ITU‐T's Technical Reports and Specifications 9 Table of Contents Page 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 12 1.1 Scope .............................................................................................................. 12 1.2 Smart sustainable city: Concept and goals ..................................................... 13 1.3 ITU‐T Focus group on smart sustainable cities ............................................... 13 2 City dimensions and attributes ............................................................................... 14 2.1 Environment and sustainability ...................................................................... 15 2.2 City level services ............................................................................................ 16 2.3 Quality of life .................................................................................................. 17 2.4 Summary ......................................................................................................... 18 3 ICT, infrastructure and disasters in SSC ................................................................... 19 3.1 The role of ICT in smart city solutions ............................................................ 20 3.2 Physical and service infrastructure elements ................................................ 23 3.3 ICT infrastructure ............................................................................................ 29 3.4 Emergency/disaster response mechanisms ................................................... 34 4 Conclusions ............................................................................................................ 35 Glossary ........................................................................................................................... 38 Bibliography ...................................................................................................................... 40 Annex 1 Smart city dimensions and attributes ............................................................... 43