Smart Cities Benefits and Challenges in Construction Projects

Abstract Over the past ten years, smart city research and application have grown in popularity. A thorough analysis of the literature evaluations that have already been published on SCs reveals a dearth of studies that categorize the literature into different themes and determine which topics are more and less popular based on the quantity of peer-reviewed research articles that fall under each subject. Therefore, the primary goal of this study is to determine the key advantages and difficulties of smart cities as well as the most productive phase of building projects. The results show that while topics like the social impact, governance and policy, performance indicators and standards, and citizens’ involvement in the design and development of SCs have received moderate attention, themes like innovation and technology, SC services design and management, and citizens’ involvement have been thoroughly researched. Less well-liked topics include the SC approach and implementation obstacles, nevertheless.