smart cities
Tech-integrated urban areas
Smart cities use digital technology and data collection to manage urban infrastructure and services.
Sensors monitor traffic flow, energy consumption, and air quality; networked systems coordinate public transit and utilities.
The term carries both utopian promise—efficient, responsive urban living—and dystopian concern about surveillance and data privacy.
Singapore is often cited as a model smart city.
Sectioning areas by use
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- transit-orientedPrioritizing mass transportation access
- mixed-useCombining different functions
- pedestrianizationRemoving vehicles from streets
walkability · placemaking · land-use · public-transit · streetscapes · accessibility · housing · neighborhood
Automaton design field
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
- automationSelf-operating system design
Interconnected smart device ecosystem
- sensorsDevices that detect input
- 5GCurrent mobile network standard
- broadbandFast internet access
- connectivityState of being linked
Newly launched businesses
- incubatorsControlled-environment growth chambers
- testbedsPlatforms for experimentation
- acceleratorsThings that speed up
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
Net-zero emissions state
- low-emissionProducing few pollutants
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
- bike-sharingPublic bicycle lending system
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Sectioning areas by use
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- transit-orientedPrioritizing mass transportation access
- mixed-useCombining different functions
pedestrianization · walkability · placemaking · land-use · public-transit · streetscapes · accessibility · housing · neighborhood · wayfinding
robotics
Automaton design field
- dronesUnmanned aerial vehicles
- blockchainCryptographic linked transaction record
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
IoT
Interconnected smart device ecosystem
surveillance
Systematic observation of subjects
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
startups
Newly launched businesses
- incubatorsControlled-environment growth chambers
- testbedsPlatforms for experimentation
- acceleratorsThings that speed up
prototyping · scalability · sandboxes · collaboration · entrepreneurship
e-government
Government services delivered electronically
- transparencyState of being see-through
carbon-neutral
Net-zero emissions state
- low-emissionProducing few pollutants
- recyclingReprocessing used materials
- bike-sharingPublic bicycle lending system
- civic techcivic engagement, e-government, e-governance, open data, open government
- DenmarkDanish, Copenhagen, Danes, Danish flag, Greenland
- digital societysocial networks, internet, digital age, internet culture, digital natives
- ScandinaviaNorway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
- future techAI, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR
- futuristicfuturistic, holograms, holographic, space age, robots
smart citiesrural villages
Small countryside settlements
slums · shanty towns · favelas · sprawl · frontier towns
smart, citizen, smarts, cities, civilization, smarting, smartest, smarty, smarter