Smart City Development and Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 23185
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban environment; urban sustainability; climate change mitigation and adaptation; smart cities
Interests: vital cities; smart governance; boundary spanning; community-based initiatives; networks; network management; citizen participation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is an extensive body of literature that emphasizes how the use of information and communication technologies is a crucial element of smart city development strategies. Over the past two decades, the practical applications of this paradigm have led to numerous examples of urban areas applying data-driven technological approaches in different areas including innovative mobility, energy efficiency, and green and grey infrastructures and related services. However, in addition to a persistent lack of conceptual clarity, the actual effect of smart cities on the sustainability of urban areas is even less understood from both a theoretical and empirical perspective in terms of the environmental, social, and economic dimensions. The need to integrate the technological perspective with a more holistic and integrated understanding of smart cities has been advocated by numerous scholars. How this can be realized in practice and contribute to the three pillars of sustainability is still an open question. Against this background, this Special Issue of Sustainability invites papers that focus on the relationship between smart city development and sustainability and address the following key questions in particular:
- Are existing conceptualizations of smart cities adequate to capture the multiple dimensions of sustainability?
- Under what conditions do smart cities promote environmental, social, and economic sustainability?
- Which methodological frameworks can be used to assess the impact of smart cities on sustainability?
- What lessons have been learned from the implementation of smart city development strategies and their effects on sustainability?
Dr. Alberto Gianoli
Prof. Dr. Jurian Edelenbos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart city development
- smart cities and technological innovation
- smart cities and sustainability
- smart cities impacts
