Abstract
The rapid expansion of urbanization both in scale and population leads to a series of serious urban diseases, which become a huge obstacle to the healthy and sustainable development of cities. To alleviate these problems and challenges, China launched a smart city construction program in the past decade and has taken the lead in smart city construction in the world. However, there is still a lack of reflection and summary on the practice of smart cities in China. Based on the definition and concept of smart city, this paper points out the internal and external driving factors of China’s smart city development, then summarizes the four major characteristics of China’s smart city construction practice, and explores the main problems existing in the process of China’s smart city construction. Through the reflection and summary, we can facilitate development of smart cities in China, provide useful reference to urban planners and smart city practitioners in other countries and regions, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of cities.
Highlights
At present, more than 50% of the world’s population lives in cities, and this figure will exceed 70% by 2050 [1]
The widely accepted smart city framework is of great significance to solving the problems and challenges of global urbanization and realizing sustainable development [41,42,43]
Based on the concept of smart city and taking the concept of smart city with high acceptance as the starting point, we defined the concept of smart city
Summary
More than 50% of the world’s population lives in cities, and this figure will exceed 70% by 2050 [1]. With the goal of sustainable development, and livable and environmental protection, a smart city provides innovative solutions to the problems of urbanization [6,7]. It is of wide concern from global academia, industry, and government, and is considered an ideal solution to the challenges of urbanization [8]. The widely accepted smart city framework is of great significance to solving the problems and challenges of global urbanization and realizing sustainable development [41,42,43]. Smart Cities 2021, 4 of great significance to solving the problems and challenges of global urbanization and realizing sustainable development [41,42,43]. This is the meaning of the above concepts [50,51]
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