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Smart city assessment using the Boyd Cohen smart city wheel in Salatiga, Indonesia

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The concept of smart city has begun to be applied in various cities in the world to create a sustainable city, one of which is Salatiga. This study aims to evaluate the achievement of the implementation of smart city in Salatiga by assessing each dimension of the smart city in Salatiga, assessing the smart city index of Salatiga, and finding out the prominent smart city dimensions in Salatiga. The data used in this study are secondary data from various agencies. This study used twenty-four indicators from Boyd Cohen Smart City Wheel as the research variables. Assessment of achievement in the six dimensions of the smart city produces a score for each dimension, namely the smart environment dimension 0.833, smart mobility 0.09, smart government 0.57, smart economy 0.138, smart people 0.742, and smart living dimension 0.732. The Smart City Index for Salatiga City based on the results of this study is 3.10. Smart environment, smart people, and smart living dimensions are the eminent dimensions in Salatiga Smart City.

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Acknowledgements

This paper is a futher development of an undergraduate thesis of the first writer under the supervision of the second writer. The writers would like to express their gratitude to the Government of Salatiga City who has given permission and provided data for this research.

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Qonita, M., Giyarsih, S.R. Smart city assessment using the Boyd Cohen smart city wheel in Salatiga, Indonesia. GeoJournal 88, 479–492 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10614-7

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