Call for Papers
Call for Papers on the Digital City
Professor Simon Hakim of Temple University and Andrew Buss of the City of Philadelphia's Division of Technology invite interested authors to submit an abstract for a chapter in an upcoming book about technology innovations in cities. The objective of the book is to highlight technological innovations that provide efficient public service delivery, improve quality of life, and enhance information delivery. Chapters should discuss case studies in technology and managerial innovation and may address issues such as:
- Building citizen engagement, collaboration, and government transparency with information technology
- The role of Broadband in the creative urban economy
- Creating sustainable solutions with technology
- Enhancing the security of our cities through technology
- Technology as an urban economic development engine
- Creating government efficiency through a mobile workforce
- Digital mapping and structural information of cities
- Public-Private Partnerships in creating and managing urban innovations.
Contributors from academia, government, industry, and consulting are invited to propose chapters. We wish to include a variety of topics and author disciplines, and encourage examples of international urban technology innovations. A chapter is usually 15-20 double spaced pages and should not exceed 30 pages. The deadline for submission of an abstract is April 15, 2011. If you are interested in proposing a chapter for the book, please submit an abstract and a short bio of the authors to Simon Hakim at shakim@temple.edu, or to Andrew Buss at Andrew.buss@phila.gov