Conceptualising a positioning framework for smart cities in an emerging economy

摘要

The paper synthesises and defines the concept of smart city. The study synthesises the existing literature to drive the meaning of smart city and designing a positioning framework. Majorly, all the literature sources have searched out to find out therelevant literature by using the terms like smart city, framework for a smart city/cities, meaning of a smart city, smart city design and so on. A literature map has been created to drive the positioning framework. The study proposes six frameworks for the positioning of a smart city; these frameworks are smart technology, smart economy, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment, and smart community However, these parameters are not independent of each other; rather, there exists a level of interconnectivity between them. A positioning framework can help in ranking the smart cities and these rankings can help the builders and consumers in the decision making.