Dr Alaa Al Tamimi February 2026 Rapid urbanization, climate change, and increasing pressure on energy and infrastructure systems have exposed the structural limitations of conventional urban planning and management models. With more than 70% of the global population projected to reside in cities by 2050, traditional reactive and fragmented governance approaches are no longer adequate. This paper examines the concept of the smart city as a fundamental transformation in urban g

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