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Question: Impact of technology and social factor towards Smart City?

Answer: It is quite easy to see the benefits of smart cities but the question to be answered is: where do we ultimately find ourselves with the adoption of smarter cities and technologies? We imagine that the expounded concept of smart city in this write-up will add to future studies. The idea brings to the fore that there is a linking among technical, social, and institutional factors. Today the use of "smart" captures advanced and transforming changes driven by innovative technologies. Nevertheless, communal issues other than smart tools are central to smart cities. In this regard, a socio-technical opinion on smart city is required. A broad understanding of the connections between social and technical aspects of the environment is important. Research should be carried out on the roles governments, private sectors and policies play in the adoption of smart technologies as it is evident that there must be a complete buy-in for substantial developments to manifest as regards building smart cities. To this close, we will carry on with the study on smart city by concentrating on smart city creativities, bearing in mind the subtleties of several key stakeholders in those initiatives, and conferring policy improvement in urban administrations. Lastly, I would also recommend that an investigation on how smart cities affect control and freedom of citizens be carried out for a richer understanding of the concept.

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(Source: Gala Academic Onefile, 24 Mar 2020)