A multi-criteria evaluation of the European cities’ smart performance: Economic, social and environmental aspects*

Jelena Stankoviæ (), Marija Džuniæ (), Željko Džuniæ () and Srðan Marinkoviæ ()
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Jelena Stankoviæ: Associate professor, University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Trg Kralja Aleksandra 11, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Marija Džuniæ: Associate professor, University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Trg Kralja Aleksandra 11, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Željko Džuniæ: IT consultant, University of Niš, JUNIS, Univerzitetski trg 2, 18000 Niš, Serbia
Srðan Marinkoviæ: Full professor, University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Trg Kralja Aleksandra 11, 18000 Niš,Serbia

Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci/Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, 2017, vol. 35, issue 2, 519-550

Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to provide the ranking of Central and Eastern European cities, based on various elements of cities’ smart performance. Our analysis enables the evaluation of social, economic and environmental aspects of urban life that represent the determinants of cities’ competitive profiles and consequently, the positions on the ranking lists. The research is based on the data on perceptions of citizens on different aspects of urban quality, provided by the Eurostat’s Urban Audit Perception Survey. For the assessment of various hierarchically structured indicators of cities’ smart performance, a multi-criteria analysis model is developed, combining the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) for determining the relative importance of criteria and TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) method of ranking. The main finding of the paper implies that direct perceptions of citizens on the overall life satisfaction in the analyzed European cities are not influenced by their smart performance. The comparison of ranks obtained by the constructed multi-criteria model and perceived satisfaction of life indicates a rather weak relation.

Keywords: smart cities; urban development; multi-criteria analysis; sustainability; infrastructure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C44 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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