Smart cities and sustainable development goals (SDGs): A systematic literature review of co-benefits and trade-offs

Cities, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 146, С. 104659 - 104659

Опубликована: Дек. 19, 2023

Despite the wealth of research on smart cities, there is a lack studies examining interlinkages between cities and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In other words, limited how implementing city solutions can lead to co-benefits and/or trade-offs for achieving SDGs. This systematic literature review was conducted fill this gap. Results show that responsible development/implementation technologies could contribute progress toward The mainly focused SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities Communities), 12 (Responsible Consumption Production), 7 (Affordable Clean Energy), 6 (Clean Water Sanitation). More work SDGs needed. There bias reporting benefits cities. These include accelerating economic growth, improving efficiency, strengthening innovation, raising citizen awareness. indicate catalyze transition sustainable development address climate change challenges. However, requires addressing related issues such as privacy cyber security, costs infrastructure upgrading, rebound effects associated with efficiency improvements, biased decision-making, reproduction social biases, digital divide skills, misuse AI, legal setup. elaborates these offers minimize them. COVID-19 pandemic has increased attention interactions SDGs, particularly those health action. it also cemented many new unethical practices. highlights governance/policy challenges should be addressed ensure better It concludes multi-scale transparent governance mechanisms regulatory frameworks are crucial ensuring support resilient

Язык: Английский

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Environmentally sustainable smart cities and their converging AI, IoT, and big data technologies and solutions: an integrated approach to an extensive literature review

Energy Informatics, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 6(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 5, 2023

There have recently been intensive efforts aimed at addressing the challenges of environmental degradation and climate change through applied innovative solutions AI, IoT, Big Data. Given synergistic potential these advanced technologies, their convergence is being embraced leveraged by smart cities in an attempt to make progress toward reaching targets sustainable development goals under what has termed "environmentally cities." This new paradigm urbanism represents a significant research gap itself. To fill this gap, study explores key trends driving factors environmentally maps thematic evolution. Further, it examines fragmentation, amalgamation, transition underlying models as well converging Data technologies solutions. It employs combines bibliometric analysis evidence synthesis methods. A total 2,574 documents were collected from Web Science database compartmentalized into three sub-periods: 1991-2015, 2016-2019, 2020-2021. The results show that are rapidly growing trend markedly escalated during second third periods-due acceleration digitalization decarbonization agendas-thanks COVID-19 rapid advancement data-driven technologies. also reveals that, while overall priority topics dynamic over time-some AI techniques sustainability areas received more attention than others. synthesized indicates increasing criticism fragmentation cities, widespread diffusion SDGs agenda, dominance ICT significantly impacted materialization thereby influencing landscape dynamics cities. suggests provides approaches tackling sustainability. However, involve costs pose ethical risks regulatory conundrums. findings can inform scholars practitioners emerging technology assist policymakers designing implementing responsive policies.

Язык: Английский

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Toward a societal smart city: Clarifying the social justice dimension of smart cities

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 95, С. 104612 - 104612

Опубликована: Апрель 24, 2023

Язык: Английский

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From Garden City to 15-Minute City: A Historical Perspective and Critical Assessment

Land, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 12(2), С. 512 - 512

Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2023

The 15-minute city concept was introduced as a post-COVID strategy to support more sustainable recovery from the pandemic and develop complete, climate-sensitive, resilient neighborhoods. This review examines key neighborhood planning movements identify origins of concept. These include garden city, unit plan, modernist urbanism, post-modern eco-urbanism, which have emerged since late 19th century. results study show that has ten basic characteristics: proximity, density, diversity, mixed-use, modularity, adaptability, flexibility, human-scale design, connectivity, digitalization. been successful in advancing theoretical debates on urbanism. However, some criticisms past also apply city. Similar follows philosophy physical determinism, setting goals without specifying how or by what means they will be achieved. At this point, one can only speculate about future A detailed real-world applications is needed before thoroughly discuss its strengths weaknesses.

Язык: Английский

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Metaverse in Business and Commerce

Advances in social networking and online communities book series, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 47 - 72

Опубликована: Апрель 5, 2024

Incorporating the Metaverse into trade and business represents a paradigm change, changing conventional tactics, encouraging creative solutions. The Metaverse's revolutionary effects on branding, marketing, e-commerce are examined in this abstract. It explores development of virtual worlds, leading to creation its pivotal role modern trade. E-commerce experiences tremendous shift world, where storefronts, immersive experiences, 3D product displays boost sales improve user engagement. Businesses looking develop distinctive brand have possibilities problems as marketing branding strategies adjust locations. Real-world case studies from retail, entertainment, hospitality sectors demonstrate successful integration. These provide insights applications consequences. Virtual commodities, digital real estate, innovative monetization redefining economic environment affecting revenue-generating strategies.

Язык: Английский

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Wireless power transfer: Applications, challenges, barriers, and the role of AI in achieving sustainable development goals - A bibliometric analysis

Energy Strategy Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 53, С. 101376 - 101376

Опубликована: Апрель 10, 2024

This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of 19,235 publications on Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) from 2015 to 2023, underlining its critical role in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Focusing SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) 3 (Good Health Well-being), research highlights WPT's significant contributions sustainability across economic, environmental, social realms. Utilizing Biblioshiny VOSviewer, we extract visualize key insights into recent progress, technological applications, top keywords, publication trends, geographical distribution, thematic clusters. Our findings indicate strong emphasis sustainable energy solutions, with 1589 directly related 7. WPT also supports 9 (Industry, Innovation, Infrastructure) 56 11 (Sustainable Cities Communities) 171 publications, contributing resilient infrastructure urban development. Moreover, uncovers potential environmental conservation, notable attention 14 (Life Below Water) 15 Land). The synergy Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emphasized for enhancing efficiency broad application areas such as affordable energy, agricultural yields, health standards, digital education, water purification. Despite challenges like financial constraints, technical hurdles, concerns, paper suggests innovative solutions through funding, research, assessments, collaborative policymaking. Highlighting promise state-of-the-art techniques, this advocates democratizing technology access marginalized regions, presenting pivotal tool sustainable, equitable future aligned SDGs.

Язык: Английский

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Role of Fluid Dynamics in Infectious Disease Transmission: Insights from COVID-19 and Other Pathogens

Trends in Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 21(8), С. 8287 - 8287

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2024

The spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 depends on complex fluid dynamics interactions between pathogens and phases, including individual droplets multiphase clouds. Understanding these is crucial for predicting controlling disease spread. This applies to human animal exhalations, coughs sneezes, well bursting bubbles that create micron-sized in various indoor outdoor environments. By exploring case studies this regard, study examines the emerging field transmission, focusing flows, interfacial turbulence, pathogens, traffic, aerosol ventilation, breathing microenvironments. These results indicate increased ventilation rates local methods can effectively reduce concentration SARS-CoV-2-laden aerosols immediate spaces individuals. In a displacement-ventilated room, both neutral unstable conditions were more effective removing breathed from air, regardless presence test subjects. However, stable may increase risk infection individuals living confined spaces. Thus, findings are useful providing practical guidance managing airborne infections. HIGHLIGHTS Fluid affect transmission explored flow, dispersion, respiratory zones Increased SARS-CoV-2 Displacement eliminates under Cramped damp environments GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

Язык: Английский

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Justice in access to urban ecosystem services: A critical review of the literature

Ecosystem Services, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 67, С. 101617 - 101617

Опубликована: Март 25, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Empowering homes with intelligence: An investigation of smart home technology adoption and usage

Internet of Things, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 24, С. 100944 - 100944

Опубликована: Сен. 30, 2023

The increasing interconnectedness of the world, along with proliferation connected devices, networks, and systems, has created unprecedented opportunities for automation advanced digitalization. This led to a rise in adoption smart intelligent technologies home industry. Norway, being technologically country digitally skilled citizens, presents potential market widespread technologies. However, there is lack research on technology (SHT), specifically Norway. Hence, this study aims at investigating factors that influence Norwegian consumers' intentions adopt technologies, as well diffusion market. Employing mixed-methods design, gathers insights from both consumers professionals through ten qualitative interviews survey 100 participants over period seven months. findings provide empirical evidence supporting significance hedonic motivation, perceived price value, social relation use SHT.

Язык: Английский

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Capacitating urban governance and planning systems to drive transformative resilience

Sustainable Cities and Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 96, С. 104637 - 104637

Опубликована: Май 9, 2023

Urban governance and planning systems are central cornerstones of international research policy initiatives to advance sustainable development, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction in the context increasing global environmental change. Yet, inherent processes components conventional systems, such as discourses, structures, tools, practices, must be revised drive a transition fundamentally new arrangements mechanisms. We present framework featuring four characteristics for capacitating urban accelerate shift toward transformative resilience: foresight path-shifting, collaboration leadership, creativity agility, experimentation embeddedness. The addresses that transformed highlights mechanisms required transformation. These include discourse reorientation, structure reorganization, tool innovation, practice expansion. also underlines eight significant functional, social, political, institutional, ecological, technological, legal, financial dimensions will used operationalize next step order evaluate associated opportunities constraints current

Язык: Английский

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