Infrastructure Elements for Smart Campuses: A Bibliometric Analysis

Temitope Omotayo,Alireza Moghayedi,Bankole Awuzie,Saheed Ajayi

doi:10.3390/su13147960

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Abstract

Sustainable development can be attained at a microlevel and having smart campuses around the world presents an opportunity to achieve city-wide smartness. In the process of attaining smartness on campuses, the elements requiring attention must be investigated. There are many publications on smart campuses, and this investigation used the bibliometric analysis method to identify such publications produced over the last decade. A matrix of 578 nodes and 3217 edges was developed from 285 publications on smart campus construction and procurement. Fifteen cluster themes were produced from the bibliometric analysis. The findings revealed that China contributed 48.4% of all published articles on the smart campus. The findings presented a framework from the cluster themes under the four broad infrastructure areas of building construction or repurposing, technology and IT network, continuous improvement, and smart learning and teaching management. The implications of the findings identified that IT project management, traditional procurement strategy, and standard forms of contracts such as the New Engineering Contract (NEC) and the Joint Contract Tribunal (JCT) are applicable in the procurement of smart cities.

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The emergence of smart campuses worldwide has become an opportunity for educational institutions to enhance their utilisation of existing physical infrastructure to introduce smart technologies [1]
Outofofthe the285 documents reviewed analysed in this study inlast theten lastyears, ten years, than ten articles were published on smart campus technologies and construction between less than ten articles were published on smart campus technologies and construction be2011 and
This study aimed to develop an inclusive framework for smart campus procurement by reviewing all available literature within the last ten years

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The emergence of smart campuses worldwide has become an opportunity for educational institutions to enhance their utilisation of existing physical infrastructure to introduce smart technologies [1]. Smart campuses are essential for meeting the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) like affordable and clean energy and sustainable cities and communities [1]. Awuzie et al [3] suggested that smart cities development in developing countries can be hinged on a clear strategic framework inclusive of governance, policymaking, and management of campuses. The development of smart cities is viewed as expensive, non-inclusive of low-income earners, but Awuzie et al [3] argued that the microlevel application of smart infrastructure through

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