The Fourth Industrial Revolution and its Contribution to Urban Growth

(Mehad Sayed Ibrahim Emara)

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Abstract

Technological transformation plays a crucial role in our world today. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) represents a significant transformation in many areas of industry in different countries. The rapid speed and scope of the transformation resulted in many urban development challenges, which will subsequently force cities to devise smart solutions to improve the standard of living of urban settlements to provide a better life for their residents. The research aims to discuss these challenges and explore how the 4IR affects the development, urbanisation and transformation of cities into smart ones by highlighting various technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, blockchain and 3D printing. Furthermore, a group of specialists in the field (designers, planners and consultants) will be assessing the contributions of the 4IR that support smart cities and the challenges of achieving urban development and try to reach the relative importance of the participation of each application in achieving urban development and rearrange them according to their significance, to meet the proposed framework.


KEYWORDS
Smart city, technological development, urban challenges, urban development, urban upgrading, 4IR applications
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