Building Smarter Smart Cities for Sustainable Development through Artificial Intelligence

Increasing urbanization and rapid increase of the population in urban areas has led to varied issues, to which rendering the cities as a “smart” one has been identified as a solution. The sole motive behind the intent to come up with smart cities is to incorporate technological impulses into the usual routine chores of people in a particular area, so as to enhance the living standards as well. But there is a gap regarding considering environmental preservation as an indicator of achieving sustainability in the smart city concept. Beyond the current versions of technologies utilized, Artificial Intelligence (AI), is apparently the most promising recent advancement of ICT, which can deliver the motive of sustainable development through the advent of future smart cities. AI applications can actually transform the way civilizations respond to threats of varying degrees. This paper is an effort to showcase in a combined manner, the AI based solutions, aimed at smartifying the smart cities, through focusing on enhancing the sustainable development.