The Architecture of "Society 5.0"

This open access book introduces H-UTokyo Lab's ideas about the architecture for Society 5.0, including the process and organizational infrastructure for building smart cities that embody the Society 5.0 vision. It introduces six factors critical to the success of efforts to build people-centric sustainable smart cities. Each factor represents something needed to enable a local government to build a smart city, address the local issues, and ensure that these efforts contribute toward a people-centric sustainable society. The book is not only focused on initiatives that use digital innovation but extends beyond technological aspects, it also emphasizes the overall architecturethe general structures and organizational designs that encompass digital initiatives among other things. Through this book, readers get a better understanding of the current status of the smart-city agenda and its future path. The book is designed to serve as a handbook for public officials in national and local government, for businesspeople, for academics, for those in the third sector, and for any other actor involved in this undertaking.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Introduces the six factors critical to the success of efforts to build people-centric smart cities Highlights the current status of the smart-city agenda and its future path, toward achieving SDGs such as goal 12 For public officials in national and local government, businesspeople, academics, third sector, and other actors

Autorentext

Hitachi-UTokyo Laboratory (H-UTokyo Lab.), Tokyo, Japan

Inhalt

Chapter 1. What Defines the Architecture? An Approach to the Architecture of Society 5.0What Defines the Architecture? An Approach to the Architecture of Society 5.0.- Chapter 2. Trends in Smart Cities: Global and Japanese Perspectives.- Chapter 3. Society 5.0 Architecture and the Six Key Factors.- Chapter 4. Six Key Factors for Making a Smart City People-Centric and Sustainable.- Chapter 5. Social Acceptance.- Chapter 6. Data Governance.- Chapter 7. Citizen Participation.- Chapter 8. QoL-Based Assessment.- Chapter 9. Human Resource Development.- Chapter 10. Data Ecosystem.- Chapter 11. Project 1: Public Dialog in Data-Driven Urban Planning.- Chapter 12. Project 2: Frailty Prevention AI for Smart Aging.- Chapter 13. Project 3: Value-Creating Infrastructure Management for Value Creation.- Chapter 14. Six Key Factors as Infrastructure for a Digital Society.