What makes a city smart? Lessons from Barcelona

Mila Gascó

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2016.373

What makes a city smart? Lessons from Barcelona

Mila Gascó^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Grup de Recerca en Lideratge i Innovació en la Gestió Pública

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26 Citations (Scopus)

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 language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016
Editors	Ralph H. Sprague, Tung X. Bui
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	2983-2989
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9780769556703
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.373
Publication status	Published - 7 Mar 2016
Event	49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016 - Koloa, United States Duration: 5 Jan 2016 → 8 Jan 2016

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume	2016-March
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

Conference

Conference	49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Koloa
Period	5/01/16 → 8/01/16

UN SDGs

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Barcelona
Benchmark
Implementation
Smart city

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Gascó, M. (2016). What makes a city smart? Lessons from Barcelona. In R. H. Sprague, & T. X. Bui (Eds.), Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016 (pp. 2983-2989). Article 7427556 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 2016-March). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.373

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Gascó, M 2016, What makes a city smart? Lessons from Barcelona. in RH Sprague & TX Bui (eds), Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016., 7427556, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. 2016-March, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 2983-2989, 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016, Koloa, United States, 5/01/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2016.373

What makes a city smart? Lessons from Barcelona. / Gascó, Mila.
Proceedings of the 49th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016. ed. / Ralph H. Sprague; Tung X. Bui. IEEE Computer Society, 2016. p. 2983-2989 7427556 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; Vol. 2016-March).

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