Edited by
Gilles N’Goala, University of Montpellier, France.
Florence Paulhiac Scherrer ESG UQAM, Canada.
Fabien Durif, ESG UQAM, Canada.
ISBN : 9781786309983
Publication Date : August 2025
Hardcover 294 pp
165.00 USD
Co-publisher
While advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and data infrastructures offer solutions for improving urban management and quality of life a priori, they also raise major challenges and risks.
This book explores the constituent dimensions of the so-called smart city from two singular angles: the new uses stimulated by innovations and the needs that these innovations fill (mobility, food, culture, tourism, housing, etc.).
Based on research carried out by the CitUs International Chair in collaboration with the cities of Montpellier and Montreal, The Smart and Resilient City explores the impact of digital, ecological and social transformations on urban management and the lives of city dwellers. It provides essential and engaging reading for the academic community in cities in transition, helping public and private decision-makers to develop new territorial projects that combine innovation with individual and collective well-being.
Part 1. The Smart City: What Transitions?
1. Protection, Inès Kolli and Philippe Cohard.
2. Including People, Léa Cauchard.
3. Co-creating, Isabelle Bories-Azeau and Jessica Clément.
4. Reassuring, Audrey Portes and Gilles N’Goala.
5. Involvement, Julie Jammes, Gilles N’Goala and Pauline Folcher.
6. Informing, Ambre Gambin.
Part 2. The Smart City: What Lifestyle for Citizens?
7. Inhabiting, Sarah Mussol and Pauline Folcher.
8. Eating, Karine Garcia, Andréa Gourmelen and Angélique Rodhain.
9. Smart Culture, Immersion, Co-creation and Public Engagement, Olga Goncalves, Camille Lacan and Gilles N’Goala.
10. Consuming, Fabien Durif.
11. Moving Around, Sara Laurent and Florence Paulhiac Scherrer.
12. Traveling, Intissar Abbes and Arnaud Maes.
13. Healing, Blandine Chapel and Sarah Garidi.
14. Learning, Sara Laurent.
Gilles N’Goala is Professor of Management and Marketing at the University of Montpellier, France, and Co-holder of the CitUs International Chair on the uses and practices of the intelligent city.
Florence Paulhiac Scherrer is Professor of Urban Studies at ESG UQAM, Canada, and Co-holder of the CitUs International Chair on the uses and practices of the intelligent city.
Fabien Durif is Full Professor at ESG UQAM, Canada, and Director of the Observatoire de la consommation responsable and the FCI – GreenUXlab laboratory.
