Cidades inteligentes no aspecto sustentável : uma revisão bibliométrica na literatura

Abstract

Smart Cities in the sustainable aspect or Sustainable Smart Cities have been identified as a mechanism capable of assisting in the construction of urban environments in order to achieve their goals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). Through this context, it was verified the need to understand the progress of studies on this theme. This monograph aims to identify how are the theoretical discussions in the last five years in the literature on Smart Cities in the field of Sustainability. For this, a bibliometric review was carried out aided by a systematic review, this study is characterized as qualitative and descriptive, in which its data were collected in the Scopus database and treated through bibliometric analysis aided by Vosviewer Software and guided systematic analysis by an execution protocol. The main results point to a growth in publications on the topic of Sustainability and, even considering a multidisciplinarity in its field of study, it was also noticed that the main studies are being more discussed in Europe and in which most of its discussion is theoretical. In this study, it was demonstrated that the focus of research on Smart Cities meeting the SDGs has been privileging social, economic and social aspects and mainly focused on SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities). it was possible to identify that the environmental theme analyzed in the review is the main subject, being an emerging and current theme and the use of technology as a means to improve the quality of life in urban centers in a way that includes population socially and economically. In addition to the SDGs worked on the subject, this discussion offers useful guidance for planning future studies related to Smart City in the sustainable aspect and the main contribution of this work is to show the directions of studies of Smart Cities in the sustainable aspect at the international level. It was also identified the need for future research on this topic. Finally, it is believed that the main contribution of this work is to show the directions of Smart Cities studies in the sustainable aspect at the international level, meeting the SDGs.