Smart Sustainable Cities White Paper

ISOCARP and its members have been involved in the “smart cities” discussion since 2004. More recently ISOCARP collaborated in many global events that focus on smart cities, such as the Metropolitan Solutions conference in Berlin (2016) and the Habitat III conference in Quito (2016). ISOCARP was engaged these as a partner with UN-Habitat and the Global Planners Network. In addition, the theme for the ISOCARP World Planning Congress (2017) was “Smart Communities” with an emphasis on blending technology with social, environmental, and economic planning theory and practice.

This theme was revisited earlier this year (2018) at the World Urban Forum where ISOCARP organized a session devoted to “International Smart Cities”, again in coordination with UN-Habitat and the Global Planners Network.

ISOCARP members have also been active in promoting smart city discussions through sessions organized at multiple events including American Planning Association conferences, Moscow Urban Forums, REAL CORP conferences, Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions conferences, and many others.

The following White Paper is a compilation of what we have learned from our members and other contributions. Additional information can be accessed from the links below.

Smart_Sustainable_Cities_WhitePaper

Ric Stephens, Irena Itova, Małgorzata Hanzl, Benjamin Scheerbarth
Smart Sustainable City White Paper will be published as part of Review 14 on the occasion of the 54th ISOCARP Congress in Bodø, Norway.