Smart cities development based on S4ALLCities project

Abstract

The global urbanization that happens nowadays raises the need for cities to face new challenges, which can vary from the organization of its resources to the protection of its population. For short, today, cities around the world need to become smart. A smart city is a technologically developed urban area that uses different technologies and synchronized IoT systems that collect data from its sensors and devices in order to keep track of the current situation. This data can help organize resources, energy, traffic, cyber or physical attack alerts on events with large or restricted audiences. The smart-city concept integrates information and communication technology (ICT) and a certain number of physical devices and sensors placed around the city and connected to the Internet of Things. This article aims to present the existing technologies offered by the S4ALLCities project, useful for the development of a smart city, which will be described during the following part of this article.