How Digital Twin Technology Promotes the Development of Smart Cities

Abstract

This chapter aims to study whether and how current practices based on digital twin technology can help the development of smart cities in China. This chapter will explore the roles of the government in promoting the application of digital twin technology in the development agenda of industrial infrastructure and smart cities through policies (i.e., institutions). How do these institutions promote the development of digital twin technology in various industries and how will these developments in turn affect stakeholders in various sectors? This chapter will investigate the impact of China's digital twin technology research and institutional changes on the sustainable development of smart cities. This chapter will use bibliometric analysis to perform statistical and correlation analysis on the digital twin/blockchain/AI/IoTs literature included in the Web of Science (WOS) database. Cases from China will be used for comparison. This chapter will provide suggestions for the development of digital twin technology-based ecosystems in emerging economies.