Over the past decade smart urban technologies have begun to blanket
our cities, forming the backbone of a large intelligent infrastructure.
Along with this development, dissemination of the smart cities ideology
has had a significant imprint on urban planning and development. Smart Cities and Innovative Urban Technologies
focuses on the concepts of smart cities and innovative urban
technologies. It contains research that provides insight into spatial
formations of information and communication technologies, and knowledge
production practices from various perspectives—including analyses of
public and private sectors together with NGOs and other stakeholders. It
provides a state-of-the-art analysis from multidisciplinary
point-of-view in urban studies.

Contributions in this edited volume include theoretical developments
as well as empirical analyses. This book will be of great use to various
audiences including academics as well as practitioners, spatial
developers, planners, and public administrators in order to increase
understanding of the dynamics and factors effecting smart cities
conceptual maturation and their physical emergence. Information
generated in these chapters, particularly regarding the challenges and
obstacles of smart cities and innovative urban technologies, are
intended to be of benefit to the key local actors in making decision in
their cities or/and peripheral locations.