Investigation of Smart City Components by AHP-BWM-FUCOM and DEMATEL Methods

Abstract

The concept of smart city has emerged with the development of technology in the 21st century, based on the ideal city concept introduced in the 19th century. Although over forty smart city components can be counted in the literature, the main six elements which are smart economy, smart people, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment and smart living are mostly included in the studies. In this study, these six main smart city components is weighted by one of the most widely used MCDM techniques AHP, DEMATEL and more recently developed techniques BWM and FUCOM. The results of comparison is given at the end.