IoT Applications in Urban Sustainability

TL;DR

This paper reviews how Internet of Things technologies support urban sustainability within Smart Cities, discussing challenges, opportunities, and real-world use cases to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of IoT applications in urban sustainability, highlighting challenges, opportunities, and future directions in Smart Cities.

Findings

Identifies key challenges in IoT deployment for urban sustainability.

Showcases existing IoT use cases in Smart Cities.

Discusses opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Abstract

Internet of Things is one of the driving technologies behind the concept of Smart Cities and is capable of playing a significant role in facilitating urban sustainable development. This chapter explores the relationship between three core concepts namely Smart Cities, Internet of Things and Sustainability; thereby identifying the challenges and opportunities that exist in the synergistic use of Internet of Things for sustainability, in the Smart Cities context. Moreover, this chapter also presents some of the existing use cases that apply Internet of Things for urban sustainable development, also presenting the vision for these applications as they continue to evolve in and adapt to the real world scenario. It is because of the interdisciplinary nature of these applications that a clear comprehension of the associated challenges becomes quintessential. Study of challenges and opportunities in this area shall facilitate collaboration between different sectors of urban planning and optimize the utilization of Internet of Things for sustainability.