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Smart City Development

Tegnér, Albin LU and Kumlin, Axel (2020) INFM10 20201
Department of Informatics
Abstract
The term Smart City is a frequently used term regarding cities' modern ICT solutions that contribute towards sustainable development and the improvement of the life quality of citizens. However, Smart City incorporates several areas of which can make a city smarter and is considered ambiguous in its very definition. This thesis aims to discover the issues related to the lack of a standard definition of the term Smart City together with other factors that affect the sustainable development of Smart City initiatives. The thesis takes a qualitative approach, where six respondents from six different Swedish cities have been interviewed with a semistructured manner. The empirical results reveal essential enablers for Smart City initiatives, as... (More)
The term Smart City is a frequently used term regarding cities' modern ICT solutions that contribute towards sustainable development and the improvement of the life quality of citizens. However, Smart City incorporates several areas of which can make a city smarter and is considered ambiguous in its very definition. This thesis aims to discover the issues related to the lack of a standard definition of the term Smart City together with other factors that affect the sustainable development of Smart City initiatives. The thesis takes a qualitative approach, where six respondents from six different Swedish cities have been interviewed with a semistructured manner. The empirical results reveal essential enablers for Smart City initiatives, as well as problematic inhibitors. Moreover, the empirical results both confirm and extend the problematic nature of the definition of Smart Cities. Conclusively, collaboration, populism and technology are seen as factors that both enable and inhibit Smart City initiatives attempting to increase sustainable development. Further, the definition predicament of Smart Cities is seen as an inhibitor for Smart City progress, and a common definition is suggested. This opens up for further research within this seemingly contemporary phenomenon. (Less)
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author
Tegnér, Albin LU and Kumlin, Axel
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organization
alternative title
Factors Affecting the Sustainable Development of Smart City Initiatives
course
INFM10 20201
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
report number
INF20-042
language
English
id
9017803
date added to LUP
2020-06-26 17:01:29
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2020-06-26 17:01:29
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  abstract     = {{The term Smart City is a frequently used term regarding cities' modern ICT solutions that contribute towards sustainable development and the improvement of the life quality of citizens. However, Smart City incorporates several areas of which can make a city smarter and is considered ambiguous in its very definition. This thesis aims to discover the issues related to the lack of a standard definition of the term Smart City together with other factors that affect the sustainable development of Smart City initiatives. The thesis takes a qualitative approach, where six respondents from six different Swedish cities have been interviewed with a semistructured manner. The empirical results reveal essential enablers for Smart City initiatives, as well as problematic inhibitors. Moreover, the empirical results both confirm and extend the problematic nature of the definition of Smart Cities. Conclusively, collaboration, populism and technology are seen as factors that both enable and inhibit Smart City initiatives attempting to increase sustainable development. Further, the definition predicament of Smart Cities is seen as an inhibitor for Smart City progress, and a common definition is suggested. This opens up for further research within this seemingly contemporary phenomenon.}},
  author       = {{Tegnér, Albin and Kumlin, Axel}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Smart City Development}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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