Smart-technology in city planning of post-war cities

The aim of the paper is to define what role can play smart city technology in the reconstruction of post-war cities for example in Syrian Arab Republic. The smart city concept offers different opportunities for different countries. The implementation of smart city technology concepts, especially in post-war cities, faces different challenges and if a given smart city solution can simply transplanted from one city situation to post-war cities. This paper will discuss some of these challenges. The immediate need for cities reconstruction in the post-war countries is to provide adequate urban infrastructure to meet the increasing pace of urbanization after war. In the process of meeting infrastructure demands, smart technology applications provide a way for such cities to achieve leapfrogging after war. Smart technology will able to plan better in the areas that affected by war, post-war cities with smart city's ability to analyse large amount of data. This will allow for proactive maintenance and a better planning for the future, having a smart-technology means that the post-war cities can move forward, and use data collected to make meaningful changes in city plans. Lack of finance and well-developed business models in post-war countries, make the challenge difficult and is often to maintain legacy infrastructure systems, which cannot be abandoned due to cost, space and other considerations unlike other countries that they respond to the sustainable development and needs of society. While technology in the form of smart city is an integral part of a smart city, it should only be seen as an enabler to meet the needs of the people of the city and the need to localize this technology. Smart technology should be chosen with a deep understanding of people's needs, lifestyles, behaviours, and cultures. Ultimately, smart technology in planning post-war cities requires the participation of local communities for success.