Identifiying problems for the planning and decision making of a smart city in China: Preparation for the 13th five year plan

Ning Zhang, Miguel Baptista Nunes*, Lijun Wang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Despite its tremendous success, the Chinese Economy is still controlled by a recurring process of 5 year planning. This comprehensive National planning program occurs at all levels of the Chinese government, educational systems and state owned companies. This paper reports on a study that was made in preparation for the 13th 5 year for the Smart City component of the upcoming city of Tianjin. The objective of this study was to identify problems in informatization, automation and centralization of command and control, so that these could be solved as part of the 5 year plan. The study followed a mixed-method approach in three stages. First, questionnaires were used to assess to sate of development of the smart city features in the different departments of the city government. Second, the study organized thematic joint development groups consisting of expert representatives from different city's departments and units. Third, results of questionnaires and thematic joint development were discussed in departmental focus groups to clarify and specify the problems and assess proposed solutions and viability of those solutions. This paper offers a classification of the identified problems, an integrative conceptual representation of these and a discussion of the importance of this identification in the overall planning process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMCCSIS 2018 - Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of the International Conferences on Big Data Analytics, Data Mining and Computational Intelligence 2018, Theory and Practice in Modern Computing 2018 and Connected Smart Cities 2018
EditorsAjith P. Abraham, Jorg Roth, Luis Rodrigues, Guo Chao Peng
PublisherIADIS
Pages174-181
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789898533807
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Big Data Analytics, Data Mining and Computational Intelligence 2018, the 7th International Conference on Theory and Practice in Modern Computing 2018 and of the 4th International Conference on Connected Smart Cities 2018, part of the 2018 Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2018 - Madrid, Spain
Duration: 17 Jul 201820 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameMCCSIS 2018 - Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings of the International Conferences on Big Data Analytics, Data Mining and Computational Intelligence 2018, Theory and Practice in Modern Computing 2018 and Connected Smart Cities 2018

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Big Data Analytics, Data Mining and Computational Intelligence 2018, the 7th International Conference on Theory and Practice in Modern Computing 2018 and of the 4th International Conference on Connected Smart Cities 2018, part of the 2018 Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2018
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period17/07/1820/07/18

Keywords

  • Mixed-Methods
  • Planned Economy
  • Smart Cities
  • Smart City Planning
  • Thematic Analysis

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