20/03/2015
Barcelona named top smart city in the world
Barcelona named top smart city in the world
According to Juniper Research that recently compiled its list of top-five smart cities, Barcelona ranks first ahead of New York, London, Nice and Singapore.
In an interview with Forbes published on March 9, the author of the study, Steffen Sorrell, focuses on two overarching benefits of smart cities: sustainability and efficiency. To that end, he identified five essential components of a smart city: technologies, buildings, utilities, transportation and road infrastructure and the smart city itself.
Barcelona wasn’t actually top of the class across any of the metrics: Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates won out where environment and sustainability were assessed for example, while Singapore’s smart traffic system is second to none. However, the breadth of Barcelona’s involvement in the smart city concept, and consistent above-average performance across all metrics judged lead it to the top step.
The report on smart cities forecasts for smart city involvement in the smart grid, smart traffic and parking as well as smart street lighting, so naturally those were assessed in terms of cities’ involvement. Several other metrics were judged, including cities’ agency cohesion, citizen engagement, technological capability and use of open data among others.
News based on the interview published by Forbes
In an interview with Forbes published on March 9, the author of the study, Steffen Sorrell, focuses on two overarching benefits of smart cities: sustainability and efficiency. To that end, he identified five essential components of a smart city: technologies, buildings, utilities, transportation and road infrastructure and the smart city itself.
Barcelona wasn’t actually top of the class across any of the metrics: Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates won out where environment and sustainability were assessed for example, while Singapore’s smart traffic system is second to none. However, the breadth of Barcelona’s involvement in the smart city concept, and consistent above-average performance across all metrics judged lead it to the top step.
The report on smart cities forecasts for smart city involvement in the smart grid, smart traffic and parking as well as smart street lighting, so naturally those were assessed in terms of cities’ involvement. Several other metrics were judged, including cities’ agency cohesion, citizen engagement, technological capability and use of open data among others.
News based on the interview published by Forbes
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