Smart Cities: The Role of Entrepreneurship for Urban Leftover Spaces

Abstract

Smart City focuses on smarter solutions for the future to promote quality of life. Thus, the role of ICT interventions, innovations and creativity are emphasised to sustain economic and urban growth. The literature highlights business-led urban development is a major aspect of smart cities for entrepreneurship and identifies their inter-dependent role in economically efficient solutions. A barrier would be unused urban spaces as an inefficient allocation of resources. Entrepreneurship encourages innovation while smart cities adopt interventions that provide opportunities and a supporting environment for entrepreneurial activities. This paper explores the prospective relationship of using urban leftover spaces for entrepreneurial activities in smart cities. The study evaluates and analyses key attributes of entrepreneurship as to develop smart spaces for social sustainability.