The Smart City from a Public Value Perspective

DOI

10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.45How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Smart Cities, Public Value Management, Leadership, Information Marketplaces, Sustainability

Abstract

This paper explores whether it is useful to view the fundamental ideas behind the smart city concept through the lens of the ‘Public Value Management’ (PVM) paradigm. It investigates how appropriate ICT investment in cities might be articulated and valued through the concept of PVM. In order to achieve this, it explores the core concepts found in the PVM literature, and draws key connections to the smart city literature. This data is supported through semi-structured interviews with smart city experts. The aim is to understand the potential value of smart city concepts beyond simple optimisation of city processes and cost cutting. This paper concludes that there are conceptual connections between the PVM paradigm and the smart city. It argues that the types of projects adopted, and their success, are inseparable from the political paradigm within which they are undertaken. As such, it takes the view that adopting the PVM paradigm could support the successful delivery of smart cities, predominantly through the ability to understand value beyond the optimisation of systems.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ellie Cosgrave
AU  - Theo Tryfonas
AU  - Tom Crick
PY  - 2014/08
DA  - 2014/08
TI  - The Smart City from a Public Value Perspective
BT  - Proceedings of the 2014 conference ICT for Sustainability
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 369
EP  - 377
SN  - 2352-538X
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DO  - 10.2991/ict4s-14.2014.45
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