The proliferation of “Smart Cities” initiatives around the world is a part of the strategic
response by governments to the challenges and opportunities of increasing urbanization …

Smart cities provide state-of-the-art approaches for urbanization, having evolved from the
developments carried out under the umbrella of the knowledge-based economy, and …

The articles in this special section focus on the emergence of smart cities. A “smart city” is
not a particularly new concept. Urban planners and city governments have been …

This article is a single-source introduction to the emerging concept of smart cities. It can be
used for familiarizing researchers with the vast scope of research possible in this application …

Infrastructure can mean several things and has been defined in several ways. It could refer
to the fundamental systems and facilities that an organization, city, or country needs to …

Smart city is an application of Internet of Things (IoT) notion. Unceasing growth of population
and urbanization have intensified innovative ways to handle urbanization with minimal …

The enormous pressure towards efficient city management has triggered various Smart City
initiatives by both government and private sector businesses to invest in Information and …

Driven by the advances in hardware and software technologies, the term Internet of things
has emerged as a worldwide framework of 'smart'internet-based interconnected electronic …

In the early twenty-first century, the rapid transition to a highly urbanized population has
made societies and their governments around the world to be meeting unprecedented …

Future smart cities are the key to fulfilling the ever-growing demands of citizens. Information
and communication advancements will empower better administration of accessible …