Evidence-based public policy decision-making in smart cities

David Mills; Steven Pudney; Primož Pevcin; Jaroslav Dvorak

doi:10.3390/su14010003

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Evidence-based public policy decision-making in smart cities

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Evidence-based public policy decision-making in smart cities

David Mills, Steven Pudney, Primož Pevcin and Jaroslav Dvorak

Sustainability, Vol.14(1), 3

21/12/2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010003

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artificial intelligence

big data

collaboration

decision-making

evidence-based

local governenment

public administration policy

smart city

Evidence-based decision-making is promoted as offering efficiency and effectiveness however, its uptake has faced barriers such as underdeveloped supporting culture, limited access to evidence, and evidence that is not fully relevant. Smart city conceptualizations offer economic and environmental sustainability and better quality of life through evidence-based policy decision-making. We wondered whether smart city theory and practice has advanced the knowledge of evidence-based decision-making. We searched major databases for literature containing a mention of smart cities, decision-making, and policy. We identified relevant literature from a range of disciplines and supplemented these by following backwards and forwards citations. Evidence-based decision-making was found mostly in literature regarding the theory and practice of smart city operations, and, to lesser extents, the articles regarding policy decisions and tactical decisions. Better decision-making which supported the achievement of city sustainability objectives was reported in some articles however, we found significant obstacles to the further achievement of city objectives in the areas of underachievement in collaborative decision-making, privileging of big data evidence, and artificial intelligence agents as decision-makers. We assembled a definition of smart city decision-making and developed an agenda of research which will support city governments, theorists, and practitioners in better achieving sustainability through improved decision-making.

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Title: Evidence-based public policy decision-making in smart cities
Creators: David Mills - Southern Cross University
Steven Pudney - Southern Cross University
Primož Pevcin - University of Ljubljana
Jaroslav Dvorak - Klaipėda University
Publication Details: Sustainability, Vol.14(1), 3
Publisher: MDPI
Identifiers: 991013154286802368
Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Academic Unit: Engineering; Faculty of Science and Engineering
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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