Toward integrated smart city: a new model for implementation and design challenges

Area of Science:

• Urban Planning and Information Technology
• Systems Engineering and Architecture

Background:

• Smart city models typically comprise six components but lack integration and comprehensive requirements engineering.
• Existing frameworks struggle with challenges in implementation and integration, leading to imperfect solutions.
• General concepts like security, ICT infrastructure, and knowledge are often not integrated into current smart city structures.

Purpose of the Study:

• To propose an upgraded, integrated smart city model that addresses the limitations of existing frameworks.
• To enhance the integration, requirements engineering, and methodologies for smart city development.
• To provide a flexible, adaptable, and localized solution for smart city management and executive systems.

Main Methods:

• Development of an integrated dynamic graph model for smart city architecture.
• Enhancement of existing six-component smart city models.
• Incorporation of new sub-components and extra-components for a holistic structure.

Main Results:

• The proposed model maintains and improves upon existing smart city structures.
• Ensures integrity, dynamism, flexibility, and performance of smart city operations.
• Facilitates the lifecycle of executive systems and enables prediction/prevention of critical events.

Conclusions:

• The flexible, adaptable, and localized integrated dynamic graph model offers a comprehensive solution for smart cities.
• The model improves smart city integration, requirements engineering, and overall performance.
• Enables proactive management of urban environments, including prediction and prevention of natural disasters and pandemics.