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S.M.A.R.T: Sustainability Meets Analytics in a Resource Trade

Author(s) Riddhi Dhawan
Country India
Abstract This paper interrogates the prevailing paradigm of smart urbanism through the analytical lens of environmental sustainability, focusing particularly on the frequently obscured carbon intensities and ecological ramifications of digitally mediated urban infrastructures. It critically examines the dominant techno-optimist narratives that surround the deployment of Internet of Things ecosystems, algorithmic governance, and ambient computational environments. While ostensibly designed to enhance efficiency and optimize resource use, these configurations often inaugurate novel energy dependencies, intensify extractive infrastructures, and externalise ecological costs beyond national boundaries. Drawing from urban theory, environmental political economy, and critical technological studies, the paper exposes the systemic tradeoffs embedded within the contemporary smart city model. Empirical illustrations from Songdo, Masdar City, Pune, Amsterdam, and Nairobi underscore a consistent accountability deficit in the material governance of smart urban development. The research ultimately advocates for an environmentally reflexive urban informatics, which is an approach that not only deploys data to achieve sustainability objectives but also internalises the energetic and ecological costs of its own operations.
Keywords smart urbanism, environmental sustainability, carbon intensity, ecological impacts, digital infrastructures, Internet of Things (IoT), algorithmic governance, urban informatics, techno-optimism, extractive infrastructures, energy dependencies, environmental political economy, critical technology studies, material governance, sustainability trade-offs
Field Biology > Bio + Chemistry
Published In Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-01-15
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.63452
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