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来源

OPEN HOUSE INTERNATIONAL,Vol.44,Issue1,P.8-16

语言

英文

关键字

Smart Cities; Sustainable Cities; Urban Planning; Planning Models; Arab Cities; BIG DATA; URBAN; CITY; FRAMEWORK

作者单位

[El-Kholei, Ahmed O.] Arabian Gulf Univ, Urban Planning, Manama, Bahrain. [Yassine, Ghada] Menoufia Univ, Urban Planning, Shibin Al Kawm, Al Minufiyah, Egypt. El-Kholei, AO (reprint author), Arabian Gulf Univ, Urban Planning, Manama, Bahrain. E-Mail: aelkholei@agu.edu.bh; ghada.yassein@sh-eng.menofia.edu.eg

标签

城市规划,城市可持续发展,智慧城市 | 其他

摘要

This paper examines the attempt to develop smart, sustainable cities (SSC) in the Arab region. The paper identifies four barriers: 1) infrastructural need for technological advances and availing information and transparency regarding the functioning of the administration; 2) high rates of adult illiteracy and lack of political participation; 3) methods of data collection, validity, reliability, and analysis, which are of utmost importance for decision-making are not always precise and rigorous; and 4) bound rationality that affects the planning process, thus hampering proper planning. Attempting to develop an SSC is not possible in a country where the majority are illiterate and poor. These attempts could lead to the loss of public space, social segregation, and dysfunctional democracy.