Summary
The characteristics of urban morphology and the growing trend toward urban transformation give cities enormous leverage in this respect.
A Smart City could be an answer for improving energy efficiency, human living and environment, economy and governance.
There already exist various initiatives [1, 2, 3] proposing different framework approaches for Smart City concept, although some key fields are common in each approach.
In this paper a review of some initiatives regarding Smart City approach is developed in order to have a more accurate image of this complex concept.
In the second part, a recently approved research project “SusCity” project takes an integrated and application oriented research approach by focusing on urban interventions in Lisbon city, at the “Parque das Nações” testbed.
The project approach will be explain together with the first work set up.