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Blockchain as a Driver for Smart City Development: Application Fields and a Comprehensive Research Agenda

Smart Cities

The term “Smart City” denotes a comprehensive concept to alleviate pending problems of modern urban areas which have developed into an important work field for practitioners and scholars alike. However, the question remains as to how cities can become “smart”. The application of information technology is generally considered a key driver in the “smartization” of cities. Detailed frameworks and procedures are therefore needed to guide, operationalize, and measure the implementation process as well as the impact of the respective technologies. In this paper, we discuss blockchain technology, a novel driver of technological transformation that comprises a multitude of underlying technologies and protocols, and its potential impact on smart cities. We specifically address the question of how blockchain technology may benefit the development of urban areas. Based on a comprehensive literature review, we present a framework and research propositions. We identify nine application fields of...

Using Blockchain as a Platform for Smart Cities

Objectives: Incorporating new technologies into the development of smart cities means rethinking the way different services are provided. From this perspective, Blockchain might represent the future of both smart cities and smart communities as it offers new alternatives for individuals and institutions. Prior Work: Blockchain was mainly perceived through its linkage with bitcoin, but recent developments have started exploring the idea of using it for financial transactions, logistics and securing contracts. Tapscott & Tapscott (2016)have acknowledged the potential the Blockchain Revolution had on redefining the idea of trust in both digital and local communities. Blockchain technology has the ability to enhance transparency of local and regional institutions while also making it easier to communicate sensitive data without compromising security and privacy. Approach: We look at the different fields blockchain can have an impact on and we try to assess the viability of moving towards an integrated platform for intermediating day-today activities between both institutions and individuals. We will assess the advantages of digitizing and securing public and private data while also considering the potential risks this process might involve. Results: We aim to create a model of how blockchain might work in communities and assess its impact on the overall economic and human development indicators. Implications: Public administrators in many countries are starting to acknowledge blockchain's potential in solving problems for local communities our results will be a valuable starting point for developing local initiatives for using blockchain as a platform for communications and transactions. Furthermore, a smart city must be a city where individuals can interact and solve their issues quickly, using digital technologies for increased efficiency. Value: Blockchain is thought to be the future of managing both public and private affairs. Countries such as Dubai, Singapore and China are incorporating blockchain technology into developing smart cities. Blockchain makes us rethink many of the different aspects of how communities can be organized, offering new alternatives and promising a more transparent and efficient economic model.

Blockchain Technology: A Driving Force in Smart Cities Development

International Journal of Applied Engineering and Management Letters (IJAEML), 2020

Smart Cities are well planned, designed, and established keeping in mind the growing need ofcitizens in search of better livelihood. Technology has played a big role in equipping SmartCities to offer better facilities to its citizens in terms of better living comfort, better atmosphere,better surrounding, better medical facilities, and most importantly ease of doing business,office, and day to day activities. While doing so, IT Infrastructure and online transactions haveinfluenced all the operational processes of Smart Cities and almost acting as its backbone.Obviously, any adverse impact on online transactions can create chaos in Smart Cityoperations. To address this concern, a safe and reliable online transaction is a must. In thispaper, we have discussed Blockchain Technology-based solutions for Smart Cities and theirpotential impact on Smart Cities Development. We specifically tried to address the concern ofhow Smart City online operational processes for various applications can be made reliable andsafe by using Blockchain Technology and how this technology can benefit Smart Cities overalldevelopment. Based on the comprehensive research and detailed literature review, we proposedBlockchain Technology based secure framework for Smart Cities. We also identified variousapplications and process areas that can be highly benefited by using Blockchain Technologyand can make these applications smarter and more reliable and fit for use for any Smart City.

The Application of Blockchain Technology to Smart City Infrastructure

Smart Cities

A smart city can be defined as an integration of systems comprising a plethora of task-oriented technologies that aim to evolve and advance with city and infrastructure needs while providing services to citizens and resolving urban challenges through intersystem and data-driven analytical means, with minimal human intervention. Applications of technology include management, operations, and finance. One such technology is Blockchain. A main advantage of Blockchain is the simplification of processes that are costly and time-consuming. This is accomplished by simplifying operations to minimize costs resulting from the decentralization of assets. Blockchain has been proven to facilitate transparency, security, and the elimination of data fragmentation. However, as a relatively new technology, it poses regulatory obstacles. This issue can be attributed to the fact that many infrastructural governing organizations have incomplete knowledge of their infrastructure, which can lead to confus...

Blockchain in Smart Cities: Exploring Possibilities in Terms of Opportunities and Challenges

Journal of Data Analysis and Information Processing

The ultimate aim of a smart city is to enhance the quality of life for its residents and businesses through modern technologies in order to reduce resource deterioration and maintain overall costs. From this perspective, blockchain is one of these technologies that has received much attention during the recent years as it offers new alternatives for individuals and institutions in the smart city context. This study aims to explore the potential and contribution of blockchain in smart cities by studying and reviewing the literature of scientific research on the concept and fundamentals of blockchain, involving its most practical applications. In addition, it summarizes worldwide examples of success in using blockchain as well as exploring the challenges and opportunities related to this technology in smart cities. Thus, this study provides a useful reference for researchers to review all about the new blockchain technology.

The potential of integrating blockchain technology into smart sustainable city development

IOP conference series, 2020

The rise of global urbanisation has led to massive pressures on resources such as food, water, infrastructure, and energy demand to support growing populations. It brings adverse impacts on the liveable condition and economic growth of a country if this problem remains unsolved. Smart city is a potential solution to address the challenges of urbanisation by leveraging the technological breakthrough such as internet of things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, big data, and cloud computing to facilitate scarce resources planning and management. With numerous connected devices and vast communication networks, it poses a challenges of security threat which cannot be addressed by the conventional cybersecurity solutions. Blockchain offers a solution in securing the huge numbers of connected devices in smart city network. The application of blockchain technology is leading in the banking and financial industry. However, the uses and implementations in smart city have emerged in recent years. The combination of blockchain technology and smart city has offered a great potential for sustainable development. Thus, it is imperative to discuss the potential of these two elements in making the city safer and sustainable. This paper explores how the blockchain technology application can help in managing smart city and achieve sustainability. The findings revealed that there are five key areas of blockchain application in smart city which are smart governance, smart mobility, smart asset, smart utility and smart logistic. A framework for smart sustainable city with blockchain technology is presented as an outcome of this study. It gives a clear overview for the policy makers and regulators of how blockchain supports within smart city framework. It facilitates the transition towards smart and sustainable cities through the use of blockchain.

Blockchain Technologies in Smart Cities

Journal on Innovation and Sustainability RISUS

This paper aims to show that smart cities are an alternative for the process of sustainable political, economic, social and environmental transformation. Surveys of smart city rankings and indexes were carried out to verify which cities are standing out in certain dimensions. It was found that blockchain technology enables very good results in the articulation of the autopoietic, self-regulating and sustainable smart city. In collecting data on the degree of applicability of the blockchain, carried out with market experts in the use of this technology, it was identified that the application of the blockchain has greater emphasis on the brain and less emphasis on the Locomotor System of cities.

Blockchain Technology Application Areas in the Smart City Information Systems

3rd International Scientific Conference ITEMA Recent Advances in Information Technology Tourism Economics Management and Agriculture, 2019

By cross-referencing benefits of blockchain technologies and critical issues and weak points of smart city information systems, one may conclude that blockchain systems are just the right solution for smart city information systems. However, this may not be true and applicable generally let alone universally. Traditional information system requires an increased level of security and availability of service when they have to be exposed to the public and used by the tens of thousands of inhabitants within a city. On the other hand, blockchain technologies offer a completely new combination of technologies to solve security and reliability issues as well as the availability of service and failsafe tolerance. The scope of this work is to analyse literature as well as available use cases to detect areas of a successful application for information systems that are using blockchain in the smart city.

Applications of Blockchain Technology in Smart City Development: A Research

International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 2019

In 2016, India launched the smart cities mission. The objective of this mission is to developed cities by using ‘Smart’ solutions that provide core infrastructure and give citizens a decent quality of life, a clean and sustainable environment. The focus is on sustainable and inclusive development. To achieve this it uses the technology to integrate and manage the infrastructures to provide better services and ensure efficient and optimal utilisation of available resources. Incorporation of new technologies for the development of smart cities gives the new ways of rethinking different services. In this paper, we are going study the applications of blockchain technology in smart city development

Smart City Ecosystem Using Blockchain Technology

Informatica Economica

Given the continuous development of urban areas, integrated policies are needed to improve the lives of urban residents by implementing integrated, interoperable and secure electronic services. Public administrations recognize the potential of blockchain in solving the problems of local communities. Blockchain, initially perceived through its association with cryptocurrency bitcoin, offers an innovative perspective on how smart cities can be organized and a more transparent economic model for resource management. This study analyses how blockchain technology-based services can contribute to the development of smart cities and proposes a Smart City ecosystem model based on SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity) authentication model and smart contracts between entities, citizens and administrations. It also overviews the domains in which this technology can be used. The results can be a starting point for the development of local initiatives for using the blockchain as a platform for communications and transactions in the public sector.