Table of contents : Contents About the authors 1. Introduction 1.1 Data infrastructure and strategy for smart cities Part I. Smart cities and data infrastructures 2. The evolution of urban intelligence 2.1 Context 2.1.1 Knowledge and technology innovation in cities 2.2 The evolution of urban intelligence 2.2.1 The digital revolution 2.3 Digital cities 2.3.1 Capabilities development in digital cities 2.3.2 Structural analysis of digital cities 2.4 Ubiquitous cities 2.4.1 Capabilities development in ubiquitous cities 2.4.2 Structural analysis of ubiquitous cities 2.5 Intelligent cities 2.5.1 Capabilities development in intelligent cities 2.5.2 Differentiation factors of intelligent cities 3. Smart cities 3.1 The physical-digital integration of smart cities 3.1.1 The Internet of Things 3.1.2 The city data 3.2 The two categories of smart cities’ applications 3.2.1 Closed-system approaches 3.2.2 Open-systems approach 3.3 Sources of barriers in city data management 4. The management of city data 4.1 Current trends in smart cities data management 4.2 A short introduction to platforms 4.2.1 Network effects 4.2.2 Platform actors and relationships 4.2.3 Platform leadership and governance 4.3 The two prevailing approaches in the provision of city data 4.3.1 Towards a data infrastructure Part II. The link between data infrastructures and business strategies 5. Services innovation and business models 5.1 Context 5.2 An introduction to business models 5.2.1 e-Business models 5.3 The framework for data infrastructure design 5.3.1 Step 1: Business models outline 5.3.2 Step 2: Evaluation with CSFs 5.3.3 Step 3: Specification of CDIs 5.3.4 Step 4: Closed-loop value-chain model 5.3.5 Step 5: Robustness check 6. The business models framework 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Service design 6.2.1 Comparative advantage of the service innovation 6.2.2 Service’s neutrality, fairness and accountability 6.2.3 Formulating a service strategy 6.3 Technology design 6.3.1 The 9 v’s of city data 6.3.2 Formulating a technology strategy 6.4 Value network design 6.4.1 Data-driven value network 6.4.2 Formulating a value network strategy 6.5 Value design 6.5.1 Formulating a value strategy 6.6 Governance design 6.6.1 Formulating a governance strategy 7. The reference architecture framework 7.1 The logistical distribution of city data 7.2 The forward logistics of city data 7.3 Support activities 7.4 Reverse logistics of city data 7.5 Inside-out and outside-in linkages 7.6 Data infrastructure reference architecture 7.7 Summary Part III. Applied data infrastructures design 8. Introduction 8.1 Case studies description 8.2 Designing an Open Data Infrastructure 8.2.1 Business models outline 8.2.2 Service design requirements 8.2.3 Technology design requirements 8.2.4 Value design requirements 8.2.5 Governance design requirements 8.2.6 Reference architecture model 8.3 Taking smart cities forward 8.3.1 London Data Infrastructure 8.3.2 Dynamic business models analysis 8.3.3 Business models outline 8.3.4 Service domain requirements 8.3.5 Technology design requirements 8.3.6 Value network design requirements 8.3.7 Value design requirements 8.3.8 Governance domain requirements 8.3.9 Reference architecture model Part IV. Assessment and evolution of data infrastructure design 9. The dynamics and evolution of business models 9.1 External forces 9.2 Business models evaluation and refinement 9.3 Critical design issues 9.3.1 Service design 9.3.2 Technology design 9.3.3 Value network 9.3.4 Value design 9.3.5 Governance design 9.4 Critical success factors 9.4.1 Providing support to human capability 9.4.2 Providing support to social capability 9.4.3 Providing support to innovation capability 9.4.4 Providing support to institutional capability 9.4.5 Providing support to physical capability 9.4.6 Providing support to sustainable and economic capability 9.5 Summary 10. Applied data infrastructures assessment 10.1 Open data infrastructure case study 10.1.1 Evaluation with CDIs 10.1.2 Evaluation with CSFs 10.1.3 Robustness check 10.2 London Data Infrastructure case study 10.2.1 Evaluation with CDIs 10.2.2 Evaluation with CSFs 10.3 Complementary tools and techniques 10.3.1 Volumetric analysis of city data 10.3.2 Simulation of CDIs 11. Conclusion References Index