New development: Lean Thinking in smart cities

Abstract

The smart city concept lacks a set of coherent criteria for evaluating its effectiveness as an urban management system, its compatibility with human rights principles, and its contribution to a democratic, participatory, social urban regime. The author explains why Lean Thinking principles can be applied to evaluate the ‘smartness’ of cities and serve as guidelines for improvement.

Keywords:

• Lean Thinking
• smart city
• Tel Aviv
• urban management

Notes

* The Municipality lists the DCF among its Smart City partners, but their actual role and status are not clear (http://www.deliveringchangefoundation.org).

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Arie Herscovici

Arie Herscovici is a practitioner and a Senior Lecturer at the West Galilee College, Israel.