ABSTRACT. Empirical research provides mixed results regarding the digital governance of data-driven smart cities. Using and replicating data from ESI ThoughtLab, KPMG, McKinsey, and Osborne Clarke, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding how smart city technologies can make daily commutes faster and less frustrating (%), where stakeholders want cities to invest more (%), the components of a smart city which are most likely to reduce energy consumption and to increase economic growth (%), and most needed changes to improve smart cities’ living environment (%). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.

Keywords: data-driven smart cities; sustainable urban development; big data

How to cite: Dubman, Ronald (2019). “The Digital Governance of Data-driven Smart Cities: Sustainable Urban Development, Big Data Management, and the Cognitive Internet of Things,” Geopolitics, History, and International Relations 11(2): 34–40. doi:10.22381/GHIR11220195

Received 14 February 2019 • Received in revised form 22 September 2019
Accepted 27 September 2019 • Available online 1 October 2019