Raising the bar for smart city ecosystems

In launching open data platforms and co-creating services with citizens and the private sector, smart cities find themselves intertwined with existing ecosystems. Althoughsmart cities and ecosystem theory are closely linked, it remains unclear what smart city ecosystem management entails. This article defines smart city ecosystem management by dividing it into four different phases: understanding smart city ecosystems, scoping smart cityecosystems, activating smart city ecosystems, and managing and servicing smart city ecosystems. For each phase, we propose a research agenda by describing the key questions tobe answered. The article intends to inspire the smart city practitioner community and smart city researchers to further develop and operationalise the smart city ecosystem concept.

ISBN:978-3-903150-01-0

Publication year:2017