Advanced technologies are leading to a vital change in city life and turning the urban planning development plans. The new technical development initiatives have evolutionary transform the urban infrastructure by optimizing planning of resources use and through information technology systems. Post COVID-19 raised interesting question that if another pandemic or major threat in the future, would urban areas be sufficiently prepared to respond based on the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic? This paper highlights the Expo City Dubai case in light of smart city and smart tourism destination. The emphasis is on dual approach of usage of smart technologies as residential areas and tourist place in term of planning and provision of facilities. This research figure out the planning instruments applied in smart strategies in Expo City by focusing on how sustainability indicators are considered under the smart paradigm. The discussion revealed that Expo City is fulfilling the requirements of being a smart destination by displaying novel technical applications of 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics. The final discussion contextualizes by proposing potential areas of synthesis, applications for planning practice, and areas of future research in sustainable urban city planning.
"Expo City Dubai": A Convergence of Smart Touristic and Residential Experience
Tahira Yasmin,Ghaleb A. El Refae,S. Eletter
Published 2022 in 2022 9th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS)
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2022
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2022 9th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS)
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2022-11-29
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Geography, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science
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