015) analyse applications of Big Data to smart cities while Batty in (Batty, 2013) and Goulias in (Goulias, 2015) set the case for big data in smart cities and city planning. Kavroudakis in (Kavroudakis, 2015) presents a methodology for constructing micro-data for smart decision-making. Furthermore, in (Kavroudakis et al., 2012, 2013) Kavroudakis et al. demonstrate the use of spatial microsimulation approaches for understanding population inequalities for smart policy evaluation in a smart city context.