Smart City Facilitation Framework (SCFF) and the Case of Dubai Smart City

To be called as a "smart city", it should use electronic devices such as sensors to manage its resources and provide services such as traffic management, transportation, water supply and electric supply etc. to its citizens. It should also deliver critical benefits such as resource optimization, smart forecasting, maintainable development, superior quality of life, improved levels of citizen wellbeing and protection. However, it is an extremely complicated system and this paper has studied the factors that impact a smart city initiative. This paper has also presented the Smart City Facilitation Framework (SCFF) which aims at providing a layered approach to facilitate the processes in a smart city initiative. The research framework is based on key factors that impact smart cities - stakeholders and outcomes. The case of Dubai Smart City has been discussed in context of the SCFF framework.