Machine Learning Technologies for Sustainability in Smart Cities in the Post-COVID Era

Ana De Las Heras, Amalia Luque-Sendra and Francisco Zamora-Polo
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Ana De Las Heras: Departamento Ingeniería del Diseño, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Sevilla, Virgen de África, 7, 41011 Sevilla, Spain
Amalia Luque-Sendra: Departamento Ingeniería del Diseño, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Sevilla, Virgen de África, 7, 41011 Sevilla, Spain
Francisco Zamora-Polo: Departamento Ingeniería del Diseño, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Sevilla, Virgen de África, 7, 41011 Sevilla, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-25

Abstract: The unprecedented urban growth of recent years requires improved urban planning and management to make urban spaces more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Additionally, humanity faces the COVID pandemic, which especially complicates the management of Smart Cities. A possible solution to address these two problems (environmental and health) in Smart Cities may be the use of Machine Learning techniques. One of the objectives of our work is to thoroughly analyze the link between the concepts of Smart Cities, Machine Learning techniques and their applicability. In this work, an exhaustive study of the relationship between Smart Cities and the applicability of Machine Learning (ML) techniques is carried out with the aim of optimizing sustainability. For this, the ML models, analyzed from the point of view of the models, techniques and applications, are studied. The areas and dimensions of sustainability addressed are analyzed, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are discussed. The main objective is to propose a model (EARLY) that allows us to tackle these problems in the future. An inclusive perspective on applicability, sustainability scopes and dimensions, SDGs, tools, data types and Machine Learning techniques is provided. Finally, a case study applied to an Andalusian city is presented.

Keywords: machine learning; sustainability; smart cities; SGDs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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