Smart Sustainable Cities

January 2024 – A Smart City is a city that has developed technological infrastructure to support environmentally sustainable operations aiming to address urban challenges, improve quality of life and build climate resilience. A smart city utilizes Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to collect and analyze data. There are many benefits of smart city adoption such as emissions and pollution reduction, health and well-being improvements, and new job creation. However, there are challenges such as privacy issues, vulnerability to cyberattacks, and poor connectivity. In 2016, the United for Smart Sustainable Cities (U4SSC) initiative was launched to promote the use of technology to facilitate the transition to smart sustainable cities worldwide. 

In this slideshow, you will learn about the definition, technologies, applications, stakeholders, benefits, challenges, implementation, UN policy, and global statistics of smart city implementation.