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39 Corporate We define a "smart sustainable ICT, infrastructure, Telefónica (2014)
city" as the city that uses utilities, interactive,
information technology and efficient, aware,
communications to make both its environment,
critical infrastructure, its culture, history.
components and utilities offered
more interactively, efficiently and
where citizens are made more
aware of them. It is a city
committed to the environment,
both environmentally and in terms
of cultural and historical elements.

40 Corporate A city that uses data, information Quality of life, Arup, Accenture,
and communication technologies authority, Horizon, University
strategically to: development, of Nottingham
(i) provide more efficient, new or citizens, (2014)
enhanced services to citizens. infrastructure.
(ii) monitor and track
government's progress toward
policy outcomes, including
meeting climate change
mitigation and adaptation
goals.
(iii) manage and optimize the
existing infrastructure, and
plan for a new one more
effectively.
(iv) reduce organizational silos and
employ new levels of cross‐
sector collaboration, enable
innovative business models for
public and private sector
service provision.
41 Corporate The "smart city" concept includes ICTs, quality of life, Huawei (2014)
digital city and wireless city. In a health, employment.
nutshell, a smart city describes the
integrated management of
information that creates value by
applying advanced technologies to
search, access, transfer, and
process information. A smart city
encompasses e‐home, e‐office,
e‐government, e‐health,
e‐education and e‐traffic.

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