The smart city of Trikala

Abstract

The city of Trikala has a long smart history that started back in 2004. During this time frame, this local smart transformation experienced even failures in terms of social acceptance in 2010, which questioned its viability, while it also experienced a dramatic evolution after 2015. This chapter, after presenting in brief the past story of smart interventions in Trikala, analyzes the case with a focus on the scope that the project followed during the last 4 years, which transformed it to a famous international case and to the Greek smart-city flagship. The outcomes show that a smart city can sustain only if it meets the local interest and can put the smart-city evolution on a viable path. © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.