A Development Framework for Smart Cities Assessment

Abstract

A smart city is rising as an approach and strategy to reduce the troubles produced by rapid urbanization and the growth of urban population. Although, cities continue to develop and purify their social, economic and environmental goals along with the strategies to achieve them, this phenomenon has been discussed by little research yet. However, due to the requiring immediate action or attention for practical application of the principles of smart cities, city authorities, stakeholders and local communities need to know the current reality of their city and where development is being attained in their systems. Therefore, constructing a framework for smart cities assessment will help share or exchange the newcomer strong and weak points, and emphasize where actual development is taking place and update a plan for future developments. Moreover, this assessment is able to assist cities prioritizes actions. This paper developed a guiding assessment framework for smart cites that will help the creating, carefully choosing and priorities of crucial indicators. These indicators can then show the way to the smart cites performance assessment and monitoring. Drawing on the investigation of an extensive and wide collection of literature from a variety of disciplinary areas and based on the conceptual literature on smart cities, in addition to interviews this study identify a good tool to help recognizing of virtual achievement of smart city. Furthermore, it is significant to be taken into consideration in assessing smart city smartness level.

Contextual challenges of smart city implementation in Mashhad, Iran's second‐largest metropolis

“…Infrastructure is the crucial element of smart cities (Monzon, 2015) and strategies to achieve them deal with infrastructure and aim to overcome urbanization difficulties (Al-Alwani, 2018). All significant infrastructure in smart cities should be monitored to maximize all services (like security) for citizens and optimize the consumption of natural resources (Hall, 2000).…”

Smart City Measurement: Identification of Smart Economy Performance Indicators in Indonesia

“…Percentageof unemployment is related to the rate of unemployment citizen in certain area [21], [28], [29], [30], [31], [32], [34], [35], [36], [38], [40], [41], [42], [43], [44], [47], [48], [50], [51]. Easy access to job information includes the level of ease of information through both print and digital media, job market and promotion [28], [29], [31], [46], [48], [52], Level of innovation and productivity is related to the ability of the community to produce work or businesses that have competitiveness [29], [30], [31], [35], [36], [41], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51]. Worker skill is related to related to the level of productivity to achieve valuable contributions to the company thereby increasing revenue [28], [41], [53].…”

“…In transaction sub-dimension "lesh cash" machine availability measure about the quantity, readiness and human support about the machine (ATM) [28], [29], [46], [48], [52]. Less cash knowledge measure how good the citizen knowledge about cashless system [28], [41], [53].…”

“…Less cash knowledge measure how good the citizen knowledge about cashless system [28], [41], [53]. Bankable society is is the level of customer eligibility that meets bank requirements [21], [28], [38], [41], [50], [52]. Fintech quality refers to how good the technology is in supporting transactions conducted by citizens [21], [28], [29], [46].…”

“…Foreign direct and domestic invesment is related to level of investment from abroad directly to domestic companies [32], [37], [40], [53], [54], [55]. Network availability refers to refers to the availability of IT equipment, internet networks and the ability of the community to operate technology [28], [29], [31], [46], [48], [52]. Finally, market intensity is the frequency of spending through e-commerce, the number of sellers in the market place and product availability [21], [29], [31], [35], [45], [49], [51].…”