How Smart Cities Solve Urban Problems

The development of digital technologies and their widespread dissemination in the urban environment, as well as the growth of cities and urban populations, led to the creation of the concept of a smart city. This concept has evolved from technology-centric to human-centric. Now it is focused on improving the quality of life of citizens and solving urban problems. The use of modern technologies makes it possible to increase safety in the city, to improve the situation on the roads, to ensure a quick response to emergency situations, to simplify city management and to conduct it almost online, to make the urban environment more comfortable, and so on. This work systematizes the capabilities of a smart city to reduce the severity of specific urban problems. The conducted research made it possible to propose a scheme for a smart city to solve urban problems with the tools used.