Smart City - Technical Foundation and Successful Applications

The term Smart City expresses the collection of the applications of digital technologies in modern life in cities and communities. We have come to expect solutions to the eco-nomical, social and political challenges through the growing power of digitization and networking. This upheaval has become evident in the middle of the first decade of the new century with advancement in micro-electronics, information and communication technology and new software paradigms. After the Internet has become firmly estab-lished advanced digital services and devices proliferate into all aspects of our lives.