State-of-play in addressing urban environmental pressures: Mind the gaps

Georgiadis, C.; Patias, P.; Verde, N.; Tsioukas, V.; Kaimaris, D.; Georgoula, O.; Kocman, D.; Athanasopoulou, E.; Speyer, O.; Raudner, A.; Karl, M.; Gerasopoulos, E.

Journalpaper

State-of-play in addressing urban environmental pressures: Mind the gaps

Abstract

The creation of Smart Cities is an emerging research and application field that has the objective to increase city resilience and improve the quality of life for citizens. In this paper an extensive and thorough gap analysis that was performed in the framework of the SMURBS1 project is presented. The gap analysis identified 117 gaps in the legal, methodological, and technological framework, in the thematic areas of air quality, disasters, urban growth and migration. The identified gaps can be used by policy makers in local, regional, national, or even at EU or UN level to form new policies that will bridge these gaps and lead to the creation of resilient and sustainable smart cities.

DOI Link to Publication

URL: https://publications.hereon.de/id/50439/
Authors:Georgiadis, C., Patias, P., Verde, N., Tsioukas, V., Kaimaris, D., Georgoula, O., Kocman, D., Athanasopoulou, E., Speyer, O., Raudner, A., Karl, M., Gerasopoulos, E.
Year:2022
In: Environmental Science & Policy
Volume:132
Pages:308 - 322
Publisher:Elsevier, Oxford
Type:Journalpaper
ISSN: 1462-9011
Cite as: Georgiadis, C.; Patias, P.; Verde, N.; Tsioukas, V.; Kaimaris, D.; Georgoula, O.; Kocman, D.; Athanasopoulou, E.; Speyer, O.; Raudner, A.; Karl, M.; Gerasopoulos, E.: State-of-play in addressing urban environmental pressures: Mind the gaps. In: Environmental Science & Policy. Vol. 132 (2022) 308 - 322. (DOI: /10.1016/j.envsci.2022.02.030)