TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban Transition in the Era of the Internet of Things
T2 - Social Implications and Privacy Challenges
AU - Hassan, Abbas M.
AU - Awad, Ali Ismail
N1 - Funding Information:
After the 1997 Asian financial crisis [16], the Republic of Korea adopted knowledge-based, national strategies for urban development under the Cyber Korea, E-Korea, and U-Korea agendas [17]. The U-Korea agenda advocates for the generation of a new, sustainable form of urban development in which any resident can utilize any service anywhere and anytime through the assistance of ubiquitous computing [20] and ICTs embedded in the city infrastructure. Korean U-eco-city projects began in 2008 under the auspices of the Hwaseong Dongtan pilot project [21]–[23], and there are now 64 such projects throughout Korea. Figure 3 shows the locations and statuses of U-eco-cities within the Republic of Korea. These projects have been implemented through coordination between the Ministry of Land, Transport and Marine Affairs (MLTM) and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS) and have been sponsored by various Korean technology companies, including Korean Telecom, Samsung, and LG [16], [22].
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PY - 2018/5/17
Y1 - 2018/5/17
N2 - The Internet of Things (IoT) could become an important aspect of urban life in the next decade. In the IoT paradigm, various information and communication technologies (ICTs) are used in concert to substantially reduce urban problems. Smart cities and ubiquitous cities will adopt ICTs in the urban development process; however, IoT-based cities will experience considerably stronger effects than those that adopt conventional ICTs. IoT cities allow urban residents and "things" to be connected to the Internet by virtue of the extension of the Internet Protocol from IPv4 to IPv6 and of cutting-edge device and sensor technology. Therefore, the urban transition resulting from the influence of IoT may be a critical issue. The privacy-related vulnerabilities of IoT technologies may negatively affect city residents. Furthermore, disparities in the spread of IoT systems across different countries may allow some countries to subvert the privacy of other countries' citizens. The aim of this paper is to identify the potential prospects and privacy challenges that will emerge from IoT deployment in urban environments. This paper reviews the prospects of and barriers to IoT implementation at the regional, city, and residential scales from the perspectives of security and privacy. The IoT technology will be a continual presence in life in general and in urban life in particular. However, the adoption of the IoT paradigm in cities will be complicated due to the inherent presence of unsecured connections. Moreover, the IoT systems may rob people of some of their humanity, infringing on their privacy, because people are also regarded as "things" in the IoT paradigm. Given the social trepidation surrounding IoT implementation, local and international associations related to IoT privacy, and legislation and international laws, are needed to maintain the personal right to privacy and to satisfy the demands of institutional privacy in urban contexts.
AB - The Internet of Things (IoT) could become an important aspect of urban life in the next decade. In the IoT paradigm, various information and communication technologies (ICTs) are used in concert to substantially reduce urban problems. Smart cities and ubiquitous cities will adopt ICTs in the urban development process; however, IoT-based cities will experience considerably stronger effects than those that adopt conventional ICTs. IoT cities allow urban residents and "things" to be connected to the Internet by virtue of the extension of the Internet Protocol from IPv4 to IPv6 and of cutting-edge device and sensor technology. Therefore, the urban transition resulting from the influence of IoT may be a critical issue. The privacy-related vulnerabilities of IoT technologies may negatively affect city residents. Furthermore, disparities in the spread of IoT systems across different countries may allow some countries to subvert the privacy of other countries' citizens. The aim of this paper is to identify the potential prospects and privacy challenges that will emerge from IoT deployment in urban environments. This paper reviews the prospects of and barriers to IoT implementation at the regional, city, and residential scales from the perspectives of security and privacy. The IoT technology will be a continual presence in life in general and in urban life in particular. However, the adoption of the IoT paradigm in cities will be complicated due to the inherent presence of unsecured connections. Moreover, the IoT systems may rob people of some of their humanity, infringing on their privacy, because people are also regarded as "things" in the IoT paradigm. Given the social trepidation surrounding IoT implementation, local and international associations related to IoT privacy, and legislation and international laws, are needed to maintain the personal right to privacy and to satisfy the demands of institutional privacy in urban contexts.
KW - Internet of Things (IoT)
KW - IoT privacy challenges
KW - IoT privacy framework
KW - IoT vulnerabilities
KW - Smart cities
KW - urban transition
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U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2838339
DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2838339
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047198293
SN - 2169-3536
VL - 6
SP - 36428
EP - 36440
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
ER -
