Aslı ÖZTOPCU

Ayşe SALMAN

With the increase in the world population, the migration from rural to urban areas also increases. Although population growth provides short-term individual benefits in urban life, scarce resources such as water and electricity and health and education services are disrupted. In order to minimize the urban problems, all institutions and individuals working in the field of urban planning, such as state and local governments are trying to create alternatives to facilitate urban life. One of these alternatives is the smart city systems that require intensive technology and the technology equipment developed for these systems. Especially; due to the future worries, global warming, making the world livable and sustainable, the society is turning to new ideas and development policies. Conditions which make life diffıcult in present threaten the future living. The increase in energy consumption per capita has made it necessary to produce efficient systems. The aim of smart cities or in other words technological or intelligent cities, digital cities are to leave a livable city life to next generations. The aim of this study is to research the effects of smart cities on sustainable development. First, the smart city literature was researched and then post graduate student studies were evaluated. The papers in the international student congress were discussed. It is thought that the results will shed light on the determination of future needs and the contribution of the projects to the literature.

Keywords: Sustainable development, Smart city, Smart building, Technology, Welfare