{"id":483,"date":"2023-02-07T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=483"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:27:56","slug":"ssc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/publications\/ssc\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications on ITU activities in smart sustainable cities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A guide to digital wellbeing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Guide to Digital Wellbeing explores how digital technologies can both enhance and challenge human wellbeing, emphasizing the need to balance the opportunities of connectivity, education, and participation with risks such as mental strain, over-connectivity, and misinformation. It presents a framework for addressing digital risks and capturing digital opportunities through themes like mental and physical health, cybersafety, the ability to disconnect, and equitable access to digital benefits. The guide stresses that wellbeing depends not only on access to technology but also on how it is used, governed, and designed. It calls for holistic, cross-sectoral policies that promote digital literacy, trustworthy information, inclusive design, and the right to disconnect. For smart cities and digital development initiatives, it highlights that wellbeing should be a key design principle to ensure technology supports inclusion, safety, and quality of life.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Guide is complemented by the following case studies:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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