Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability in Smart Cities, the Case of Copenhagen

Abstract

Cities, where smart city technologies are not a goal, but are evaluated as a useful tool to ensure urban sustainability, are guides for other cities. This study aims to examine the environmental, social and economic sustainability in smart cities in the case of Copenhagen, which is at the top of the smart city indexes. According to the findings, in Copenhagen, smart solutions such as integrated transportation system, wind energy and waste management has provided many socio-economic and environmental benefits such as decrease in air pollution, decrease in flood risk, decrease in noise, less pressure on non-renewable sources, development of faster, safer, healthier, cheaper and less stressful transportation opportunities, strengthening green economy, revival of the business world and the market. Copenhagen with its innovative, holistic and long-term practices, is a good example for other cities, which seeks to balance socio-economic and environmental sustainability.

Keywords

• akıllı kentler
• sürdürülebilirlik
• kopenhag
• smart cities
• sustainability
• copenhagen