Sustainable Urban Development Prospective for Smart Cities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1604
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Interests: public administration; public policy; public management; smart cities; smart development; policy evaluation
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Interests: strategic planning of territories; public service marketing; marketing of public administration offices; innovations and creativity; local production systems in territories; creative economy; creative industries; smart cities; social responsibility
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The concept of a smart city includes many different components, starting with critical infrastructure and ending with the use of artificial intelligence in making important decisions for the city. It is no coincidence that researchers' attention to smart city issues is growing every year and will likely grow in the next decade, as smart city technologies are increasingly applied to city management. I believe that the future of cities will increasingly contribute to smart urban development, in which the smart community will receive personalized public services; innovative access to service provisions will allow for the modernization of education, health care, public administration, and local transport functionality and will encourage the participation of residents in digital transformation processes. Adopting such a broad smart city concept will ensure the implementation of all 17 sustainable development goals.
This Special Issue collects high-quality papers in the fields of smart city and sustainable development, including but not limited to sustainable urban development. Aiming to achieve sustainable development, we encourage potential authors to submit high-level scientific manuscripts analyzing smart city policies, smart city success stories, the impact of technology on smart urban development, the use of artificial intelligence in the context of a smart city, smart public service provision, citizen involvement, and others.
Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Dvorak
Dr. Katarína Vitálišová
Prof. Dr. Vitalii Kruhlov
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence
- data
- decision-making
- Internet of Things
- mobility and travel behavior
- planning
- public administration
- smart public services
- smart city
- smart urban development
- safety
- urban transport
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