Q2. What are the future works mentioned in the paper "Smart sustainable cities of the future: an extensive interdisciplinary literature review" ?
In this paper the authors provided a comprehensive overview of the field of smart ( and ) sustainable cities in terms of its underlying foundations and assumptions, state–of–the art research and development, research opportunities and horizons, emerging scientific and technological trends, and future planning practices. The authors conclude that the applied theoretical inquiry into smart sustainable cities of the future is deemed of high pertinence and importance—given that the research in the field is still in its early stages, and that the subject matter draws upon contemporary and influential theories with practical applications. As the authors have been at pains to point out throughout this paper, the focus is on smart sustainable urban planning and development, an approach that is driven by the quest for addressing several unsolved and unexplored issues surrounding existing sustainable urban forms as to their contribution to sustainability and its evaluation, prediction, and enhancement with support of innovative solutions and sophisticated approaches enabled by emerging and future ICT. Lastly, the authors consider that this paper provides a form of grounding for further discussion to debate over the point that emerging and future ICT has disruptive, substantive, and synergetic implications, particularly on forms of urban functioning, planning, and development that are necessary for urban sustainability practices in the future.
Q3. What are the prerequisites for realizing the next generation of ICT?
context−aware behavior and big data capability are prerequisites for realizing the next generation of ICT and their applications (e.g. Batty et al.
Q4. What is the ultimate aim of the research on smart cities?
The ultimate aim is to develop novel integrated frameworks or convincing comprehensive models that can play a role in spurring the development of smart sustainable cities, which aim at achieving their full potential in terms of the required level of sustainability and the integration of its dimensions.
Q5. What are the key applications of big data and context–aware computing?
The use of big data analytics and context–aware computing as a set of sophisticated techniques, methods, and technologies offers the prospect of smart sustainable cities in which natural resources can be managed safely, sustainably, and efficiently in a smart way to improve societal and economic outcomes.
Q6. What are the main challenges that need to be addressed in the development of smart cities?
The rising demand for big data analytics and context–aware computing as disruptive technologies presents significant scientific and intellectual challenges that need to be addressed and overcome as to the design, development, and deployment of data–centric and smart applications within smart sustainable cities.
Q7. What are the key applications that are enabled by big data analytics and context–aware computing?
Healthcare and social support • Learning, education, and tele–working• Public safety and civil security • Energy efficiency and management • Environmental monitoring and protection • Transport efficiency and management • Water and waste management • Mobility and accessibility effectiveness • Urban infrastructure monitoring and management • Medical and health systems • Natural ecosystems • Traffic management and street light control • Strategic planning and efficient designIn other words, the key smart applications enabled by big data analytics and context–aware computing include smart transport, smart energy, smart environment, smart planning, smart design, smart grid, smart traffic, smart education, smart healthcare, and smart safety (Bibri and Krogstie 2016b).
Q8. What is the effective way to drive ICT development and innovation in the context of smart cities?
In addition, to develop smart solutions of less relevance to environmental concerns and socio–economic needs is not the most effective way of driving ICT development and innovation in the context of smart cities.
Q9. What is the main criticism of the literature on sustainable urban forms and smart cities?
One major critique of the literature on sustainable urban forms and smart cities is that it tends to be heavy on speculation and light on theoretical development and applied theoretical studies—existing design concepts and principles pertaining to these forms and emerging ICT applications for smart cities have inadequate explanatory power, especially with regard to their combination in a given city model—as well as light on empirical evidence concerning the same facet.
Q10. What are the key questions that are of an applied theoretical nature?
The questions pertaining to their study are specifically of an applied theoretical nature, and involve how sustainable urban forms can be better monitored, understood, analyzed, assessed, and planned with support of ICT of the new wave of computing to advance their contribution to sustainability.
Q11. What are the main criticisms of existing sustainable design approaches?
In addition, existing sustainable design approaches have been criticized for solely focusing on reducing harm to the environment (Cole 2012; Reed 2007).
Q12. What is the urgency to find and adopt smart solutions to urban problems?
An increasing urgency to find and adopt smart solutions is driven by urban growth in terms of seeking out ways to address the associated challenges and ensuing effects (see Nam and Pardo 2011).
Q13. What criteria were used to assess the relevance of the citation and the abstract?
As to abstract review, each citation and the abstract were reviewed to assess relevance to the interdisciplinary review and to ensure reliable application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria.