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Sustainable Smart Cities: Building New Services and Products with Digital Technologies

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Sustainable Science and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (26 September 2022) | Viewed by 4619

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Dr. João Reis

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Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, Lusofona University and EIGeS, Campo Grande, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: smart logistics; smart manufacturing; sustainable operations; sustainable management
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Dr. Diana Jorge

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Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering, Lusofona University and EIGeS, Campo Grande, 1749-024 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: engineering and technology; transportation; operations research; simulation
Dr. Joana Costa

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Department of Economics, Management and Industrial Engineering and Tourism, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: innovation; entrepreneurship; technology transfer; quantitative methods; innovation ecosystems; sustainability; sustainable growth; sustainability-oriented innovation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

All over the world, citizens, as actors in building cities to face current and future environmental, economic, and social challenges, have created increasing pressure on governments and the private sector to ensure greater investment in efficient and fair resource management and policies. This pressure has triggered several initiatives for the development of sustainable smart cities. In this regard, the continuous growth of digital technologies has contributed to the development of innovative products and services. New technological solutions have allowed cities to undergo profound and intelligent transformations, aimed at creating value-added products and services for their fellow citizens. In other words, the use of digital technologies has been of significant help in finding solutions to the environmental, political, economic, and social challenges of developed urban societies. Some of these challenges are related to issues arising from demographic fluctuations (i.e., population growth), environmental issues, resource scarcity, and financial or epidemiological crises. Therefore, the development of sustainable smart cities ends up being driven by the use of smart services and products that often make use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics technologies. Despite advances in the development of intelligent AI-based products and services, and robotic solutions to respond to the needs and expectations of people, there is still a long way to go to tackle new contemporary challenges (e.g., COVID-19). It is in this regard that this Special Issue features original research articles focusing on sustainable smart cities that enable scholars, public servants, and business managers to respond to new and exciting challenges.

Dr. João Reis
Dr. Diana Jorge
Dr. Joana Costa
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Keywords

  • artificial intelligence
  • circular economy
  • clean production
  • digital transformation
  • eco-innovation
  • green product development
  • industrial engineering
  • innovation
  • internet of things
  • service robots
  • servitization
  • smart cities
  • smart services
  • sustainability
  • sustainability-driven innovation
  • sustainable and smart transportation

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Modeling and Analysis of the Sustainable Development of Chinese Archival Work in the Past Four Years
by Hong Li and Zilin Chen
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(21), 11114; https://doi.org/10.3390/app122111114 - 02 Nov 2022
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People used physical or pictorial note-taking methods to record and memorize in ancient times. With the development of productive forces, the emergence of classes, the formation of the state, and the invention of writing, many official documents appeared and were sorted, which then [...] Read more.
People used physical or pictorial note-taking methods to record and memorize in ancient times. With the development of productive forces, the emergence of classes, the formation of the state, and the invention of writing, many official documents appeared and were sorted, which then became archives. The natural attributes of archives are closely related to the development of human society. On the one hand, archival work develops with the development of human society. On the other hand, the status of archival work will affect the development of civilization as well. To fill the gap in the research on the sustainable development of archival work, we established a comprehensive evaluation model to analyze the development of Chinese archival work from 2018 to 2021. We found that the overall level was gradually flourishing and was less affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in some aspects. This study provides valuable insights for formulating targeting strategies to improve the development of archives. Full article
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Where Are Smart Cities Heading? A Meta-Review and Guidelines for Future Research
by João Reis, Pedro Alexandre Marques and Pedro Carmona Marques
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(16), 8328; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12168328 - 20 Aug 2022
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(1) Background: Smart cities have been gaining attention in the community, both among researchers and professionals. Although this field of study is gaining some maturity, no academic manuscript yet offers a unique holistic view of the phenomenon. In fact, the existing systematic reviews [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Smart cities have been gaining attention in the community, both among researchers and professionals. Although this field of study is gaining some maturity, no academic manuscript yet offers a unique holistic view of the phenomenon. In fact, the existing systematic reviews make it possible to gather solid and relevant knowledge, but still dispersed; (2) Method: through a meta-review it was possible to provide a set of data, which allows the dissemination of the main theoretical and managerial contributions to enthusiasts and critics of the area; (3) Results: this research identified the most relevant topics for smart cities, namely, smart city dimensions, digital transformation, sustainability and resilience. In addition, this research emphasizes that the natural sciences have dominated scientific production, with greater attention being paid to megacities of developed nations. Recent empirical research also suggests that it is crucial to overcome key cybersecurity and privacy challenges in smart cities; (4) Conclusions: research on smart cities can be performed as multidisciplinary studies of small and medium-sized cities in developed or underdeveloped countries. Furthermore, future research should highlight the role played by cybersecurity in the development of smart cities and analyze the impact of smart city development on the link between the city and its stakeholders. Full article
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