Sustainable smart city development framework for developing countries

ABSTRACT

Basic requirements of sustainable smart cities in a developing country are the entitlement of facilities. Here, an index named Smart Sustainable City Development Index (SSCDI) has been developed for three Indian Smart Cities. A hierarchical method has been used to construct the index with multiple layers of indicators capturing characteristics of the dimensions such as social, economic, environment, culture and lifestyle. This index is used to assess performances of the three case study cities based on the scores in various indicators. This SSCDI framework provides a conceptual landscape for developing countries for planning their sustainable urban development and evaluation of performances.

KEYWORDS:

• Smart city
• sustainable development
• development index
• comparative analysis

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

1. We have used the geometric aggregation method of indexing with equal weight shown in the given equation. $SCDI=(Social{)}^{\frac{1}{4}}.(Economic{)}^{\frac{1}{4}}.(Environment{)}^{\frac{1}{4}}.(CultureLifestyle{)}^{\frac{1}{4}}$.

2. http://cseindia.org/userfiles/sewerage_improvement_pune.pdf

3. http://www.sse.ac.in/files/EdLandscapePune-TFI_SSEReport.pdf

4. http://www.api-global.com/dyk/pdf/Did_You_Know_188_PUNE_INDIA.pdf Unemployment rate = 10.8% Employment rate = 100%-10.8%.

5. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/36411/9/chapter%206.pdf District Gini Coefficients are assumed to be same for city.

6. http://www.virtualpune.com/html/localguide/cityfacts/html/city_stats.shtml

7. Calculated: MW = (MU*1000)/(24*365*PLF); PLF = Plant Load Factor;MU = 7000 (2011–12); PLF = 0.7552 or 75.52%

8. Calculated

9. http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/planning/dmlf/eps_mega.pdf

10. http://helpdesk.choice.gov.in/RMC/Documents/CDP/CDP.pdf

11. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/36411/9/chapter%206.pdf

12. http://helpdesk.choice.gov.in/RMC/Documents/CDP/CDP.pdf

13. Calculated

14. Calculated

15. http://www.saiindia.gov.in/English/home/Our_Products/Audit_Report/Government_Wise/state_audit/recent_r eports/Chhattisgarh/2007/Civil/Civil_Chhtisgarh_2007/civilcom_chap_6.pdf

16. http://helpdesk.choice.gov.in/RMC/Documents/CDP/CDP.pdf

17. http://ecoparadigm.com/ecoparad/drupal-7.18/sites/default/files/casestudies/Case_Study_Raipur.pdf

18. http://e-lib.iclei.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Energy-and-Carbon-Emissions-Profiles-for-54-South-Asian-Cities.pdf

19. http://issuu.com/arthsastra/docs/liveability-index-2014/9?e=15240061/11338221

20. State unemployment rate is assumed to be same for city and thereby employment rate is calculated.

21. District per capita income, assuming same for city

22. Calculated

23. http://www.cseindia.org/userfiles/faridabad_20130314.pdf

24. http://www.iitk.ac.in/3inetwork/html/reports/IIR2006/Solid_Waste.pdf

25. http://www.iitk.ac.in/3inetwork/html/reports/IIR2006/Solid_Waste.pdf

26. http://e-lib.iclei.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Energy-and-Carbon-Emissions-Profiles-for-54-South-Asian-Cities.pdf

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Toyota Foundation, Japan [grant number D14-R-0971].