The use of IoT technology in Smart Cities and Smart Villages : similarities, differences, and future prospects

Cvar, Nina (author), Trilar, Jure (author), Kos, Andrej (author), Volk, Mojca (author), Stojmenova Duh, Emilija (author)

Initially, the concept of Smart Cities (urban settlement) originated from the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, however, the use of IoT technology can be extended to the concept of Smart Villages (rural settlement) as well, improving the life of the villagers, and the communities as a whole. Yet, the rural settlements have slightly different requirements than the urban like settlements. If application of IoT in Smart Cities can be characterized by densification of IoT to day-to-day life, following cities’ structural characteristics of being densely settled places, IoT empowered Smart Villages are usually a system of dispersion and deficiency. In this manner, this research paper will address and discuss different application areas of IoT technology, identifying differences, but also similarities in both ecosystems, while trying to illuminate the standardization efforts that can be applicable in both contexts. In our text we will propose the following IoT application domains, which will also serve as a base for research on smart villages: 1. Natural Resources and Energy, 2. Transport and Mobility, 3. Smart Building, 4. Daily Life, 5. Government, and 6. Economy and Society. By providing an overview of technical solutions that support smart solutions in Smart Cities and Smart Villages this research paper will evaluate how, with IoT empowered Smart Villages and Smart Cities, an overall improvement of quality of life of their inhabitants can be achieved.

• Language: English
• Keywords: IoT, sensors, technology, smart cities, smart villages, digital innovation ecosystems, public value, co-production, place-based approach, context-based approach
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: 20 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 20, iss. 14, art. 3897
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-133879
• UDC: 621.39:004.7
• ISSN on article: 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s20143897
• COBISS.SI-ID: 22616067
• Publication date in RUL: 17.12.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sensors
• Shortened title: Sensors
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1424-8220
• COBISS.SI-ID: 10176278

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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• Licensing start date: 13.07.2020

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: družinsko usmerjen razvoj, internet stvari, senzorji, tehnologija, pametna mesta, pametne vasi, digitalni inovacijski ekosistemi, družbena korist, koprodukcija, lokalni pristop, kontekstualni pristop