Copenhagen Tops Global Cities for Digital Transformation
Source: Smart Cities World by Smart Cities World News Team
The Digital Cities Index 2022 report by Economist Impact found that involving citizens in the design of smart city schemes underpins meaningful inclusion.
Copenhagen has topped the Digital Cities Index 2022, followed by Amsterdam, Beijing, London and Seoul rounding out the top five.
The cities were adjudged to have performed the best, with successful open data projects and major strides in smart technology-powered sustainability projects like utility management.
The report’s authors also highlighted that involving citizens in the design of smart city schemes underpins meaningful inclusion, a critical success factor for smart city projects, along with delivery against tightly defined goals.
Four pillars of digital cities
The Digital Cities Index 2022, produced by Economist Impact and supported by NEC, is an inaugural ranking of 30 global cities across the four pillars of connectivity, services, culture and sustainability.
Cities with very defined goals realised the greatest benefits: European cities ran highly impactful traffic management systems, whereas Beijing made progress using applied digital technologies – tackling air pollution, optimising its utilities and promoting its sharing economy. The Atlantic nation cities led in open data innovation with a boom in travel and mobility apps.