Abstract
Cities are becoming smarter and more optimized because of digital transformation, reducing costs, increasing safety, attracting investment, ensuring sustainability, and increasing viability. As a result of this optimization, they are becoming smart cities. Smart cities use the Internet of Things' devices, such as connected sensors, lights, and smart meters, to improve infrastructure and design by gathering and analyzing real-time citizen data. In this research, different conceptions of smart cities and their interconnections with digital transformation are presented. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to analyze how digital transformation may help manage smart cities. As a result, a thorough and integrated evaluation of the SCOPUS database will be conducted in order to address the following questions: (1) What are smart cities? (2) What is digital transformation? (3) How does digital transformation help to manage smart cities? The results point out that technologies and digital abundance, which include artificial intelligence, blockchain, and Internet of Things, play a crucial role in managing a controlled and automated infrastructure in smart cities. These favor the development of suitable places to live, work, and have fun, with a better quality of life for everyone.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Smart cities and digital transformation |
| Subtitle of host publication | Empowering Communities, Limitless Innovation, Sustainable Development and the Next Generation |
| Editors | Miltiadis D. Lytras, Abdulrahman A. Housawi, Basim S. Alsaywid |
| Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. |
| Pages | 59-83 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781804559949 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781804559956 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Jun 2023 |
Keywords
- Accessibility
- CO2 emissions
- Connectivity
- Digital platforms
- Energy
- Information and communication technologies
- Lotka's Law
- Sustainable mobility
- Technological
- Zipf's Law
