Data Envelopment Analysis Approach for Smart City Performance Evaluation

Smart Cities are city concepts that aim to optimize the infrastructure,services and quality of life of cities using information and communication technologies and the internet of things. Smart cities aim to create more sustainable,efficient and livable cities by integrating technology in areas such as energy,transportation, water management, public services and security. Smart cities willcontinue to be one of the cornerstones of urbanization in the future, in line withthe aims of improving sustainability, efficiency and quality of life. InternationalInstitute for Management Development (IMD) provides smart city index at eachyear. The IMD Smart City Index (SCI) evaluates citizens' opinions about thestructure and technology applications. The final score for each city is calculatedemploying the perceptions of the last three year, with the weight of 3:2:1. Theobjective of this study is to provide an alternative performance ranking methodfor smart cities. Data envelopment analysis method is used and the performancesof each country is determined considering structure and technology pillars andthe results are analyzed.