Abstract
Abstract Society lives in a dynamic, complex, and contradictory urban system that seeks the balance between urban development and environmental preservation. For this purpose, there are Information and Communication Technologies which can make the existence of Smart Cities possible. Thus, developing Smart Cities involves applying inter and multidisciplinary knowledge, which permeates even Information Science. This study analyzes Latin American scientific production by applying Bibliometrics to quantify the publications related to smart cities, geotechnologies, governance, and cadastre. We analyzed scientifi c productionindexed in the Scopus database from 2007 to 2017. We also performed the Factorial Correspondence Analysis for visualization of word clusters in order to verify their co-occurrence in the abstracts of articles. The results identifi ed Brazil as the country with the highest number of published documents. The importance of the term “Smart Cities” was evidenced with the increase of production in the last 5 years, a period that accumulates 98% of such publications. The most common term is “Geographic Information System”, that appears in 75% of the publications. Finally, in the co-occurrence of words, we identifi ed terms that corroborate with the greater objectives of smart cities.
Highlights
The diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in recent years is increasingly driving technological innovations, reflecting the dynamics in which societies and cities develop
Analysis of scientific productions based on bibliometrics
It is still important to note that such conditions require good governance, making it critical for the cities’ management
Summary
The diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in recent years is increasingly driving technological innovations, reflecting the dynamics in which societies and cities develop. A new paradigm is being developed whose transformative process expansion lies at its ability to interconnect technological fields through a common digital language. Information is generated, stored, retrieved, processed, and transmitted, creating cumulative feedback cycles between innovation and use (Castells, 2010). It is fundamental to rethink the traditional approach to managing transport systems, water resources, waste, energy, and the environment for cities. This management should guarantee sustainability to the use of these resources (Ojo; Dzhusupova; Curry, 2016)
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