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Title:
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EVALUATING SMARTNESS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN GLOBAL SOUTH CITIES |
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Author(s):
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Daielly Melina Nassif Mantovani, Adriana Backx Noronha Viana and Flávio Hourneaux Jr. |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-73-3 |
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Editors:
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Adriana Backx Noronha Viana and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2025 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Smart Cities, Sustainability, SDGs, Evaluation, Global South, Brazil |
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Type:
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Concise Paper |
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First Page:
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67 |
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Last Page:
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70 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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In recent years, the notion of smart cities has become a central paradigm in urban governance and development agendas. These cities are often portrayed as technological solutions to complex urban problems, combining data-driven management, digital infrastructure, and innovation ecosystems to enhance urban efficiency and quality of life. However, the discourse around smartness frequently overlooks the multidimensional nature of sustainability particularly in cities of the Global South, where social inequality, informality, and environmental fragility remain structural challenges. This study critically examines whether the smartness of cities in Brazil necessarily implies greater sustainability. By analyzing a national smart city ranking and its relationship to sustainability indicators, the research questions the assumption that technological advancement inherently leads to sustainable development. This research adopted a quantitative, exploratory, and descriptive design to analyze the relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and smart city indicators in Brazilian municipalities. The descriptive analysis and boxplot comparisons provided a detailed overview of the performance of Brazilian municipalities in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), distinguishing between those ranked as smart cities in the Connected Smart Cities (CSC) index and those not included. Overall, the data reveal no consistent superiority of ranked municipalities in sustainability performance. While smart cities tended to score slightly higher in some infrastructure-related SDGs, non-ranked municipalities often achieved comparable or even better results in social and environmental goals. |
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