Blockchain: Future of e-Governance in Smart Cities

Abhirup Khanna ¹

Anushree Sah ¹

Vadim Bolshev ^{2, 3}

Michal Jasinski ⁴

Alexander Vinogradov ²

Zbigniew Leonowicz ⁴

Marek Jasiński ⁵

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School of Computer Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India |

Laboratory of Power Supply and Heat Supply, Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, Moscow 109428, Russia |

Laboratory of Intelligent Agricultural Machines and Complexes, Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don 344000, Russia |

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Department of Electrical Engineering Fundamentals, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland |

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WWSIS “Horyzont”, 54-239 Wrocław, Poland |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-10-26

MDPI

Journal: Sustainability

scimago Q1

SJR: 0.672

CiteScore: 6.8

Impact factor: 3.3

ISSN: 20711050

DOI: 10.3390/su132111840

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Geography, Planning and Development

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Abstract

In recent times, Blockchain has emerged as a transformational technology with the ability to disrupt and evolve multiple domains. As a decentralized, immutable distributed ledger, Blockchain technology is one of the most recent entrants to the comprehensive ideology of Smart Cities. The rise of urbanization and increased citizen participation have led to various technology integrations in our present-day cities. For cities to become smart, we need standard frameworks and procedures for integrating technology, citizens and governments. In this paper, we explore the potential of Blockchain technology as an enabler for e-governance in smart cities. We examine the daily challenges of citizens and compare them with the benefits being offered by Blockchain integration. On the basis of a comprehensive literature review, we identified four key areas of e-governance wherein Blockchain can provide monumental advantages. In the context of Blockchain integration for e-governance, the paper presents a survey of prominent published works discussing various urban applications.

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