Sustainable development of smart cities: a systematic review of the literature

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse scientific studies focusing on both environmental sustainability and smart city concepts to understand the relationship between these two. In order to do so the study identifies information about researchers, models, frameworks and tools focused on the chosen themes. This research uses a qualitative methodology, through a systematic review of the literature, which examines the terms, 'smart city' and 'sustainability', aimed at sustainable development of smart cities. For this, three databases were used: Scopus, Science Direct, and Emerald Insight. This paper provides detailed information on the most recent scientific articles focusing on smart cities and sustainability issues. The paper can serve as a basis for researchers seeking background information for further investigations. The findings provide invaluable insights for scholars researching on the subject, and public managers considering applying those into practice in their cities.

Algorithmic Decision-Making in AVs: Understanding Ethical and Technical Concerns for Smart Cities

“…This is driven by the use of connected devices such as sensors, actuators and wearables that are able to store and transmit data through the Internet, i.e., the "Internet of Things" (IoT), which forms the backbone of smart infrastructure in smart cities as these devices can interact and synchronise their actions across multiple smart applications such as community development, grid distribution and transportation [4,56]. The concept of smart cities goes beyond earlier concepts of "information city", "digital city", "sustainable city" and "intelligent city" by emphasising the use of technology to serve the needs of people [52,55]. Scholars argue that a city can only be considered truly smart when technological solutions are utilised not only for greater economic efficiency but also social and environmental sustainability [7].…”

Geo-Visualisation and Visual Analytics for Smart Cities: A Survey

“…Users can transform the geometric data into image data using the rendering module and interact with the generated images through various interactive controls to explore and understand the data from different perspectives (Adhianto et al, 2010, Huang et al, 2012, Hofmann et al, 2012. Moreover, interactive analysis and visualisation are driven by the applications and solutions in the domain it is applied (Trindade et al, 2017, Bharath et al, 2017 and as a result, research in this field is usually motivated by real world user requirements and desired output (Claessen and Van Wijk, 2011, Lloyd and Dykes, 2011, Chen et al, 2014, Design and Quarter, 2015, Cao and Cui, 2016. The geo-spatial data can be visualised in 3D as 3D globes, vector maps or by rendering to 2D maps (Sugumaran and Sugumaran, 2007).…”

The Role of an Architect in Creating the Image of an Elderly-Friendly Sustainable Smart City

“…A sustainable smart city is an interdisciplinary concept, and as such, it has many definitions, emphasizing various aspects and proposing different assessment indicators [6]. An attempt to systematize the concepts existing in that area was made by Mattias Höjer and Josefin Wangela [7], and [8], as well as Rasha F. Elgazzar and Rania F. El-Gazzar [9]. The latter of the aforementioned authors has been extensively discussing and clarifying the meaning of the words/concepts such as "smart", "sustainability", "sustainable development", and also the meaning of complex concepts such as "sustainable cities", "smart cities" and "smart sustainable cities".…”

“…Furthermore, in the document of the Economic Commission for Europe Committee on Housing and Land Management [30] (pp. [7][8][9], from among the mentioned 72 smart sustainable city indicators, only the following ones have indirect reference to architecture:…”