What makes a city smart? Lessons from Barcelona

Mila Gascó*

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Abstract

Innovation, and technological innovation in particular, can help city governments to meet the challenges of urban governance, to improve urban environments, to become more competitive and to address sustainability concerns. To prevent and manage these challenges, cities need to operate in an innovative way. In this context, the smart city approach is emerging as a way of solving tangled and wicked problems. However, there is no one route to becoming smart and different cities have adopted different approaches that reflect their particular circumstances. The objective of this paper is to assess the strategy adopted by the city of Barcelona, which has been repeatedly considered among the top smart cities in the world, using a comprehensive framework that includes eight variables for the analysis. The ultimate goal is to provide useful insights on the development of a smart city.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016
EditorsRalph H. Sprague, Tung X. Bui
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages2983-2989
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780769556703
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Mar 2016
Event49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016 - Koloa, United States
Duration: 5 Jan 20168 Jan 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume2016-March
ISSN (Print)1530-1605

Conference

Conference49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKoloa
Period5/01/168/01/16

Keywords

  • Barcelona
  • Benchmark
  • Implementation
  • Smart city

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