Smart and Resilient Cities: Best Practices from Disaster Risk Management Strategies

Abstract

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Towards integration of smart and resilient city: literature review

“…According to the responses, respondents are most concerned about the platform's security/privacy/reputation and information quality. Analysis of the literature confirms the importance of not only ICT technologies but also the human dimension in the concept of the smart and resilient city, which includes participation, dialogue, and, above all, the collaboration between citizens, communities, and government, to conform [31,37]. In this sense, a smart and resilient city is the co-designed and co-produced result of a participatory process of all stakeholders.…”

“…The awareness and preparedness of both public institutions and local communities, including citizens, to face current and future disasters are key success factors for renewed smart and resilient city governance, as already highlighted by the available literature. Big Data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), social media platforms, and other emerging and smart technologies are key to boosting resilience [31]. On the other side, cyberattacks are becoming more common in smart cities.…”