A Review of Technical Standards for Smart Cities

Chun Sing Lai, Youwei Jia, Zhekang Dong, Dongxiao Wang, Yingshan Tao, Qi Hong Lai, Richard T. K. Wong, Ahmed F. Zobaa, Ruiheng Wu and Loi Lei Lai
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Chun Sing Lai: Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University London, London UB8 3PH, UK
Youwei Jia: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Zhekang Dong: School of Electronics and Information, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Dongxiao Wang: System Design and Engineering Department, Australia Energy Market Operator, Melbourne 3000, Australia
Yingshan Tao: Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Qi Hong Lai: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
Richard T. K. Wong: Department of Computing and Information Systems, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Selangor 47500, Malaysia
Ahmed F. Zobaa: Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University London, London UB8 3PH, UK
Ruiheng Wu: Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University London, London UB8 3PH, UK
Loi Lei Lai: Department of Electrical Engineering, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China

Clean Technol., 2020, vol. 2, issue 3, 1-21

Abstract: Smart cities employ technology and data to increase efficiencies, economic development, sustainability, and life quality for citizens in urban areas. Inevitably, clean technologies promote smart cities development including for energy, transportation and health. The smart city concept is ambitious and is being refined with standards. Standards are used to help with regulating how smart cities function and contributing to define a smart city. Smart cities must be officially recognized by national and international authorities and organizations in order to promote societal advancement. There are many research and review articles on smart cities. However, technical standards are seldom discussed in the current literature. This review firstly presents the study of smart city definitions and domain. The well-known smart city standards will be presented to better recognize the smart city concept. Well-defined standards allow meaningful comparisons among smart cities implementation. How smart city initiatives make a city smarter and improve the quality of life will be discussed for various countries. This review highlights that technical standards are important for smart cities implementation. This paper serves as a guide to the most recent developments of smart cities standards.

Keywords: smart city; technical standard; smart energy; smart health; smart transportation; smart governance; smart education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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