Abstract
The article analyzes the relationship of sustainable development with the introduction of “green” technologies and the formation of smart cities. The role of sustainability as a basic feature of smart cities, which are based on the integration and complexity of the formation of urban space, taking into account its digital transformation, including a wide coverage of information and communication technologies and electronic networks, is shown. The article describes the possible structure of a smart city, including infrastructure, economic, social, information and management components of the urban economy. Within the framework of the selected structural directions of smart city formation, the main possible “green” technologies as an attribute of the “green” economy and smart city are presented. Based on the generalization of the accumulated knowledge on the problems of the smart city, the basic principles of the concept of smart cities are systematized and concisely presented. When analyzing various structural components of a smart city, the content of the activity and the expected result are shown. The author highlighted both the main favorable and possible negative consequences, as well as the controversial issues of creating smart cities and introducing “green” technologies.