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Integration of the Internet of Things and Blockchain to Promote Collaboration in Smart Cities: A Case Study in China

Integration of the Internet of Things and Blockchain to Promote Collaboration in Smart Cities: A Case Study in China

Poshan Yu (Soochow University, China & Australian Studies Centre, Shanghai University, China & EBU Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Zixuan Zhao (Independent Researcher, China), and Emanuela Hanes (Independent Researcher, Austria)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 29
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9266-3.ch001
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Abstract

This chapter aims to explore the importance of the convergence and collaboration of the internet of things and blockchain in enabling the development of smart cities. It will capture the strong link between the burgeoning advanced technology and China's fast-growing smart cities. In addition, the authors used the CiteSpace bibliometric tool to analyse the core journals related to smart cities, IoT, and blockchain in WoS and CNKI operations and visualise the relationships between the literature as a scientific knowledge map. The research topic in this chapter focuses on the keywords with the highest frequency and determines the research frontier and trend. This chapter will further explore the roles of the government in promoting the integration of the internet of things and blockchain in the development agenda of industrial infrastructure and smart cities through policies (i.e., institutions).
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1. IoT & Smart City

The term IoT was first coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999 with reference to the supply chain management (Ashton, 2009). The concept of IoT revolves around the word ‘‘smartness’’, which means ‘‘an ability to independently obtain and apply knowledge’’ (Ahmed et al., 2016). Therefore, IoT refers to the ‘‘things or devices and sensors’’ that are smart, uniquely addressable based on their communication protocols, and are adaptable and autonomous with inherent security (Bhabad & Bagade, 2015).

With the continuous development of science and technology, IoT technology is appearing more and more in our daily life, and is also receiving more and more attention from all walks of life. Especially in recent years, the IoT has provided great opportunities for the development of various industries (Yu, Liu, Hanes & Mumtaz, 2022), especially in smart city construction (Kim et al., 2017). Smart cities, as well as smart governance, rely on collecting, analysing and processing large amounts of granular real-time data, which can only be achieved with the help of IoT sensors (Cirillo et al., 2020). IoT sensors and cameras can continuously collect detailed data in various forms and in real time, and by using this data, government agencies can make quick decisions on the allocation of different resources and assets (Lee & Lee, 2015).

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