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Smart Sustainable Cities: Principles and Future Trends

Alagirisamy, Bharani / Ramesh, Poornima

City designers have pushed towards new frontiers—the construction of prosperous cities—by the growth of human resources, sustainable living conditions and a renewed respect for the earth. This is apparent from some efforts to develop carbon-free communities, build environmental systems and establish higher learning institutions, where sustainable activities are enshrined in their curricula. In the twentieth century, the overall metropolitan population grew from 220 million to about 2.8 billion and is predicted to grow to about 6.9 billion by 2050, or about 70% of the world's population. Sustainability campaigns will also have intended implications for cities because of a variety of reasons associated with cities: the large population, the centre of intellectual and social convergence, a high degree of consumption, etc. Nevertheless, the priority of urban planners and policymakers in the construction of modern sustainable communities should be those priorities under the umbrella of sustainability especially for planning new and/or improving existing human settlements (cities), including growth of human resources, energy conservation and quality, water protection and efficiency of land use. However, the assessment of intelligent and healthy communities is a huge challenge, because our cities are diverse, messy and unpredictable. This makes it impossible to implement and apply the assessment and assessment mechanisms used to facilitate urban planning and sustainability and to promote evidence-based policymaking in different urban context. In its underlying values and assessment; state-of-the-art science and development; research prospects and horizons; the evolving scientific and technical trends; and future planning practise, this article gives an extensive overview of the areas of smart and sustainable communities. This paper discusses new sustainable development concepts and intelligent city approaches with respect to the planning policy. This further addresses the successes and shortcomings with special focus on the degree to which it is related to in incorporating the principles of sustainable growth.