Platform Ecosystems for Indonesia Smart Cities

Urbanization has brought challenges, coming from the limited capacity of the environment and influencing social and economic aspects in urban areas. For example, the problems of health, high criminality, and economic imbalances. With the increase in information and communication technology, smart cities initiatives have grown in Europe, North America, and Asia since 2010, aiming to create sustainable urban development. Indonesia itself has had smart cities initiatives developed by local municipalities and regions. Currently, no less than seventy-five cities and regencies in Indonesia have started to adopt information and communication technology to improve public services. With platform ecosystems as a socio-technology-based innovation, interactions among the interconnected smart cities shall enhance strategic alignment between government's policy responsiveness and citizen preferences on smart urban services, mediated by the increased political leadership and the advancement of the smart urban services. It is also expected that platform ecosystems for Indonesia smart cities shall increase collaboration among stakeholders and develop new opportunities for the development of circular economy to resolve the urbanization complexities.