Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Development

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dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Luke
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-03T10:36:56Z
dc.date.available2020-07-03T10:36:56Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractIn today’s urban environment, local governments have to deal with increasingly complex mandates, social inequalities and economic growth in a context of increasing environmental and economic uncertainty (Baud et al., 2014). In Africa, these complexities are exacerbated by rapid urbanisation and the subsequent proliferation of urban poverty. This necessitates more efficient and effective management and governance of urban systems (Slavova & Okwechime, 2016; Meijer & Thaens, 2018). Given the increased role of ICT and its potential to advance the management and coordination of cities, contribute to their economic success, and improve the quality of life of its residents (Backhouse, 2015), many African cities are beginning to explore smart city interventions as a means of overcoming the rising challenges of urban development and sustainability. This report series seeks to explore the grounding of smart city concepts within an African context through an exploration of the City of Cape Town's smart city initiatives. The first report provides an overview of the City of Cape Town's strategy along with some critical reflections on their guiding framework, The Digital City Strategy. The third report, using interviews with stakeholders in different government, civic and corporate spheres, serves as a reflection to unpack some of the key opportunities and challenges that Cape Town faces in terms of unlocking the potential of a smarter, more sustainable urban future. Following that, the report provides some insight to what it means on a broader level for smart city development in Cape Town.en_US
dc.identifier.apacitationBoyle, L. (2019). <i>Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Development</i> (URERU Smart City Series;Part 3). Cape Town: Urban Real Estate Research Unit. Retrieved from en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBoyle, Luke <i>Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Development.</i> URERU Smart City Series;Part 3. Cape Town: Urban Real Estate Research Unit, 2019. en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBoyle, L. 2019. <i>Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Development</i>. (URERU Smart City Series;Part 3). Cape Town: Urban Real Estate Research Unit. .en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Report AU - Boyle, Luke AB - In today’s urban environment, local governments have to deal with increasingly complex mandates, social inequalities and economic growth in a context of increasing environmental and economic uncertainty (Baud et al., 2014). In Africa, these complexities are exacerbated by rapid urbanisation and the subsequent proliferation of urban poverty. This necessitates more efficient and effective management and governance of urban systems (Slavova & Okwechime, 2016; Meijer & Thaens, 2018). Given the increased role of ICT and its potential to advance the management and coordination of cities, contribute to their economic success, and improve the quality of life of its residents (Backhouse, 2015), many African cities are beginning to explore smart city interventions as a means of overcoming the rising challenges of urban development and sustainability. This report series seeks to explore the grounding of smart city concepts within an African context through an exploration of the City of Cape Town's smart city initiatives. The first report provides an overview of the City of Cape Town's strategy along with some critical reflections on their guiding framework, The Digital City Strategy. The third report, using interviews with stakeholders in different government, civic and corporate spheres, serves as a reflection to unpack some of the key opportunities and challenges that Cape Town faces in terms of unlocking the potential of a smarter, more sustainable urban future. Following that, the report provides some insight to what it means on a broader level for smart city development in Cape Town. CY - Cape Town DA - 2019-11 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Smart City KW - Cape Town KW - Urban Development LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PP - Cape Town PY - 2019 T1 - Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Development TI - Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Development UR - ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11427/32095
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBoyle L. Identifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Development. 2019 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUrban Real Estate Research Uniten_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Construction Economics and Managementen_US
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.locationCape Townen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesURERU Smart City Series;Part 3
dc.subjectSmart Cityen_US
dc.subjectCape Townen_US
dc.subjectUrban Developmenten_US
dc.titleIdentifying the Opportunities and Challenges that Exist for Cape Town's Smart City Developmenten_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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