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An Overview of Sustainable Dimensions and Indicators for Smart City

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This paper provides an overview and literature review to understand the concept of smart cities with sustainability dimensions and indicators. Based on the outcomes of various studies, it is realized that several dimensions are identified with related factors for smart cities, i.e., economics, environmental, social, and governmental. These dimensions are further divided into indicators which are linked with various aspects like management and organization, technology, policy decision, public participation, socio-economic, infrastructure availability, and clean environment. It is very important to use these indicators to examine the participation and role of government for various development activities for smart city. These different definitions and indicators propose agendas for smart city development and provide an outline for government and other relevant organizations to take necessary steps in the formation of policy and development plans considering the future scenarios.

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Dubey, S.K., Sharma, D. (2017). An Overview of Sustainable Dimensions and Indicators for Smart City. In: Singh, R., Kumar, S. (eds) Green Technologies and Environmental Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50654-8_10

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