Digital Aspects in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Planning
Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship SCEE '2024: "Digital Transformation for Sustainable Tomorrow: Economics, Entrepreneurship and Education (3E)": organized within the 65th International Scientific Conference of Riga Technical University: Book of Abstracts 2024
Ieva Kustova

The ability of urban infrastructure to withstand external pressure caused by climate change and other processes, mitigate negative impacts the infrastructure and its use may have, and accommodate to diverse social needs is becoming increasingly significant. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have set multiple objectives to be achieved by 2030, and the European Union has established its ambition to become climateneutral by 2050. These targets require construction and operation of sustainable infrastructure which may facilitate achievement of economic, environmental and social goals on equal terms. To be able to deal with multiple external factors, diverse stakeholders and often conflicting economic, environmental and social needs, predictive and real-time data analysis and deployment of smart digital systems are a pre-requisite. Digitalisation is not a characteristic of sustainable infrastructure per se, but it has an increasing potential to enable sustainable construction and maintenance of public infrastructure – such as transport, energy, water management and waste management infrastructure catering to the society’s needs. As a continuation of a study started in 2023, this research focuses on the analysis of 18 consolidated criteria of sustainable infrastructure, as well as the digital aspects and tools that support implementation of the criteria. Among other things, that includes using digital twins for infrastructure planning and its retrofitting, use of smart meters and sensors for predictive maintenance and timely identification of hazards, and use of virtual solutions to improve accessibility of infrastructure.


Atslēgas vārdi
Smart Cities, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Infrastructure, Urban Planning
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Kustova, I. Digital Aspects in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Planning. No: Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship SCEE '2024: "Digital Transformation for Sustainable Tomorrow: Economics, Entrepreneurship and Education (3E)": organized within the 65th International Scientific Conference of Riga Technical University: Book of Abstracts, Latvija, Riga, 11.-14. oktobris, 2024. Riga: RTU Press, 2024, 76.-76.lpp. ISSN 2256-0866.

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