Smart City and High-Tech Urban Interventions Targeting Human Health: An Equity-Focused Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Urban infrastructure systems responsible for the provision of energy, transportation, shelter, and communication to populations are important determinants of health and health equity. The term "smart city" has been used synonymously with other terms, such as "digital city", "sustainable city", and "information city", even though definitional distinctions exist between terms. In this review, we use "smart cities" as a catch-all term to refer to an emerging concept in urban governance practice and scholarship that has been increasingly applied to achieve public health aims. The objective of this systematic review was to document and analyze the inclusion of equity considerations and dimensions (i.e., a measurement, analytical, or dialectical focus on systematic disparities in health between

SUBMITTER: Buttazzoni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7177215 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature