Why do cities go smart? Investigating the determinants of local engagement with smart cities technologies

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 URBAN STUDIES

Cities Pub Date : 2025-05-10 DOI:10.1016/j.cities.2025.106036

Julius A. Nukpezah , Jubilee T. Apalowo , Sawsan Abutabenjeh

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Abstract

The study develops and tests a theoretical framework for the determinants of local engagement with smart cities technologies (SCT). It asserts that the challenges that smart cities solve cannot be fixed by one government alone. In the U.S., all local governments are nested within states that are part of the U.S. federation, which collaboratively address subnational challenges. Using data from ICMA's 2016 Smart Cities Survey, the U.S. Census Bureau, and OLS regressions, the study reveals that horizontal collaborations with the public sector, the private sector, and peers for funding and procurement as well as larger local governments that contribute to cultural diversity and innovation, influence local engagement with SCT. The article identifies policy and managerial implications and offers recommendations for effective public management.

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为什么城市会变得聪明？调查当地参与智慧城市技术的决定因素

该研究开发并测试了地方参与智能城市技术（SCT）的决定因素的理论框架。它断言，智慧城市解决的挑战不能由一个政府单独解决。在美国，所有的地方政府都嵌套在作为美国联邦一部分的州内，这些州合作解决次国家的挑战。利用ICMA 2016年智慧城市调查、美国人口普查局和OLS回归的数据，该研究表明，与公共部门、私营部门、同行在资金和采购方面的横向合作，以及促进文化多样性和创新的大型地方政府，影响了当地对SCT的参与。本文确定了政策和管理方面的影响，并为有效的公共管理提出了建议。

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来源期刊

Cities URBAN STUDIES-

CiteScore

11.20

自引率

9.00%

发文量

517

期刊介绍： Cities offers a comprehensive range of articles on all aspects of urban policy. It provides an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information between urban planners and policy makers from national and local government, non-government organizations, academia and consultancy. The primary aims of the journal are to analyse and assess past and present urban development and management as a reflection of effective, ineffective and non-existent planning policies; and the promotion of the implementation of appropriate urban policies in both the developed and the developing world.