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“One of the key factors that has led to the emergence of this paradigm of urbanism is the large body of research criticizing the weak connection between smart cities and sustainable cities and the fallacies and misunderstanding associated with smart cities in the context of environmental sustainability”
From Environmentally sustainable smart cities and their converging AI, IoT, and big data technologies and solutions: an integrated approach to an extensive literature review (2023) · cites this paper as Ahvenniemi et al. 2017
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“Smart cities and sustainable cities are divergent on many aspects and hence not necessarily synonymous with each other”
From Environmentally sustainable smart cities and their converging AI, IoT, and big data technologies and solutions: an integrated approach to an extensive literature review (2023) · cites this paper as Ahvenniemi et al. 2017
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“Moreover, despite the wide use of the concept and its operationalisation today, there is still obscure and inconsistent understanding of its meaning (e.g., [2,5,8,16,20,25,36,93,119,137]).”
From On the sustainability of smart and smarter cities in the era of big data: an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary literature review (2019) · cites this paper as [2]
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“Indeed, many of the emerging smart solutions are not aligned with sustainability gaols [2].”
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“Concerning the financial abilities, many governments are funnelling huge expenditures (colossal investments) into ICT research, development, and innovation, which is manifested in the high number of jointly funded research endeavours as well as smart initiatives and implementation projects (e.g., [2]).”
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“Of relevance to underscore here is that current smart cities strive for smartness targets instead of sustainability goals (e.g., [2,93]).”
From On the sustainability of smart and smarter cities in the era of big data: an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary literature review (2019) · cites this paper as [2]
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“In this regard, it has been argued that the existing definitions of smart and smarter city set up no baseline for sustainability, and do not include what sustainable development entails”
From On the sustainability of smart and smarter cities in the era of big data: an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary literature review (2019) · cites this paper as [2]
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“The inadequate contribution of smart cities of today to the goals of sustainable development and thus their poor sustainability performance”
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“In relation to this, while some of the challenges pertaining to urbanisation are already being addressed through the development of smart technologies [29,40,133], many of the proposed smart solutions in this regard are not aligned with sustainability targets, thereby the emergence of sustainable smart cities [2,20].”
From On the sustainability of smart and smarter cities in the era of big data: an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary literature review (2019) · cites this paper as [2]
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“Such cities are mainly striving for smart targets instead of sustainability goals [25], just like current smart cities [2,93].”
From On the sustainability of smart and smarter cities in the era of big data: an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary literature review (2019) · cites this paper as [2]
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“Accordingly, such cities represent a new techno-urban phenomenon that materialised around the mid-2010s (e.g., [2,4,6,25,55,60,82,130]).”
From On the sustainability of smart and smarter cities in the era of big data: an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary literature review (2019) · cites this paper as [2]
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“As discussed above, such cities have, irrespective of which ICT visions they tend to instantiate in relation to their operational functioning, management, planning, and development, been subject to much debate, generating a growing level of criticism that essentially questions their added value to sustainability due to the lack of incorporating the fundamental goals of sustainable development, as”
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“Besides, it is associated with the concept of ‘sustainable cities’ (Ahvenniemi et al., 2017), with specific attention to environmental issues and ICT (Caragliu & Del Bo, 2019).”
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“" Therefore, to better understand the relationship between smart city and sustainable development, the author presented as a comparison (Ahvenniemi et al., 2017).”
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“A general goal of Smart cities is to improve sustainability with the help of technologies [48] analyzing the indicators of the frameworks adopted to evaluate both sustainable and smart urban performances.”
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“Developing communications innovations play an essential role in smart cities by providing knowledge collected through digital technology (Ahvenniemi et al., 2017).”
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Towards a sustainable campus-city relationship: A systematic review of the literature
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Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making
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“Especially, many of the emerging smart solutions are not aligned with the goals of sustainable development (Ahvenniemi et al. 2017), and this particularly relates to the deficiencies, limitations, and misunderstandings associated with smart cities (see Bibri 2019a for a detailed review).”
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“Selected study area. both a large number of authors in more global terms (Ahvenniemi et al., 2017; Ching & Ferreira, 2015) and reports on SDs in Spain, the latter including the following: the white paper, “Smart Destinations Report: building the future” (SEGITTUR, 2015); SD quality regulations…”
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“Accordingly, cities have begun to emphasize goals such as improved air and water quality, reduced energy consumption, and improved public health (Ahvenniemi et al., 2017).”
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“A smart economy often leads to increased income levels and job opportunities, which can enhance the overall quality of life for residents (Anthopoulos, Janssen, and Weerakkody 2015; Ahvenniemi et al. 2017).”
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“A common feature is the effort to increase the quality of life, the reputation of the city and the satisfaction of citizens [22,23].”
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Theoretical and analytical assessment of smart green cities
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“…recognized as key aspect of a smart city, both academia and policymakers have developed a great number of different definitions with slightly different angles of what smart means in a city (planning) context (Ahvenniemi et al., 2017; Anthopoulos, 2017; Meijer & Bolívar, 2016; Mora et al., 2017).”
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“Studies show that a “Sustainable City” is more focused on environmental and social aspects, while a “Smart City” is mainly focused on the technological, economic, and social aspects [45].”
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“…to the weak connection between sustainable cities and smart cities and their extreme fragmentation as approaches and landscapes, respectively, both at the technical and policy levels, adding to their opposite conceptual characteristics and existing tensions (e.g., [1 – 3, 16, 45, 65, 70,78]).”
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Circular Economy for Food Policy: The Case of the RePoPP Project in The City of Turin (Italy)
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“In some cases, rebound effects may even lead to impacts, e.g., requirements when the use of technology drives energy demand [22] (pp. 241–242).”
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“Second, smart city construction is not a unilateral act of government but a common act of citizens, enterprises, institutions and government (Ahvenniemi et al., 2017).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ahvenniemi, H., Huovila, A., Pinto-Seppä, I., & Airaksinen, M.
- Affiliations
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Ahvenniemi, Hannele
- Venue
- Cities
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-02
- Volume
- 60
- Pages
- 234-245
- ISSN
- 0264-2751 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2527300705
- Cited by
- 1,378
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 97 · 2025: 123 · 2024: 136 · 2023: 188 · 2022: 174 · 2021: 189 · 2020: 174 · 2019: 158 · 2018: 99 · 2017: 40
- FWCI
- 106.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cities (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Smart Cities and Technologies
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Keywords
- smart cities, sustainable cities, urban sustainability indicators, smart city indicators, environmental sustainability, socio-economic sustainability, smart sustainable cities, impact indicators
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