Introduction to Smart Cities and Selected Literature Review

Smart City concept is not new but in developing and under developed countries still many people are not familiar with it. Smart City still doesn't have universally accepted definition and many people have defined it with different perspective and views. Sometimes this creates an unnecessary confusion to understand what Smart City is. To have better clarity and to understand Smart City concept well, in this paper an overview of Smart City is provided along with details on Smart City Components and Services. Selected research papers on Smart Cities are also reviewed to identify technology trends and solutions used to design, develop, operate and maintain modern Smart Cities across the globe.