Smart City.Za Bulletin - Issue 2

The World Bank and Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA) team will be working with the four South African pilot cities (Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and eThekwini) to gauge the Smart City maturity of each participating city based on British Standard PD8100:2015 - Smart Cities Overview which provides a useful and replicable guide to establishing a smart city baseline, prioritising areas of focus, and tracking progress at the city scale over time.

This Bulletin edition focuses on the roles of actors and partnerships in creating smart cities. The research article in this edition emphasizes the important role of the Quadruple Helix of innovation actors that are necessary to enable smart cities, and also speaks to the inter-governmental coordination required. 

Our local and global perspectives evidence this, with the City of Johannesburg showing how smart governance requires citizen participation, and international smart cities expert Graham Colclough arguing that we need better relationships between actors in order to manage within the complexity of smart cities. The Snippets offer some additional resources for your inspiration.

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