The smart and sustainable city: the example of the Smart City Laguna

Abstract

Sustainability applied to the urban environment to achieve the realization of fundamental rights gave rise to the concept of sustainable city, from an environmental point of view, corresponding to the optimization of the relationship between people and the environment, with a view to guaranteeing natural resources for generations future. Smart cities, on the other hand, concern the digital inclusion of the population. The objective of this research is to deal with the concept of smart and sustainable city, using the Smart City Laguna project as a model, through a qualitative approach, the deductive method and the bibliographic procedure. The study is justified due to the need to include low-income populations in the digital universe, as well as the preservation of the urban environment, concluding that the Smart City Laguna project adds basic elements of both the concept of smart city and city sustainable, becoming an example to be followed in the country.