What Does It Take to Build a Smart Sustainable City? – Modeling an Algorithm of Smart Cities¹

Abstract

Our world is changing. Cities of the twenty-first century are becoming independent actors on the international scene. Due to the decentralization, gradually cities gain more power to independently identify their policies, strategies and related priorities, as well as ways of their implementation. As a result, several initiatives can be implemented at the city level at a much faster pace and more efficiently than ever before. The United Nations’ (UN) “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” focuses on issues related to sustainable development. In relation to cities, it aims to make them “inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.” This chapter investigates the conceptual foundations of the term smart sustainable cities and summarizes strategies that have been undertaken in cities, as a means of making them smart and sustainable. Against this backdrop, by focusing on Ukraine, an implementation algorithm based on selected examples drawn from Europe is proposed.

Citation

Sokhatska, O. and Lutsiv, R. (2023), "What Does It Take to Build a Smart Sustainable City? – Modeling an Algorithm of Smart Cities¹", Visvizi, A., Troisi, O. and Grimaldi, M. (Ed.) Big Data and Decision-Making: Applications and Uses in the Public and Private Sector (Emerald Studies in Politics and Technology), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 203-213. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-551-920231013