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Foreword

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

Acknowledgements

The development of this deliverable was led and coordinated by Judy Backhouse (Senior Academic
Fellow, UNU-EGOV) and Soumaya Ben Dhaou (Research Coordinator, UNU-EGOV).

UNU-EGOV would like to extend its sincere gratitude to all the case authors who devoted
substantial efforts in drafting the case studies: Jorge Díaz García-Herrera (Ayuntamiento da
Ronda), Luis Castiella (University City of Buenos Aires), Rodrigo G. Gibilisco (CNRS, France), María
Astaíza, Gayatri Doctor (CEPT University, India), Junaid Ahmed (Linab Technologies, India), Steve
Apps (Independent Consultant), Flavio Yuaca, (Government Secretariat, City of Goiania, Brazil
and Government Fellow, UNU-EGOV), Pradeep Balachandran (Digital Health), Catherine Bodeau-
Pean (Independent Researcher). Additionally, the co-ordinators would like to thank those who
contributed cases that were not included.

The authors would like to thank the following contributing individuals: Ade Firmansyah (Aceh
Smart Province), Afroza Damji (ZS Associates), Agata Krause (UNECE), Alireza Yari (ICT Research
Institute), Annalee C. Babb (Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Barbados and Special Advisor
to her Minister of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology), Anuradha Udunuwara (Sri Lanka
Telecom PLC), Ashwini Sathnur (UNDP), Asma Karoui (Tunisian Smart Cities Association, ATFI
Association of Women Engineers), Ban al-Bakri (Engineer), Catherine Bodeau-Péan (Independent
Researcher), Charlotte Masiello-Riome (Independent Researcher), David John O’Donnell (Cargill),
Dimitris Koutsonikolas (Municipality of Pavlos Melas), Eleanor 'Nell' Watson (Singularity University),
Estibaliz Casttrillejo (University of Basque Country Spain), Eva Schlotter, Flavio Yuaca (Government
Secretariat, City of Goiania, Brazil and Government Fellow, UNU-EGOV), Francisco Javier Gómez
Gómez (Qualica-RD and Paythunder), Gabriela Sorrentino (Intel Corporation), Gayatri Doctor
(CEPT University India), Geoffrey Wekesa Chemwa (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology), Glenn Gyimah (Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant of Jospong Group of Companies
Ghana), Horst Treiblmaier (Modul University Vienna), Jorge Díaz Garcia-Herrera, (Ayuntamiento
da Ronda Spain), José Esteban Gabarda (Independent Researcher), Junaid Ahmed (Linab
Technologies), Kayode John Dada (University of Nigeria), Lucía Bellocchio (Attorney General
Office-Costa Rica), Luis Castiella (University City of Buenos Aires), Lukasz Olechnowicz (Infopulse
Poland), Manuella Maia Ribeiro (Fundação Getúlio Vargas São Paulo), Marcello Garcia (Independent
Reseacher), María Astaíza (Researcher), Michael Lake (Leading Cities), Panos Fitsilis (University
of Thessaly), Pedro Garibi (Smart City Enterprise Architect), Piotr Olkiewicz (SENVI Sustainability
Consultants), Pradeep Balachandran (Digital Health), Rafael Meana Garcia (Geographer, Urban
Planning, GIS & Data Consultant), Rodrigo G. Gibilisco (Atmospheric science researcher at CNRS-
France and Alexander von Humboldt Academic Fellow), Sheila Romera Aznar (Fundación Smart

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