Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6

Published: May 20, 2024

To face the growing challenges of urbanization, urban management models grounded in principles sustainability and smart cities are being proposed. Despite their acknowledged importance, these often misunderstood or improperly applied due to a lack thorough conceptualization, they frequently viewed as interchangeable. The aim this study is verify whether correlation exists between indicators smartness cities. For sample 130 Brazilian cities, Sustainability Synthetic Indicator System (SSIS) was computed using Five-Sector Model (5SenSu) data sourced from ‘Mandala ODS’ framework. Data concerning city were directly ‘Connected Smart Cities’ Results show that 5SenSu model emerges an alternative multicriteria method, epistemologically conceptual capable quantifying This approach enables quantitative diagnostics, rankings, benchmarks, providing information support decision-making processes. Moreover, analyses employed reveal moderate linear (Pearson coefficient −0.61) rank-order (Spearman −0.59) smartness. Hence, it would be premature assume deemed automatically sustainable, vice versa. Acknowledging existing limitations, contributes discussions on understanding quantification through sustainable for shaping effective public policies aimed at fostering more environments.

Language: Английский