Cosgrave, E; Doody, L; Walt, N; (2014) Delivering the smart city- governing cities in the digital age. Arup: London, UK.

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We know that digital technologies are offering new opportunities for cities to meet the challenges of the 21st century. There is an opportunity to use ubiquitous urban sensing, big data and analytics to better understand the real-time functioning of our cities, as well as inform longer-term planning and policy decisions. Smart grids could enable efficiency within our energy infrastructure and intelligent transport systems may encourage multi-modal low carbon urban mobility. Anywhere-access to information through smartphones and mobile infrastructure could transform the way people use the city, and support the development of new products and services. But of course, technological capability is only one part of the answer and is interwoven within layers of complexity. City governments are faced with the challenge of exploring the economic return in smart city investment, the business models, the value that it brings to citizens and the role that they should play within an ecosystem of delivery partners and stakeholders. They must decipher funding options, measurement and reporting regimes and the implications for their organisational structure, operational requirements and responsibilities. On top of this, they must understand how these investments align to existing local and national political priorities and strategies. This is not trivial.

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