Smart cities and transportation: reviewing the scientific character of the theories

M Burlacu, RG Boboc, EV Butilă - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The concept “smart city” nowadays designates a plethora of things. The multiple meanings
associated with the smart city, and its imperfect synonym the “robotic city”, continue to …

Toward a societal smart city: Clarifying the social justice dimension of smart cities

H Alizadeh, A Sharifi - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Smart cities have gained prominence in theory and practice over the past two decades.
While many aspects of smart cities have been explored, there has been a disproportionate …

Achieving Sustainable Smart Cities through Geospatial Data-Driven Approaches

DG Costa, JCN Bittencourt, F Oliveira, JPJ Peixoto… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the concept of smart cities has become increasingly important in the pursuit
of sustainable development goals. In general, common urban challenges have been …

From service capacity to spatial equity: Exploring a multi-stage decision-making approach for optimizing elderly-care facility distribution in the city centre of Tianjin …

T Cheng, C Liu, H Yang, N Wang, Y Liu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
With the unprecedented growth of the ageing population and the insufficiency of social
services, the equitable distribution of elderly-care facilities (ECFs) according to demand of …

Establishing a sustainable development assessment framework for a smart city using a hybrid Z-fuzzy-based decision-making approach

QG Shao, CC Jiang, HW Lo, JJH Liou - Clean Technologies and …, 2023 - Springer
With the intensification of urbanization, the application of contemporary technology to make
cities smarter is the key to their sustainable development (SD). This study proposes a …

A computational geospatial approach to assessing land-use compatibility in urban planning

O Mansourihanis, MJ Maghsoodi Tilaki, S Yousefian… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amidst rapid urbanization, sustainable development requires moving beyond subjective
land-use planning techniques toward innovative computational geospatial models. This …

Key factors for sustainable operation of smart rural communities in aging societies: Voices of Korean community leaders

JY Cho, SK Park - Technology in Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to identify the success factors for achieving sustainable
operation of smart rural communities. Smart rural communities, enabled by smart …

Health care in cities perceived as smart in the context of population aging—A record from Poland

I Jonek-Kowalska - Smart Cities, 2022 - mdpi.com
Population aging is a global problem affecting many modern economies. Thus, the article
attempts to answer the following research questions: What demographic trends characterize …

Does smart city pilot improve green total factor productivity? Evidence from Chinese cities

C Wu, R Shi, Y Luo - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, the construction of smart cities has gradually become an effective means of
addressing urban economic and environmental challenges. Based on panel data of 249 …

Smart city results and sustainability: current progress and emergent opportunities for future research

JR Gil-Garcia, T Chen, M Gasco-Hernandez - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The notion of sustainability has gained increasing popularity in smart city research. While
numerous studies have focused on how smart city initiatives either undermine or contribute …