Social Media Informatics for Sustainable Cities and Societies: An Overview of the Applications, associated Challenges, and Potential Solutions

TL;DR

This paper reviews how social media informatics can support sustainable urban development by analyzing its applications, challenges, and potential solutions, aiming to guide future research in creating resilient cities.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of social media informatics applications in sustainability, highlighting challenges and proposing potential solutions for future research.

Findings

Social media informatics aids in sustainable city planning.

Challenges include data privacy and digital divide.

Potential solutions involve policy and technological innovations.

Abstract

In the modern world, our cities and societies face several technological and societal challenges, such as rapid urbanization, global warming & climate change, the digital divide, and social inequalities, increasing the need for more sustainable cities and societies. Addressing these challenges requires a multifaceted approach involving all the stakeholders, sustainable planning, efficient resource management, innovative solutions, and modern technologies. Like other modern technologies, social media informatics also plays its part in developing more sustainable and resilient cities and societies. Despite its limitations, social media informatics has proven very effective in various sustainable cities and society applications. In this paper, we review and analyze the role of social media informatics in sustainable cities and society by providing a detailed overview of its applications, associated challenges, and potential solutions. This work is expected to provide a baseline for future research in the domain.