Smart cities are aimed to efficiently manage growing urbanization, energy consumption,
maintain a green environment, improve the economic and living standards of their citizens …

Cities are increasingly turning towards specialized technologies to address issues related to
society, ecology, morphology and many others. The emerging concept of Smart Cities highly …

The platforms supporting the smart city applications are rarely implemented from scratch by
a municipality and/or totally owned by a single company, but are more typically realized by …

In recent years, the rapid urbanization of world's population causes many economic, social,
and environmental problems, which affect people's living conditions and quality of life …

Sustainable and smart building is a recent concept that is gaining momentum in public
opinion, and thus, it is making its way into the agendas of researchers and city authorities all …

Wireless communication systems play a very crucial role in modern society for
entertainment, business, commercial, health and safety applications. These systems keep …

Rapid developments in hardware, software, and communication technologies have
facilitated the emergence of Internet-connected sensory devices that provide observations …

Blockchain technology is a highly regarded technology that possesses a plethora of exciting
features. This paper analyzes trends and highlights the potential benefits of blockchain …

The Smart City concept is still evolving and can be viewed as a branding exercise by big
corporations, which is why the concept is not being used by the United Nations (UN). Smart …

These days, the development of smart cities, specifically in location-aware, latency-sensitive,
and security-crucial applications (such as emergency fire events, patient health monitoring …