Abstract
With the rapid development of smart cities all over the world, the evaluation of the smart city has become a new research hotspot in the academic circles. Nevertheless, there still exist a series of common problems in current smart city evaluation, including the cognitive deprivation, lack of experience in planning, low coordination level, etc. Therefore, it is critical to establish a new hierarchy for smart city evaluation indicators, especially in the 5G era. Based on literature review, expert consensus, and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, this study developed an innovative smart city evaluation framework. In the framework, an index comprising three dimensions, i.e., smart economy, smart society, and smart environmental protection, as well as several attributes for these dimensions for smart city evaluation were established. Then, taking Jiangsu Province, the fastest-growing province in China, as the research area, the development level of smart city for the cities in Jiangsu was calculated. The results have verified the effectiveness of the framework, which can provide suggestions for sustainable urbanization, and help urban decision-makers to promote the efficient development of smart cities.
Highlights
Published: 9 December 2021The size of a city is an important urban attribute that affects population growth [1,2].Due to the growing role of urban areas in the global economy [3,4], large cities are expected to increase in size more quickly than small cities [5]
Some evaluation index frameworks for smart city development have been proposed, such as the ICF evaluation index introduced by the US Intelligent Community Forum, the smart city evaluation index for European Union medium-sized cities launched by research institutions such as the Vienna University of Technology, and the national standard Evaluation Indicators Framework of New-Type Smart City introduced by the Chinese government agencies such as the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China (2016) [26,27]
In the context of 5G Internet of Things (IoT) development, this study investigated the current state of smart city evaluation through literature review and established a novel evaluation index framework
Summary
The size of a city is an important urban attribute that affects population growth [1,2]. Due to the growing role of urban areas in the global economy [3,4], large cities are expected to increase in size more quickly than small cities [5]. This growth may result in various new urban challenges; the development of smart city evaluation is one notable example. In accordance with the improvement in technology, economy, and society, the use of new-generation information technology such as big data, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), geographic information, and the mobile internet to develop smart cities and facilitate sustainable urban development is an area deserving further study. In the discussion of results, some suggestions for smart economy, smart society, and smart environmental protection policies were proposed to promote the efficient development of smart cities in Jiangsu Province
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