Smart Cities, a concept which incorporates information and communication technologies to urban development, planning and policies has increased importance as it enables cities to perform better in different aspects of everyday life, such as environment, basic services and governance. However, most smart city research focuses on rich countries and flagship solutions, while the global south states are the ones urbanizing the most and suffering more impacts from natural hazards in their cities. This paper investigates the interface between smart cities and urban resilience in developing countries and evaluates how they are applied to avoid losses of lives, infrastructure, livelihood and capital. This research was written based on case studies, reports, academic papers and literature reviews. The results show that there are benefits of using smart cities solutions when dealing with natural disaster preparedness, response and recovery in developing countries if tailored to local context, community-based and focused on long-term sustainability
