A Preliminary Study of System Dynamics Models for Resilient and Smart Cities

Smart and resilient cities are currently hot topics in the academic field and community. Smart cities mainly use technology to maximize the use of resources to provide more convenient services for city residents and enhance life happiness. The resilient city, on the other hand, refers more to the city's resilience against unexpected events and ability to resist strikes. Also, resilient cities possess sufficient technology and resources. To explore the deep relationship between smart and resilient cities, this study will use a system dynamics model (SD) to illustrate the components of smart and resilient cities. Also, this is a preliminary study using SD to analyze smart and resilient cities. Finally, the analysis based on the model concludes that the resilient city contains some of the properties of the smart city to some extent. It also suggests future research directions for the smart city as a milestone in building a resilient city.