Smart City Initiatives For Sustainable Environmental Planning

Sham, Rohana; Lim, Eva Wei Lee; Othman, Razifah; Rasi, Raja Zuraidah Raja Mohd; Mohamad, Nik Mastura Nik

doi:10.15405/epsbs.2020.10.92

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“…Using an intelligent waste management system solves the problems related to the separate collection and sorting of waste in most residential areas [18]. The main benefits of using an intelligent waste management system are related to [17]:…”

Section: B Environmental Sustainability In Smart Citiesmentioning

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Smart Cities as a Tool for Environmental Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges

Nikolov

2024

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The article's research focus is to investigate the impact of technologies used in smart cities to achieve environmental sustainability. The research methods used to review scientific studies worldwide on the problem under consideration, analysis and synthesis, comparative analysis, and logical approach. The information and communication technologies in smart cities aim to promote sustainability and provide adequate services to citizens, thereby improving their quality of life. Specific characteristics of smart cities are the extensive use of technology, real-time monitoring, innovation, and citizen empowerment, with a constant focus on sustainability. Analysis of the cited examples shows that technologies are being deployed in smart cities to improve transportation systems, deal with traffic jams and waiting times at traffic lights, and more with real-time data analysis. In most examples, information and communication technologies create a smart grid to achieve optimal energy use and improve the efficiency, reliability, and economy of the provided utility services. Self-monitoring and control of smart grids are realized using intelligent sensors and smart meters for energy transmission and distribution for real-time analysis of current consumption. An intelligent energy system involves using technologies for efficient energy production and distribution. The conducted case study on the effectiveness of the smart city in terms of environmental sustainability establishes that the sustainable management of resources and reducing the harmful impact on climate change and the environment requires optimizing the use of energy and resources and increasing the use of renewable energy sources. Analysis shows how technology can achieve environmental sustainability by reducing carbon emissions from cities, improving air quality, and optimizing the use of natural resources. Implementing intelligent systems and applications can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 20%, water consumption by up to 30%, and the amount of non-recyclable solid waste by around 15-20%, depending on the city's specific characteristics.

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Section: B Environmental Sustainability In Smart Citiesmentioning

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Smart Cities as a Tool for Environmental Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges

Nikolov

2024

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“…Hence, it is possible to map the indicators with the three dimensions as well to help build the proposed conceptual framework as shown in Table 1. • Environmental [9], [21], [28], [41] Energy efficiency…”

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“…Figure 1 presents the structure of the presented study, which was followed to answer the presented questions. The presented study presents a deductive approach to form the relationship between smart and ecological interventions along with urban aspects in a comprehensive review of four issues namely; physical, technological, socio-cultural, and economic [9]. Accordingly, the research follows a methodology that consists of five parts.…”

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Smart Eco-cities Conceptual Framework to Achieve UN-SDGs: A Case Study Application in Egypt

Tarek¹

2023

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Smart-eco cities are not a new concept, they appear while planning for a healthy and sustainable urban future. Notions like smart cities, sustainable cities, augmented cities, and ecological cities represent new norms and standards for applying the latest new smart technologies in addition to green environmental solutions in the planning of contemporary cities. The present study addresses the problem of the lack of guidelines that help in linking different principles of urban design and indicators of smart and ecological interventions in both the early planning and upgrading stage to support cities' sustainable future. Therefore, the research aims to identify smart-eco cities dimensions and indicators to use in developing a conceptual framework for developing smart-eco cities strategies, to be applied in cities nowadays. The study merges between smart and ecological urban dimensions as novel urban approaches in addition to focusing on the characteristics, guidelines, and indicators for smart and eco-cities to attain UN 2030 sustainable development goals. The present work follows a methodology that encompasses four parts. The First part is an integrative literature review for the main concepts, definitions, and dimensions for both smart cities and eco-cities in addition to SDGs. Moreover, it reviews and analyses different initiatives for cities that followed smart and ecological approaches. The Second part is an analytical approach proposing a matrix that combines both smart and eco-cities dimensions and indicators to achieve a healthier and sustainable urban future by mapping it to UN-SDGs. Moreover, a survey was administered to highlight the most effective indicators in developing smart eco-cities strategies. The Third part proposes a conceptual framework to be used for planning smart-eco cities for better urban futures. Finally, the study applies the proposed framework on a new Egyptian city as a case study to identify the potential of applying smart-eco cities concept in developing countries and limited resources settings. Research results indicate the capabilities derived by smart-eco cities that can assist in the adaptation and achieving SDGs for developing countries.

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Smart City Initiatives For Sustainable Environmental Planning

Abstract: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Smart Cities as a Tool for Environmental Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges

Smart Cities as a Tool for Environmental Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges

Smart Eco-cities Conceptual Framework to Achieve UN-SDGs: A Case Study Application in Egypt

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