Intelligent City Evaluation Systems in West

Abstract

This chapter investigates five released intelligent city evaluation systems in West, which are TU Wien Indicator System (2007), International Digital Corporation Indicator System (2011), Intelligent Community Forum Indicator System (1994), IBM Indicator System (2010) and Ericsson Indicator System (2010). Moreover, the differences between domestic and foreign indicator systems are analyzed from the perspectives of research leader, system construction and indicator selection. In sum, compared with the domestic government-led compilation of intelligent city evaluation indicator system, foreign research institutions (including universities) and enterprises are the ones to release the relevant evaluation indicator system; The construction of indicators system in foreign countries is more flexible, while the domestic indicator system is more alike in the large framework and structure; Compared with the domestic indicator system, the selections of indicators system in foreign countries has higher universality, and is more international.