TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding the role of social, technology, and physical infrastructures in smart communities
T2 - 53rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020
AU - Yuan, Guangji
AU - Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon
AU - Sutherland-Mitzner, Megan
AU - Gasco, Mila
AU - Pardo, Theresa A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Smartness is a concept that frames a great variety of initiatives, particularly in the urban context. Smart cities are expected to be more resilient, more sustainable, and have highly engaged citizens, among many other expected outcomes. Given the focus on urban settings, many examples of smartness take for granted that the physical and technological infrastructures exist and are available to the majority of residents. For instance, Internet access, a reliable transportation system, or electrical power are rarely questioned or considered as a problem to be solved before becoming smart. In addition, formal education and technical skills are also expected as part of the social infrastructure of a city. However, when smartness goes beyond the urban settings, the availability and combination of these different infrastructures also differ. Based on a study of a rural community in the US, this paper begins to fill a gap in what is known about smartness in rural communities by analyzing how the physical, technology and social infrastructures in rural areas are different from urban settings, but still generate unique opportunities for building smart communities. Our results indicate that the unique conditions of rural communities create atypical strengths for becoming smarter.
AB - Smartness is a concept that frames a great variety of initiatives, particularly in the urban context. Smart cities are expected to be more resilient, more sustainable, and have highly engaged citizens, among many other expected outcomes. Given the focus on urban settings, many examples of smartness take for granted that the physical and technological infrastructures exist and are available to the majority of residents. For instance, Internet access, a reliable transportation system, or electrical power are rarely questioned or considered as a problem to be solved before becoming smart. In addition, formal education and technical skills are also expected as part of the social infrastructure of a city. However, when smartness goes beyond the urban settings, the availability and combination of these different infrastructures also differ. Based on a study of a rural community in the US, this paper begins to fill a gap in what is known about smartness in rural communities by analyzing how the physical, technology and social infrastructures in rural areas are different from urban settings, but still generate unique opportunities for building smart communities. Our results indicate that the unique conditions of rural communities create atypical strengths for becoming smarter.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108142245&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24251/hicss.2020.284
DO - 10.24251/hicss.2020.284
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85108142245
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 2333
EP - 2342
BT - Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020
A2 - Bui, Tung X.
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 7 January 2020 through 10 January 2020
ER -