Transforming Urban Markets in Smart Cities: The Role of IOT in Enhancing Urban Experiences and Sustainability

The core part of any city is its public areas including markets, these facets are used for culture, business and social purposes. Being able to optimize the general experience of the citizens, smart cities address the development of infrastructure, the modernization of governmental services, and making them more accessible, the development of competitive economics, and promotion of sustainable development. In this regard, the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes the significant driving force that has the potential for changing and even revolutionizing the city environment at large. Extending from this, this paper aims to establish the extent to which commonly described Internet of Things (IoT) based infrastructure and communication technologies can be optimized towards promoting positive experiences by citizens in markets and other common retail environments. In particular, some of them include air quality monitoring systems, proper waste disposal, management of crowds, and intelligent light control systems, which come in handy for the general principles of efficient and sustainable smart cities. Finally, we discuss some of the salient research directions for the further development of IoT integration and its possible applications in the context of the new vision of smart cities.