Abstract
Abstract. Cities are facing numerous challenges because of the unprecedented growth of population all over the world. In this context, smart city stands out as a viable option to improve quality of life. Smart city, with its ability to transform the information into economic, social and environmental benefits, offers acquisitions in the fields of sustainable development, competitiveness and environmental sustainability. However, the cost of implementing and maintaining smart city applications on a large scale reveals the necessity to choose the right smart city application at the beginning of smart city transformation. In order to determine which smart city application should be used in smart city domain, the current situation and needs of the city should be analysed effectively. Maturity assessment can be used as a tool to understand the existing conditions of a city. In this study, Turkey's smart city approach will be addressed and Smart City Maturity Assessment Model of Turkey will be introduced with the preparation and implementation process. Consequently, the impact of the Smart City Maturity Assessment Model on selection of smart city applications will be discussed with the result of maturity assessment which is implemented on 4 cities of Turkey.
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONSmart city big data are two modern and important concepts; many started integrating them to develop smart city applications that will help reach sustainability, better resilience, effective governance, enhanced quality of life, and intelligent management of smart city resources (Al Nuaimi et al, 2015)
Over the last decades, the urban population percentage is increasing unprecedentedly. 30% of the world’s population was urban in 1950 and %54 world’s population was residing in urban areas in 2014 (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2014)
Within the scope of National Smart Cities Strategy and Action Plan (NSAP), the term “smart city” has been described as follows: “More liveable and sustainable cities that are brought into being with the inter-stakeholder collaboration, utilizing emerging technologies and innovative approaches, providing justification based on data and specialty, and producing solutions adding value to our lives by predicting the future problems and needs.”
Summary
Smart city big data are two modern and important concepts; many started integrating them to develop smart city applications that will help reach sustainability, better resilience, effective governance, enhanced quality of life, and intelligent management of smart city resources (Al Nuaimi et al, 2015). Needs of cities must be determined accurately in order to prevent waste of resources of municipalities and central governments, ensure implementing the right smart city applications in the right domain and plan the investments. In this context, maturity assessment can be used as a tool to understand the existing conditions of a city in the way of its smart city transformation.
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