Should smart city applications reconsider the principles of placemaking in confronting the resemblance of smart cities? This systematic review seeks to answer this question by offering a framework that elucidates the principles of placemaking in smart cities and the relationship between people and places. The results of reviewing the SciVal and SCImago databases yielded 13 journals related to ‘urban economy’—as a goal of smart cities—and ‘placemaking’—as a target of city singularity. A random selection of 44 articles in these journals was conducted based on the presence of words in titles, abstracts and keywords between 2012 and 2020. Four terms were revealed, namely, competitiveness, distinctiveness, urban forms and everyday lifestyles. The findings compiled 22 principles for creating singularity among smart cities. The three-step framework for creating the singularity of smart cities provides insights into how urban actors and stakeholders in the Global South can change traditional smart cities by aggregating the principles of placemaking (i.e. urban forms and everyday lifestyles) with the principles of the urban economy through urban competitiveness and distinctiveness. The conclusions suggested revisiting factors of ranking smart cities by considering the principles of placemaking, which can enhance the singularity of smart cities.

智慧城市应用在面对智慧城市的相似性时是否应该重新考虑场所制作的原理？本系统综述旨在通过提供一个框架来回答这个问题，该框架阐明了智慧城市中的场所制作原则以及人与地方之间的关系。审查SciVal和SCImago数据库的结果得出了13篇与“城市经济”（以智慧城市为目标）和“场所营造”（以城市奇异性为目标）有关的期刊。根据2012年至2020年之间标题，摘要和关键字中单词的存在，对这些期刊中的44篇文章进行了随机选择。揭示了四个术语，即竞争力，独特性，城市形式和日常生活方式。调查结果汇编了22条在智慧城市中建立奇点的原则。通过创建智能城市的独特性的三步框架，可以洞察全球南方的城市参与者和利益相关者如何通过将场所营造的原理（即城市形态和日常生活方式）与城市经济原理相结合来改变传统的智能城市通过城市竞争力和独特性。结论建议通过考虑场所设置原则重新审视智能城市排名的因素，这可以增强智能城市的奇异性。