Smart city projects rely upon dynamic and complex multi-stakeholder collaboration. This
collaboration can be challenging. In this study, we use an instrumental lens and argue that …

The integration of urban natural resources and smart city technologies as a means to
promote sustainability is investigated in this study using a descriptive-analytical literature …

The public sector is actively pursuing digital transformation to ensure continuous operations
and relevance. While existing research has outlined essential prerequisites for successful …

In the face of urban development challenges brought about by high-speed urbanization,
smart cities have been recognized as a necessary way to promote the modernization of …

The concept of the smart city is well-established, and governments across the world are
either planning, or already implementing, strategies to transform existing cities to smart …

Abstract In the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, comprising Saudi Arabia, the United
Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman, advanced urban planning and cutting …

Smart cities have been studied for many years, but smart homes and the citizens' actual
living in these smart homes are less researched. We argue that for digital government …

Today, smart cities offer many significant benefits. As a result, the smart city is usually
described in highly benign terms, and it is often uncritically assumed that its implementation …

Open government data have the potential to facilitate democratic debate and collaboration
between government and citizens. This assumes that citizens can effectively use data …

Smart cities for the elderly are crucial for advancing inclusive smart cities amidst
urbanization and population ageing. While the age-friendliness of smart cities is increasingly …