Driving Smart Urban Innovation

Cities of tomorrow are planning smart urban future, using information and communication technologies to support smart urban innovation by fostering collaborative processes in order to drive sustainable urban growth and improve the quality of life. Cities are becoming smart innovative communities, adopting a smart city framework to urban planning and development. A smart city helps to shape the city of the future as an engine of urban innovation. Sustainable urban future relies on smart cities and communities that support urban innovation for good life, promoting collaborative and multi-actor innovation, following a human-centred approach to smart urban development. As organisational and collaborative spaces, cities are rethinking the urban planning for sustainable future, promoting a smart city vision to urban growth and developing a smart community. As smart innovative communities, cities are driving smart urban innovation, rethinking the urban future, and planning a smart city view in order to support sustainable growth and construct a wealthy urban future.