Appraisal of smartization of major cities in South Africa

Ayodeji E. Oke; Clinton O. Aigbavboa; Taniele K. Cane

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74500-8_43

Appraisal of smartization of major cities in South Africa

Ayodeji E. Oke
, Clinton O. Aigbavboa
, Taniele K. Cane

Construction Management and Quantity Surveying

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

The growing nature of cities through globalization and advancement in technology have necessitated for the transformation of infrastructures and other elements of the cities in the quest of meeting up with the sustainable development goals. This is known as smartization process, which implies that cities should be designed and modernized focusing on the social, environmental and ﬁnancial beneﬁts to the current and future citizens. Using the basis of smartization process, smart city initiates as well as cities in motion index (CIMI), this study examines the characteristics and global ranking of major cities in South Africa within a 3 years period. It could be observed that there has been a decline in average ranking of the selected cities by about 4.26% which is a concern not only for agencies of government responsible for city planning and development but also construction stakeholders that are involved in the design, development and management of cities and their infrastructures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Publisher	Springer
Pages	463-469
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74500-8_43
Publication status	Published - 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume	37
ISSN (Print)	2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-3389

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

City in motion
Information technology
Smart city Sustainable construction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications

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Appraisal of smartization of major cities in South Africa

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