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Foreword

This publication has been developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities
(U4SSC) initiative.

Acknowledgements

The deliverable leader Okan Geray (Smart Dubai Office) would like to thank Cristina Bueti (ITU) for her
continuous guidance, mentoring and essential support, Chris Ip (ITU) for critically editing and revising
the framework and the case studies, Reyna Ubeda (ITU) for her continuous support and assistance. The
deliverable strongly relies on the hard work of U4SSC members who diligently participated in the extensive
discussions and provided relentless support and feedback for this deliverable. The framework was
constructed with the suggestions and comments received from Ban Al Bakri, Marianna Cavada, Jean Gustave
Fedouop, Tony Lee Luen Len, Enric Marti, Andrés Abad Rodríguez, Ashwini Sathnur, Vimal Wakhlu and Nadia
Yen.
Okan Geray (Smart Dubai Office) extends his sincere gratitude to all the case authors who devoted substantial
efforts and time to draft, revise and finalize their case studies. Their diligence was extremely important to
demonstrate the application of city science in real urban contexts. Additionally, Okan Geray would like to
thank Tomas Llorente, Chungha Cha and Joelle Chen for their assistance in facilitating various case studies.
Okan Geray would like to express his deep appreciation for the extensive and invaluable inputs provided by
Vimal Wakhlu throughout this deliverable and also thank Gamze Hakli Geray for her assistance in drafting and
editing the framework and the case studies.

The authors wish to thank the U4SSC management team, Nasser Al Marzouqi (U4SSC Chairman) and
Victoria Sukenik, Paolo Gemma, Abdurahman M. Al Hassan and Albert Medrán (U4SSC Vice-chairmen)
for their respective assistance and contributions. The authors also wish to extend their gratitude to the
contributing organizations along with their representatives: Cristina Bueti, Chris Ip and Reyna Ubeda from the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Paola Deda, Amie Figueiredo and Agata Krause from the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Robert Lewis-Lettington from the United Nations Human
Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
views of their respective organizations or members.

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