The digital governance of data-driven smart cities: Sustainable urban development, big data management, and the cognitive internet of things

Abstract

Empirical research provides mixed results regarding the digital governance of data-driven smart cities. Using and replicating data from ESI ThoughtLab, KPMG, McKinsey, and Osborne Clarke, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding how smart city technologies can make daily commutes faster and less frustrating (%), where stakeholders want cities to invest more (%), the components of a smart city which are most likely to reduce energy consumption and to increase economic growth (%), and most needed changes to improve smart cities’ living environment (%). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.