Over the last years, sophisticated policy making propositions for sustainable rural and urban development have been recorded. The smart village and smart city concepts promote a human-centric vision for a new era of technology-driven social innovation. This Special Issue offers a useful overview of the most recent developments in the frequently overlapping fields of smart city and smart village research. A variety of topics including well-being, happiness, security, open democracy, open government, smart education, smart innovation, and migration have been addressed in this Special Issue. They define the direction for future research in both domains. The organization of the relevant debate is aligned around three pillars: Section A: Sustainable Smart City and Smart Village Research: Foundations - Clustering Smart City Services: Perceptions, Expectations, and Responses - Smart City Development and Residents' Well-Being - Analysis of Social Networking Service Data for Smart Urban Planning Section B: Sustainable Smart City and Smart Village Research: Case Studies on Rethinking Security, Safety, Well-being, and Happiness - Exploring a Stakeholder-Based Urban Densification and Greening Agenda for Rotterdam Inner City--Accelerating the Transition to a Liveable Low Carbon City - The Impact of the Comprehensive Rural Village Development Program on Rural |