Identifying and Analysing Keywords Relevant to the Concept of Smart City

Abstract

Researchers have defined ‘Smart City’ in many different ways, and its definition varies with and depends on the context. There is a need to define Smart City needs to properly framed. In this paper, ‘Smart City’ concept has been investigated. An extensive literature review conducted and definitions for Smart City are cited. Then the keywords of Smart City from these definitions and other research sources have been identified. Keywords are grouped into nine perspectives of smart city: Technology Perspective, Citizen Perspective, Infrastructure Perspective, Capability Perspective, Resources Perspective, Environment Perspective, Economy Perspective, Livability Perspective, and Sustainability Perspective. Keywords and views of Smart City have been further investigated using citations at Scopus. Based on a literature review, analysis of citation at Scopus and outcomes of brainstorming sessions during the idea engineering workshop, a new definition is developed and presented. Observed that the word Smart City is mostly documented in social sciences domain, which implies that idea of Smart City may be in the conceptual stage and extensive work is required to develop its success model.