“Being first comes naturally”: The smart city and progressive urbanism in Australia

ICT Supported Urban Sustainability by Example of Silesian Metropolis

“…A smart city seeks to invest in ICT and through participatory processes change the specific investments in public and transport services that can ensure sustainable socio-economic development and increased quality of life and have an impact on the improvement and quality of natural resource management. As it is currently understood, a smart city is one that strategically uses network infrastructure and the related analysis of big data and data [56,58,59], various forms of Internet applications, IoT, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and mobile applications [60,61]. A smart city understood as a technologically advanced city will be able to use its potential stored in digital data.…”

“…An example of a smart city of Singapore today is undergoing rapid transition [57,58]. Some good practices are showing the example of the city of Singapore and the city of Adelaide [59]. Singapore developed ICT applications with artificial intelligence (AI).…”

“…Adelaide has become an interesting example of a change in urban planning in order to change a declining mediumsized city into an interesting city that is willingly chosen by investors. The strategy of new smart city is connected with smart city policy which is formulated and operationalized in technological, economic, and governance contexts [59].…”