In the recent literature, the concept of “smart”,“intelligent”, or “cognitive” cities has gained
increasing attention as an approach for addressing the challenges of urban management …

Abstract The concept of Smart City (SC) as a means to enhance the life quality of citizen has
been gaining increasing importance in the agendas of policy makers. However, a shared …

The notion of smart cities, presently, is a highly popular topic in urban policy circles. This
concept is adopted by many cities across the world—with an aim of increasing urban …

Sustainability is an established goal of future urban developments. More recently, the smart
city concept has been employed to address issues associated with negative environmental …

The idea of “smart cities” emerged from the contemporary technological advancements and
with the aim of enhancing cities' performance and improving the quality of life. As it turns out …

The world is facing substantial challenges related to population growth and the derived
pressure on environment, energy, and other natural resources. Cities contribute to these …

In recent years, the concept of smart sustainable cities has come to the fore. And it is rapidly
gaining momentum and worldwide attention as a promising response to the challenge of …

This paper describes the information technology (IT) foundation and principles for Smarter
Cities™. Smarter Cities are urban areas that exploit operational data, such as that arising …

The objective of this study is to critically review the smart city research paradigm and to find
possible pitfalls, conflicting results and topics for further study and improvement. A …

During the latest ten years, several cities all over the world have been starting to develop
their own smart strategy, aiming at improving the quality of life of citizens and reducing …