Smart City for Development: Towards a Conceptual Framework

Abstract

The level of urbanization, which may impact on urban problems, could be resolved through city development supported by the advanced information technology to build the smart(er) city. However, generally, a smart city is still developed and implemented sporadically, it does not yet adopt a particular framework. Currently, there is a limited conceptual analysis and integrated template, as well as a limited framework based on the regulations issues in Indonesia. Therefore, it is considered necessary to develop a conceptual framework of the smart city for development. The study was conducted based on synthesized and aggregated literature review to build a new conceptual framework. The analysis of literature showed a complementary existing smart city framework, including city services (basic services, non-basic services, and optional services); city resources (suprastructure, infrastructure, and infostructure); city (enterprise) architecture; and city goals (livability, workability, and sustainability). This research contributes to wider insights of smart city reference model for both Indonesia and other developing countries.