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Indicative planning perspectives for development of Bloemfontein as a smart city in South Africa

Published Article / In this paper an evaluation of smart socioeconomic, physical and environmental
characteristics of Bloemfontein city of South Africa was done to understand the
current scenario of the city and evolve perspective indicative planning guidelines
for transforming the city into a smart city. The evaluation was done based on 74
smart indicators, and 30 factors under six characteristics, such as, smart
economy, smart people, smart governance, smart mobility, smart environment
and smart living. For this purpose, survey research methodology with analysis of
primary and secondary data and review of the current Integrated Development
Plan of the city was followed. The investigation of the various indicators revealed
that although the city is lagging behind in most of the characteristics, yet provides
ample opportunity to develop it as a smart city, if smart city concept and smart
growth principles are employed in city development process.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:cut/oai:ir.cut.ac.za:11462/324
Date January 2012
CreatorsDas, D.K, Burger, E., Eromobor, S
ContributorsCentral University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
PublisherInterim : Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 11, Issue 1: Central University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Format420 246 byte, 1 file, Application/PDF
RightsCentral University of Technology Free State Bloemfontein,
RelationInterim : Interdisciplinary Journal;Vol 11, Issue 1

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