The Relevance of Big Data and Iot In Smart Cities Development

The use of Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) play an important role in building viable initiatives for the development of smart cities. Big Data and IoT form a perfect combination by bringing an interesting and innova-tive challenge to achieve smart cities. These new challenges are essentially focused on business and technology-related issues that support smart cities and formulate their smart cities principles, vision and requirements. This ar-ticle addresses the concept of smart cities, its properties and specifications, as well as the generic architecture, composition and real-world implementa-tions. Also, are described possible challenges and opportunities in the field of smart cities, and are analysed the role of Big Data and IoT technologies in relation to smart cities, and the benefits and challenges that smart cities en-joy and face with Big Data and IoT.