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26 Academic In general terms, we can define a Technology, González et al.
"smart city" as a public economic, social (2011)
administrative service or authority development, ICT,
that delivers (or aims to deliver) a infrastructure,
set of new generation services and buildings.
infrastructure, based on
information and communication
technologies. Defining a new
generation service is nevertheless a
bit more complex and broader as
the systems and services provided
by smart cities should be easy to
use, efficient, responsive, open and
sustainable for the environment.
The "smart city" concept brings
together all the characteristics
associated with organizational
change, technological, economic
and social development of a
modern city.
Moreover, smart city services and
infrastructures entail the
characteristics of engaging and
interacting with the citizen that
makes use of them. Another
central element is the adaptive
nature of services, ICT systems,
infrastructures, buildings that
comprehend the smart city
concept. They acknowledge their
initial status via a set of indicators
and adapt their response according
to the external changes that affect
them. In doing so, they intelligently
adapt to the external variables and
demands that they are subject to,
thus offering an always customized,
more efficient and adaptive
response.

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