City Digital Twin Potentials

A Review and Research Agenda

Bibliographic Data

ID23323784
AuthorsEhab Shahat (0000-0002-8474-1994, University of Seoul), Chang Taek Hyun (University of Seoul), Chunho Yeom (0000-0002-4382-5323, University of Seoul, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume13
Issue6
Pages3386
Publication date2021-03-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainability (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2071-1050 • E-ISSN: 2071-1050
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/su13063386
OpenAlexW3139158806
LanguageEN
Citations received57
References cited58

The city digital twin is anticipated to accurately reflect and affect the city’s functions and processes to enhance its realization, operability, and management. Although research on the city digital twin is still in its infancy, the advancement of the digital twin technology is growing fast and providing viable contributions to augmenting smart city developments. This study reviews the literature to identify the current and prospective potentials and challenges of digital twin cities. A research agenda is also proposed to guide future research on the city digital twincity digital twin to reach the utmost level of a comprehensive and complete city digital twin. Enhancing the efficiency of data processing, promoting the inclusion of socio-economic components of the city, and developing mutual integration between the two counterparts of the digital twin are proposed to be the future research directions to achieve and utilize a completely mirrored city digital twin.

Data science · Geography · Operability · Realization (probability) · Twin cities · Computer Science · Economic and Technological Systems Analysis · Mathematics · Smart Cities and Technologies · Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques

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