10th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology

Authors: Mehtap Dursun, Mert Unal, Nazli Goker
Abstract: Smart Cities are city concepts that aim to optimize the infrastructure, services and quality of life of cities using information and communication technologies and the internet of things. Smart cities aim to create more sustainable, efficient and livable cities by integrating technology in areas such as energy, transportation, water management, public services and security. Smart cities will continue to be one of the cornerstones of urbanization in the future, in line with the aims of improving sustainability, efficiency and quality of life. International Institute for Management Development (IMD) provides smart city index at each year. The IMD Smart City Index (SCI) evaluates citizens' opinions about the structure and technology applications. The final score for each city is calculated employing the perceptions of the last three year, with the weight of 3:2:1. The objective of this study is to provide an alternative performance ranking method for smart cities. Data envelopment analysis method is used and the performances of each country is determined considering structure and technology pillars and the results are analyzed.