A smart city has several dimensions: Environment, Mobility, Governance, Economy, People, and Living. Excelling across all of these dimensions leads to a successful, sustainable smart city. The conventional definition of smart cities limits it to a techno-centric model, where the primary means to manage the city’s resources better is by integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
However, there has been a recent shift in smart city models that is more citizen centric. Here, the citizens have an active participatory role rather than being passive data points. In the citizen-centric smart city model, citizen-driven policies and regulations are also seen as tools to improve the efficiency of the city.
