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76 ITU ICT spans across a number of ICT, sustainability, FG‐SSC‐0020
application sectors that energy, buildings, (2013)
characterize the framework of transport, mobility,
smart sustainable cities. Among water management,
others, energy, buildings, transport waste management.
and mobility, water and waste
management.
77 ITU "A Smart Sustainable City has been ICT, strategic Hwang et al. (2013)
defined as a 'knowledge', 'digital', resource utilization,
and 'cyber' or 'eco' city; sustainability,
representing a concept open to a growth, services,
variety of interpretations, citizen happiness,
depending on the goals set out by a citizen wellness.
Smart Sustainable City's planners.
We might refer to a Smart
Sustainable City as an improvement
on today's city both functionally
and structurally, using information
and communication technology
(ICT) as an infrastructure.
Looking at its functions as well as
its purposes, a Smart Sustainable
City can perhaps be defined as "a
city that strategically utilizes many
smart factors such as Information
and Communication Technology to
increase the city's sustainable
growth and strengthen city
functions, while guaranteeing
citizens' happiness and wellness."

78 Magazine Smart sustainable cities use ICT, cost efficiency, Cohen (2011)
information and communication energy efficiency,
technologies (ICT) to be more energy savings,
intelligent and efficient in the use quality of life,
of resources, resulting in cost and environment,
energy savings, improved service improved service
delivery and quality of life, and delivery, innovation,
reduced environmental footprint – low carbon
all supporting innovation and the economy.
low‐carbon economy.

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