Developing a City Systems Architecture Framework to facilitate the digital transformation of urban areas towards Smart Cities
Research conducted as part of a project by the Faculty of Computing and Digital Technology at Birmingham City University between November 2021 and February 2022.The objective of this research is to develop a system architecture framework for urban environments that supports the digital transformation of urban areas into smart cities. Introduction Currently, more than half of the world’s population resides in urban areas—a phenomenon that highlights a clear and accelerating trend toward global urbanization. According to estimates from the United Nations (UN), this trend will…