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Technologies and Challenges Facing Smart Cities

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  • Mariya Armyanova

    (University of Economics – Varna)

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The effective management of urban resources helps to solve contemporary problems, such as global warming, population growth and resource depletion. Therefore, a major trend is the creation of smart cities (SC), in which modern technologies cooperate to create benefits for citizens and offer a solution to some of these problems. The development of SC is based on information technologies, such as the Internet of Things, wireless networks, virtual reality and 3D modeling, big data processing and artificial intelligence. The aim of the report is to identify and systematize the challenges to the creation of SC and the possibilities for their use. Overcoming the challenges is achieved by introducing appropriate measures. The report systematizes the role and place of SC, examines SC technologies and the challenges to their implementation, and identifies challenges related to ethical, psychological and legal issues. Knowing the challenges and the opportunities to overcome them allows for the creation of a more secure and reliable SC that enjoys the trust of society.

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  • Mariya Armyanova, 2025. "Technologies and Challenges Facing Smart Cities," Stroitelno predpriemachestvo i nedvizhima sobstvenost = Construction Entrepreneurship and Real Property, University of Economics Varna, issue 1, pages 18-32.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrn:sjcerp:y:2025:i:1:p:18-32
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    Keywords

    Smart city; artificial intelligence; internet of things; digital twin; machine learning;
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    JEL classification:

    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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