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Title Smart cities survey: Technologies, application domains and challenges for the cities of the future
ID_Doc 40611
Authors Sánchez-Corcuera, R; Nuñez-Marcos, A; Sesma-Solance, J; Bilbao-Jayo, A; Mulero, R; Zulaika, U; Azkune, G; Almeida, A
Title Smart cities survey: Technologies, application domains and challenges for the cities of the future
Year 2019
Published International Journal Of Distributed Sensor Networks, 15, 6
DOI 10.1177/1550147719853984
Abstract The introduction of the Information and Communication Technologies throughout the last decades has created a trend of providing daily objects with smartness, aiming to make human life more comfortable. The paradigm of Smart Cities arises as a response to the goal of creating the city of the future, where (1) the well-being and rights of their citizens are guaranteed, (2) industry and (3) urban planning is assessed from an environmental and sustainable viewpoint. Smart Cities still face some challenges in their implementation, but gradually more research projects of Smart Cities are funded and executed. Moreover, cities from all around the globe are implementing Smart City features to improve services or the quality of life of their citizens. Through this article, (1) we go through various definitions of Smart Cities in the literature, (2) we review the technologies and methodologies used nowadays, (3) we summarise the different domains of applications where these technologies and methodologies are applied (e.g. health and education), (4) we show the cities that have integrated the Smart City paradigm in their daily functioning and (5) we provide a review of the open research challenges. Finally, we discuss about the future opportunities for Smart Cities and the issues that must be tackled in order to move towards the cities of the future.
Author Keywords Survey; state of the art; smart city; definitions; challenges; best practices
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000471006200001
WoS Category Computer Science, Information Systems; Telecommunications
Research Area Computer Science; Telecommunications
PDF https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1550147719853984
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