How Does a Smart City Bridge Diversify Urban Development Trends? A systematic Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Study

Dong Qiu, Binglin Lv, Calvin M. L. Chan (), Yuesen Huang and Kai Si
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Dong Qiu: School of Management, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
Binglin Lv: School of Management, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
Calvin M. L. Chan: School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore 599494, Singapore
Yuesen Huang: Fujian Provincial Erjian Construction Group Co., Ltd., Fuzhou 350118, China
Kai Si: School of Management, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-18

Abstract: In recent years, the smart city concept has developed rapidly and has gradually become the most popular urban concept. However, the advent of the new century has been accompanied by the emergence of many other emerging city concepts. For these emerging urban concepts, such as a resilient city, low-carbon city, sponge city, and inclusive city, it needs to be clarified how these concepts relate to a smart city. In this paper, the scientometrics software Pajek was used to analyze the publication activities of the city concept and two-mode keywords co-occurrence network with cities. Meanwhile, the study also explores these concepts’ global development and correlation. Further, it also analyzes the core problems that each city concept addresses through a literature review. It was observed that although the research content of these four city concepts is different from that of smart cities, they are conceptually and technologically connected with them. The development of smart cities can accelerate the smart development of other city concepts. At the same time, it can acquire and absorb more advanced models from other city concepts to enrich itself. The results suggest that the development of city concepts should be more comprehensive to help cities become more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, which has important implications for urban policy and practice.

Keywords: smart city; resilient city; low-carbon city; sponge city; inclusive city; bibliometric (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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