Comparative Analysis of the Indicator System for Guiding Smart City Development

Abstract

Smart city has been gaining increasing attention among academia and practitioners as a new technology-based solution to meet the city disease challenges. A number of smart city indicator systems have been introduced to guide the practice of smart city initiatives. This paper examines the effectiveness of these typical existing indicator systems based on a benchmarking framework of smart city indicators, which is built on a comprehensive understanding of the definition and the connotations of smart city. Eight representative indicator systems both in China and abroad are collected and compared. The result of this study reveals that the existing smart city indicator systems have limitations for guiding the practice of smart city initiatives.