Modelos de evaluación de Proyectos Smart City: Ciudades pequeñas y medianas

Abstract

The importance and complexity of the challenges that cities face is a fact assumed by the scientific community. The great relative weight of the solutions with which urban centers face their challenges is the subject of study and concern. The concept of Smart City is presented as a very extended line of action to meet these challenges. In recent years, work has been done on the development of various evaluation models that allow both strategic investment decision making and the prioritization of projects within the Smart label. This work analyzes the different performance evaluation models, based on the extensive literature available. The focus is placed on medium-sized small cities (between 45,000 and 150,000 inhabitants) and the emerging concept of “smart territories” that emerges as a possible response to part of the problem of these cities. The implementation of an innovation strategy and culture is considered fundamental as a basic philosophy of work in smaller cities, even with greater relative importance compared to their larger sisters.