@inbook{f0d39bf146414ef28b2f278ee2bef329,
title = "General Overview",
abstract = "The chapter introduces to smart city issue through a historical excursus,which traces the main steps: the birth of global environmental policies up to thestage of maturity reached in Europe after the Kyoto Protocol (1997); then theClimate Package 20-20-20, edited by European Commission in 2008 marks another crucial point which preludes smart cities initiatives and projects; the 2030 EnergyStrategy and finally the 2050 European Energy Strategy. The chapter is concludedwith a review of the most popular smart cities ranking systems and with a proposalfor a ranking based on context features.",
author = "Valentina Vaccaro and {Riva Sanseverino}, Raffaella and {Riva Sanseverino}, Eleonora",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-319-47361-1",
series = "SPRINGER TRACTS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING",
pages = "3--21",
booktitle = "Smart Cities Atlas - Western and Eastern Intelligent Communities",
}