Seeing Smart Cities Through a Multi-Dimensional Lens

Foreword.- Preface.-  List of Abbreviations.- Section 1 -Smart City Perspectives, Spaces for People, and a Hybrid Study Approach . Chapter 1: Perspectives on Smart Cities: An Introduction and Background.- Chapter 2: Sensing as Seeing: Creating Spaces for People in Smart Cities.- Chapter 3: A Hybrid Approach to Seeing Through Smart Cities: Combining Correlational and Case Study Research Designs .- Section 2 - Emerging Urban Patterns and Relationships influencing and Informing Smart Cities.- Chapter 4: Awareness and Seeing: People and Data in Smart Cities.- Chapter 5: Learning and Data in Smart Cities .- Chapter 6: Openness and Data Access in Smart Cities.- Chapter 7: Innovation and Data in Smart Cities.- Section 3 - Complexity, Disruptiveness, and Transformation in Smart Cities.- Chapter 8: Disruption in Smart Cities/Regions: Navigating Pathways and Directions for Success.- Chapter 9: After Synthesizing and Analyzing: A Typology for Seeing Through Smart Cities.- Index.

Patricia McKenna is the founder and President of AmbientEase (Emergent Adaptive Solutions Everywhere), a Canadian company providing information services to many sectors. As such, Patricia works within and across diverse domains (interdisciplinary) of scholarship and practice, collaborating in team efforts to set up international, national, regional, and local information services, research projects, startups, and other creative and future-oriented initiatives. McKenna is also the Director of the UrbanitiesLab, an initiative focusing on the exploration of smart cities and learning cities. Author of well over 40 publications including, contributions to special journal issues, a book, and chapter contributions to books pertaining to the smart cities' domain, Patricia is a regular presenter of papers at international conferences as well as a program board member and session organizer. With a focus on smart cities and learning cities, Patricia engages with diverse sectors around useexperience and unexpected possibilities for generating and leveraging increased awareness and creativity in 21st century information environments. Patricia holds a BA from the University of New Brunswick, an MLS from McGill University, and a Doctorate in information management (focusing on emerging technologies) from Syracuse University