Should smart city applications reconsider the principles of placemaking in confronting the
resemblance of smart cities? This systematic review seeks to answer this question by …

Recent studies reveal a deep-rooted division in research on smart cities, which surfaces as
a set of dichotomies that question whether smart city development should be based on a:(1) …

Local urban identity, culture and knowledge ecosystems continue to shape innovative
capacity and technological acceptance despite global exchange in talent, trade and …

In recent years, the world has seen the emergence of a number of urban projects which,
under the banner of experimentation, have promoted alternative models of city-making …

The smart city concept has emerged as an attractive label to address pressing issues of
global urbanization and combat the critical challenges to attain sustainable development …

We analyse an urban platform (Alibaba's City Brain) to show how smart city development is
evolving in urban China. In order to do so, we base our analysis on two strands of literature …

Dramatically increased societal demands on the municipal services that contradict
environmental protection and information processing capability oriented to resource …

Cities around the world are interested in using information and communications technology
to solve their urban problems. The smart city concept has been widely adopted as a solution …

Cultural nuance, human behaviour and social identity require greater attention within the
emerging smart city phenomenon. This special issue critically considers identity and urban …

Recently, the concept of Digital Twin [DT] has pervaded the field of urban planning and city
infrastructure management. This paper first affirms that the knowledge created by virtue of …