Analysis of the Spanish Information and Scientific Literature about the Smart-City Phenomenon, the Digital Native's Habitat

Academics from all over the world are focused on the phenomenon of smart city. Spanish literature on the topic has grown in the last years. Smart cities are based in new urban development visions that integrate multiple information and communication technology solutions in a secure fashion to manage all the city assets. Spanish literature about this topic comes from different fields as Architecture, Engineering, Political Science, Business and Law. The goal of building a smart city is to improve quality of life by using ICT technology to improve the efficiency of services and meet residents' needs, so the researchers from the field of Communication and Information Sciences have a lot to say about it. This study analyses 120 units and consider that the smart city phenomenon is a reality that will be on the center of a challenging new multifunctional research.