A theory of Smart Cities and Assessment its Infrastructure Components in Urban Management (Case Study: Tabriz Municipality)

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What brings the city to the intelligence, planning and use of electronic tools to improve the quality of citizen’s lifety. Smart City aims to enhance the quality of urban life with emphasis of sustainable development. The idea of smart cities Considered in recent decades, but its components have not been fully recognized. Identify the components of the smart city infrastructure in urban management of Tabriz Municipality using descriptive - analytical. The first step to clarify the issue and to identify the components on the basis of literature research, 17 components were identified. Then, to prioritize the importance of these components, 10 IT professionals experts of Tabriz Municipality were questioned. Then, according to AHP model parameters were extracted. The results emphasize the importance of three categories of factors on smart city that include institutional factors, human resources and social capital and technology and information technology. In the second stage, for each category of factors and criteria, sub-criteria were identified. After completing 20 questionnaires from experts of Tabriz Municipality, each factor of sub-criteria evaluated in network analysis model. Result of model shows worth of technology with weight 147/0, human and social capital factors with weight 279/0  and management and policy, with weight 573/0. Sub-criteria analysis indicates the potential to become a smart city infrastructure and structural changes should be made an approach to the institutional factors. The network analysis Sub-criteria in the priority criteria relating to the institutional factors are as follows: structure of the municipality with the ideal rate 0.12 ranked first, the legal and contractual Municipality of 0.09 second and municipal performance in the use of specialized counselors 0.085 ranked third. Finally, with regard to the conceptual statements based on literature research and identify the underlying factors create smart cities. In this regard, the creation of urban good governance as an important strategy in the development of smart city platform in Tabriz city is under consideration.

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Geography and Territorial Spatial Arrangement
Volume 8, Issue 26
January 2018
Pages 197-216

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