Multi-criteria analysis of smart cities in Poland

Karolina Ogrodnik

doi:10.7163/gpol.0168

Abstract

The primary objective of the work is to analyze the largest Polish cities in terms of the smart city indicators, which currently form one of the most important models of development. Special attention was paid to smart and sustainable solutions for public transport and infrastructure. An MCDM (Multiple Criteria Decision Making)/MCDA (Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis) method was used. First, the selected method (PROMETHEE) allowed to indicate the smartest and least smart cities with respect to six main dimensions: smart economy, smart people, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment, and smart living. Secondly, the PROMETHEE method allowed compilation of a final ranking, taking into account publicly available indicators of the smart city concept. Finally, 43 smart city indicators that are available in public statistics were proposed. In addition to the primary goal of the study, i.e., diagnosis of Polish cities in terms of the global concept of smart city, a critical analysis of the availability of necessary statistical indicators was also carried out, indicating potential directions for database development.

Highlights

In recent years, especially in the context of the growing problems of civilization, many different models and concepts of urban development have been developed
This study presents an algorithm for the assessment and comparative analysis of cities on the basis of available smart city indicators using the method of multi-criteria decision analysis
Using PROMETHEE, the method of multicriteria decision support selected for this paper, 6 partial and 1 final ranking in terms of selected indicators of the smart city concept were compiled for the 18 largest Polish cities

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Introduction

Especially in the context of the growing problems of civilization, many different models and concepts of urban development have been developed. Most of them are based on the well-known concept of sustainable development (Mierzejewska, 2015; Ogrodnik, 2017a). Despite their different backgrounds or basic assumptions, the models and concepts mentioned above have a common goal and denominator, which is to improve the quality of life in modern urban space. The main urban tendencies and civilization challenges include: the threat of climate change to cities, sustainable economic growth, declining population, ageing and smaller households in selected cities, urban sprawl (OECD, 2012)

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