This paper conducts a systematic review of inclusivity and justice within current Smart City practice, and reveals the ways in which marginalised communities, particularly low-income groups, women, and individuals with disabilities, bear the brunt of exclusion, inequity, and marginalisation in current smart city practice. We reconceptualise and position justice as a central element in smart city development, and call for a fundamental shift in the mindset of practitioners, advocating for policies and governance approaches that promote a just, equitable, responsible, and inclusive smart city ecosystem.
