With reference to Singapore’s smart urban initiatives, this book provides insights into how urban planning, digital technology and sustainability issues are impacting people and businesses.

The chapters are loosely structured with regards to key dimensions of smart cities such as urban innovation spaces; open innovation ecosystems; smart manufacturing; undergraduate education with regards to A.I. readiness, gamified leadership & team-building skills, and digital sustainability; ESG, environmental handprint, workplace sustainability and climate resilience; pillars of successful aging & inclusiveness; and smart city management challenges.

How does Singapore develop vibrant urban innovation spaces? In what ways can living labs create sustainable impact? How can SMEs benefit from the adoption of Industry 4.0? What is the role of chatbots in making undergraduate students ‘AI-ready’? How does gamification help learners to acquire leadership and team-building skills? Why is digital sustainability important and how can educators sensitize youths toward cultivating more sustainable ways of living? What is the business case for ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) stewardship? How to steer Singapore’s built environment towards a sustainable future? How to connect companies and help them to combat climate change by regenerating our planet? How to induct new employees to an organization and acclimatize them to the company’s culture of sustainability, job roles and workplace sustainability? How to enable smart(er) aging? What is the future of inclusive smart cities? What are some of the opportunities for more theory-based, empirical research on smart city management challenges from a purpose-driven business perspective linked to human betterment? These questions and more are addressed in this book.

Visions for the Future is a complementary reading resource suitable for anyone interested in understanding how the concept of Smart Cities can improve lives and livelihoods for all in a sustainable manner — from undergraduate and graduate students to smart city stakeholders in business and society as well as educators and municipal leaders.

Contents:

• Introduction: Visions for the Future — Towards More Vibrant, Sustainable, and Inclusive Smart Cities


• Singapore’s Approach Towards Developing Vibrant Urban Innovation Spaces (Thomas Menkhoff, Caroline Wong, and Waltraut Ritter)


• Planning Ideas for an Educational Living Energy Lab — A Student Project Assignment in a Smart City Course (Nicole Bremstaller, Deng (Frank) Xingyuan, Kamille Storm Kastrup, Annika See, and Irene Zhang)


• Industry 4.0 Adoption by Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in Singapore: A Case Study (Surianarayanan Gopalakrishnan and Thomas Menkhoff)


• AI Competency Acquisition Online? Engaging Undergraduate Students in an AI 101 Course through a Chatbot Workshop (Thomas Menkhoff and Lydia Ying Qian Teo)


• Can Gamification Help Undergraduate Students Acquire Leadership and Team-Building Skills? Findings from Two Game Projects (Jayarani Tan, Thomas Menkhoff, Neo Wei Leng, Bernie Grayson Koh Teck Chye, and Lydia Ying Qian Teo)


• Sensitising Students in Higher Education to Appreciate the Importance of Digital Sustainability for Smart Cities (Thomas Menkhoff and Kan Siew Ning)


• CDL — A Business Case on Building Smart and Sustainable Cities (Esther An)


• The Handprint Approach (Simon J D Schillebeeckx and Ryan K Merrill)


• Enhancing the Sustainability DNA of Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay Through Induction Training (Kevin Cheong and Thomas Menkhoff)


• Successful Ageing in ‘Smart’ Singapore (Ma Kheng Min)


• Towards More Inclusive Smart Cities: Reconciling the Divergent Logics of Data and Discourse at the Margins (Jane Yeonjae Lee, Orlando Woods, and Lily Kong)


• Smart Cities: A Review of Managerial Challenges and a Framework for Future Research (Thomas Menkhoff)


• Nurturing Youth Climate Action: A Blue Carbon Perspective (Thomas Menkhoff and Kevin Cheong)

Readership: The book is an essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how the concept of Smart Cities can improve lives and livelihoods for all — from graduate students and undergraduates to smart city stakeholders in business and society as well as educators and municipal leaders.

Key Features:

• Draws a vision for the future of Singapore in various sectors like urban planning, environment, ESG, and more


• Uniquely written with multiple case studies from Singapore to illustrate the vision for each of the topics that the authors have touched upon