Components of Smart Cities: Smart City Applications and Smart Space Management

Abstract

Increasing human activities and the need to be able to carry out increasingly rapid transactions and the need to quickly solve the problems in the city have brought smart and technological applications to the fore. With this study, it was tried to measure the awareness levels and expectations of the city residents regarding smart cities and e-applications in smart cities and smart city space management. Within the scope of the study, a conceptual framework related to the concept of smart city was presented; smart city components, smart space management policies, strategies and practices, and smart city application examples in the world and in our country were examined, a literature review was conducted and a survey was conducted with 252 people over the age of 18 in 2019. According to the results of the survey, it can be said that citizens do not have enough awareness about e-applications serving at local scale in our country. Therefore, it would be beneficial for local governments to inform citizens about local e-applications and to take a leadership role in smart space management.