Smart Cities: The Role of Entrepreneurship for Urban Leftover Spaces

Jasim Azhar, Sidra Ahmed Qureshi

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Abstract

Smart City focuses on smarter solutions for the future to promote quality of life. Thus, the role of ICT interventions, innovations and creativity are emphasised to sustain economic and urban growth. The literature highlights business-led urban development is a major aspect of smart cities for entrepreneurship and identifies their inter-dependent role in economically efficient solutions. A barrier would be unused urban spaces as an inefficient allocation of resources. Entrepreneurship encourages innovation while smart cities adopt interventions that provide opportunities and a supporting environment for entrepreneurial activities. This paper explores the prospective relationship of using urban leftover spaces for entrepreneurial activities in smart cities. The study evaluates and analyses key attributes of entrepreneurship as to develop smart spaces for social sustainability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 11th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems, SMARTGREENS 2022
EditorsCornel Klein, Matthias Jarke
PublisherScience and Technology Publications, Lda
Pages165-172
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789897585722
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event11th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems, SMARTGREENS 2022 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 27 Apr 202229 Apr 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems, SMARTGREENS - Proceedings
ISSN (Electronic)2184-4968

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems, SMARTGREENS 2022
CityVirtual, Online
Period27/04/2229/04/22

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Keywords

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Smart Cities
  • Urban Leftover Spaces

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems

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