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Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Regeneration

New Problems: Energy Drought
It is not possible for ICTs, the primary component of smart cities, to
survive without any energy source. These technologies cannot also ensure
their continuity and sustainability, apart from their survival, without any
energy source. Considering that ICTs are fed by big data and analytics that
are gradually growing, there is an increasing need for energy production
for the acquisition, collection, processing, analysis and use of data (Kılıç,
2023). What will be the source of this energy is a big question. In this sense,
promoting the use of renewable energy sources in the production of energy
at the national level is of critical importance. In this way, it may be possible to
minimize the destructive effects of smart cities and new urban areas on the
natural environment. Planning and designing of the self-sufficient urban areas
should therefore be among the main issues that should be given priority. The
fact that current applications have an infrastructure and superstructure that
prioritizes the use of renewable energy resources is an indication that certain
basic measures have been taken against the energy drought that will arise
in the future. However, it should not be ignored that the trend of increase
or decrease in energy need should be monitored and relevant performance
indicators should be created in order to develop solutions.

5. Conclusion

Considering both the international and national legal and administrative
frameworks, it is seen that the common point of the goals to be achieved is
sustainability. Accordingly, it should not be forgotten that the actions aimed to
be implemented should also be evaluated under this common point. For this
reason, it is required to take action with a holistic approach in line with the targets
foreseen not only at the city level but also at the national scale. In this context,
based on the goal of realizing smart and sustainable cities, urban regeneration
practices should not be considered as another process that should be carried
out separately and independently of this goal. Urban regeneration should be
considered as an important implementation tool in aligning existing cities with
these goals. Namely, urban regeneration practices should be considered within
the scope of holistic strategic spatial planning as a tool and opportunity in
planning and designing smart and sustainable settlements.
The current legal and administrative framework also supports and promotes
this situation. Within the scope of 2020-2023 NSCSAP, urban regeneration
areas are described as an environment for the implementation and testing
of smart cities, and the urban regeneration practices implemented/planned
to be implemented in this context are called smart urban regeneration

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