The Current State and Characteristics of Cape Town's Smart City Development

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dc.contributor.authorBoyle, Luke
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-03T10:31:18Z
dc.date.available2020-07-03T10:31:18Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
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 second report uses the analysis of the Digital City Strategy to develop an understanding of where the City of Cape Town currently is in terms of its smart city development, and the characteristics that have defined the advancement of the City’s smart city ambitions to date. Following that, the report discusses how the current state and characteristics relate to the Digital City Strategy outlined in the first report before providing some insight into what this reveals about the City’s approach to smart city development.en_US
dc.identifier.apacitationBoyle, L. (2019). <i>The Current State and Characteristics of Cape Town's Smart City Development</i> (URERU Smart City Series;Part 2). Cape Town: Urban Real Estate Research Unit. Retrieved fromen_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBoyle, Luke <i>The Current State and Characteristics of Cape Town's Smart City Development.</i> URERU Smart City Series;Part 2. Cape Town: Urban Real Estate Research Unit, 2019.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBoyle, L. 2019. <i>The Current State and Characteristics of Cape Town's Smart City Development</i>. (URERU Smart City Series;Part 2). Cape Town: Urban Real Estate Research Unit. .en_ZA
dc.identifier.risTY - 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 second report uses the analysis of the Digital City Strategy to develop an understanding of where the City of Cape Town currently is in terms of its smart city development, and the characteristics that have defined the advancement of the City’s smart city ambitions to date. Following that, the report discusses how the current state and characteristics relate to the Digital City Strategy outlined in the first report before providing some insight into what this reveals about the City’s approach to smart city development. CY - Cape Town DA - 2019-09 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 - Current State and Characteristics of Cape Town's Smart City Development TI - Current State and Characteristics of Cape Town's Smart City Development UR - ER -en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11427/32094
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBoyle L. The current state and characteristics of 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 2
dc.subjectSmart Cityen_US
dc.subjectCape Townen_US
dc.subjectUrban Developmenten_US
dc.titleThe Current State and Characteristics of Cape Town's Smart City Developmenten_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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