Smart cities are widely seen as localities that actively embrace new technologies to achieve
desired urban outcomes. Despite sustainability often claimed to be a desired outcome of …

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 …

Cities are becoming digital and are aiming to be sustainable. How they are combining the
two is not always apparent from the outside. What we need is a look from inside. In recent …

Purpose This paper investigates the potential contribution of smart city approaches and tools
to sustainable urban development in the environment domain. Recent research has …

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 …

Global urbanisation trends and pressing issues around sustainability pose great challenges
for cities. The smart city concept has been developed as a strategy for working with cities as …

The global urban population is expected to grow by 63 percent between 2014 and 2050–
compared to an overall global population growth of 32 percent during the same period …

City assessment tools can be used as support for decision making in urban development as
they provide assessment methodologies for cities to show the progress towards defined …

Transforming urban areas into prosperous, liveable, and sustainable settlements is a
longstanding goal for local governments. Today, countless urban settlements across the …

The convergence of technology and the city is commonly referred to as the 'smart city'. It is
seen as a possible remedy for the challenges that urbanisation creates in the age of global …