⌄ Scroll down to continue reading article ⌄ You Are in “the Zone”ĭo people complain that you are slow at correspondence? This may be because you find responding to e-mails, phonecalls, and texts very disruptive! I often find that I get into a flow throughout the day, and responding to a “very important” phonecall or e-mail can throw a wrench in my productivity machine. If you can manage your time, you can put that perfectionism to great use! In fact, this very article is past the due date! The best thing for you slow, perfectionistic, procrastinators like me is to make sure you break those projects into manageable chunks and then schedule them in throughout the week, reworking your timing as needed. You know you’re not a slacker - you have very good intentions - you’re just afraid that your project may take a very long time. If you’re slow, methodical, AND a perfectionist, you are also likely to be a procrastinator. I was one of those students who spent hours on my homework each night but also got straight A’s throughout my school career. This means it may take a long time to get the results, but they will be fantastic when you finally get them! The last person to finish tests is often the person who is carefully checking answers. Management quickly sent me back to front cashier. I learned within 10 minutes at my first job at Burger King that I would never make a good drive-thru “pusher.” I was just too slow! I knew how upset people got when their order was incorrect, and I think I spent 3 precious minutes bobbing my head up and down between the food in the carry-out bag and the overhead order screen. Here are 15 great reasons why you may be “slow.” You Make Sure Everything is Correct The overall aim of the paper is to understand how smart cities differ in their meanings, intentions and ‘offerings’.Have you been called a “slowpoke”, a “sloth”, or just plain “slow?” Have you ever been told to “speed up”, “hurry up”, “think fast”, or “spit it out”? If you have, this article is for you! You’re slow, you’re good at being slow, and you’re probably better off for it! This may be a fast-paced world, but you know that the quick way isn’t always the best way. The paper clusters the various views pertaining to the building of smart cities and, thereby, proposes a 3RC framework, consisting of Restrictive, Reflective, Rationalistic and Critical schools, which critically analyses various stages in the development of the field. Such uncertainty at the conceptual level, and the heightened importance given by policy makers and markets to its adoption, highlights the need for proper scrutiny.
The current paper reviews the research in the field to date to find that there are conflicting views in smart city planning, which limit our knowledge about the ‘real’ smart city and its implications for building creative and inclusive urban space. A variety of expectations from various stakeholders make the potential implementation strategies even more complex. The roles of various players, especially the central role of the private sector, is often challenged in the academic literature.
Despite efforts to promote its practice, there has been wide criticism about the concept and the way it has been adopted and implemented. While proponents argue that smart cities will bring positive social change by the adoption of ICTs, enriched governance and human capital among the citizenry, opponents point out about the negative effects and gaps exist in their planning and execution. Smart city approaches in city planning have gained significant momentum in the recent past.