Measuring progress of smart cities: Indexing the smart city indices

Lai, Calvin Ming Tsun; Cole, Alistair

doi:10.1016/j.ugj.2022.11.004

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“…On the other hand, Hong Kong fared better on other indices: a "super-champion" in IMD's 2023 Smart City Index, 4 #2 in technology by IMD's ( 2022) "Digital Competitiveness Ranking," and #10 by IESE's (2020) smart city-based "Cities in Motion" ranking. While rankings and indices are prone to subjectivity, gaming, and reporting or measurement errors (see Lai and Cole [2023] for a discussion and comparison of smart cities indices), on the few comparisons available, Hong Kong has not historically shown consistently high performance on smart cities that might be expected given its high performance on other measures.…”

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State-society relations and government technology: a survey of public awareness and communication in Hong Kong

Hartley

2024

Data & Policy

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A survey of Hong Kong residents finds that public support for government technology, as understood through the concept of smart cities, is associated with concept-awareness and official communications. The statistical analysis identifies moderating effects attributable to personal social media use and controls for personal ideological views about scope of government intervention and perceived political legitimacy of smart city policies. The study builds on a growing body of empirical scholarship about public support for government technology, while also addressing a practical trend in urban governance: the growing sophistication of technologies like artificial intelligence and their use in strengthening government capacities. The Hong Kong case exemplifies ambitious investments in technology by governments and, at the time of the survey, relatively high freedom of political expression. The study’s findings help refine theories about state-society relations in the rapidly evolving context of technology for public sector use.

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State-society relations and government technology: a survey of public awareness and communication in Hong Kong

Hartley

2024

Data & Policy

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“…International smart city rankings (see e.g. the IMD Smart City Index, [56], focus predominantly on quantitative status indicators, which allow comparisons on an international scale, but tend to neglect the prerequisites, focal points, and specific characteristics of local approaches [57]. This can also be seen in international approaches to the standardisation and norming of smart city projects, such as the International Standardisation Organisation's Smart City Index System [58]).…”

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Digital Justice in the Smart City Developing a Framework for Participatory Digitalisation Strategies at the Local Level

Schüle,

Pollok,

Güleş

2023

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An integrated consideration of digital inequalities in smart cities is relatively new to most discussions of the subject, and an applicable research framework for the assessment and management of digital inequalities in the smart city is still lacking. This paper proposes a framework for an action-oriented approach to analyse and strategically reduce digital injustices in smart cities. There are five requirements for creating digital justice: the availability of a concept with sufficiently allocated resources, the availability of digital infrastructures and technologies, programmes for learning digital competencies, offerings for citizen participation and a holistic perspective on the global dimensions of digital justice. For different case studies, we assess the coverage, integration and impact of these features. The analysis confirms that the proposed methodological approach can record and evaluate strategies for digital participation in smart cities.

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“…An attempt to reduce the phenomenon of increased traffic volume is also one of the aspects to be eliminated by the implementation of a sustainable transport development policy. According to its assumptions, modern transport should effectively meet the needs of society, be economically efficient, and at the same time have a positive impact on the environment, public health, economy, and urban planning [4]. Therefore, based on the guidelines of sustainable transport policy, the duties of cities include [5][6][7][8].…”

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Car-Sharing Systems in Smart Cities: A Review of the Most Important Issues Related to the Functioning of the Systems in Light of the Scientific Research

Turoń

2023

Smart Cities

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Currently, short-term car rental services (car-sharing) are a solution that is an alternative to individual motorization, which can be used in cities. With the level of sophistication of the relevant systems, there are more and more problems with their proper functioning. However, to understand the essence of some of the problems or properly introduce a new system to the market, it is important to understand how the systems work and the main relationships between the factors affecting car-sharing. This work aims to comprehensively present the most important aspects related to the functioning of car-sharing in light of the current research, as a form of compendium of knowledge about car-sharing. A review of the literature indicates that the leading areas of research in the field of car-sharing are seven topics related to the origin and history of services, the analysis of the functioning of the services market and criteria affecting the development of the relevant systems, the management of vehicle systems and location, issues related to the sustainable development of transport, IT systems, electromobility in car-sharing, and service optimization and modeling. A detailed analysis of the work carried out in this area allowed for the identification of 15 leading factors influencing car-sharing. This article supports the implementation and improvement of car-sharing services. In addition, it supports researchers during literature reviews and the search for a coherent list of the factors influencing car-sharing.

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Measuring progress of smart cities: Indexing the smart city indices

Cited by 39 publications

References 29 publications

State-society relations and government technology: a survey of public awareness and communication in Hong Kong

State-society relations and government technology: a survey of public awareness and communication in Hong Kong

Digital Justice in the Smart City Developing a Framework for Participatory Digitalisation Strategies at the Local Level

Car-Sharing Systems in Smart Cities: A Review of the Most Important Issues Related to the Functioning of the Systems in Light of the Scientific Research

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