Abstract

Recent advancements in technologies enabled the development of smart cities to be more effective and possible. Smart cities depend on intelligent systems, artificial intelligence, the internet of things, control system, and many more advanced technologies. Sustainability challenges and problems worldwide, with smart and sustainability concepts, reflect almost mutual goals. It includes improving and providing the essential life services for all people efficiently while depending on sustainable, clean, and renewable energy with considerations of different economic, educational, health, social and environmental aspects in the city. In this research, a cost analysis process has been implemented to ease the implementation and resource utilization of smart and sustainable cities in Africa. The challenges and difficulties of those implementations are summarized.

Highlights

  • Now-a-days, over three-quarters of the world‟s population lives in urban areas

  • The concept of developing smart communities is becoming more desirable as the use of technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) can help in solving a variety of problems in coexisting societies

  • After introducing the five essential parts of smart cities and the way, they are developed in underdeveloped countries, and create a relationship between developing these parts and sustainability

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Introduction

Now-a-days, over three-quarters of the world‟s population lives in urban areas. It is noticed that the population growth in urban areas is higher than in rural areas. The concept of developing smart communities is becoming more desirable as the use of technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) can help in solving a variety of problems in coexisting societies. It refers to combining intelligence, political strategy, and infrastructure to create holistic urban services. Several aspects can aid in developing a Smart City, some of these aspects are: “Smart Mobility”, “Smart Living”, “Smart Economy” and many more that, when combined and strategized, can translate the practical meaning of having environmentally friendly, sustainable and smart city [2]. The significant primary definition relies on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the advanced immerging technologies like AI, IoT, etc

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