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In this study, 12 parameters dictating the sustainability of Indian smart cities, identified using the literature review and field survey have been ranked using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) nested with three sustainability parameters as criteria. The analysis shows that resource circulation, recycling rate, water management, e-waste management, health and safety, and job opportunity are the most important parameters. The sensitivity analysis reveals that resource circulation, recycling rate, health and safety, and job opportunity are the most sensitive parameters at different levels of sensitivity. The results will be helpful to the policy-makers and the researchers in developing sustainable smart cities in India.
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The author would like to thank Mr. Biswajit Debnath, Commonwealth Split-site Scholar, Aston University, for his constant support, encouragement and help during the AHP analysis and guidance towards learning the SuperDecision Software.
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Das, A., Das, A., Modak, N. (2020). Towards Sustainable Indian Smart Cities: An AHP Study. In: Bhattacharyya, S., Mitra, S., Dutta, P. (eds) Intelligence Enabled Research. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1109. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2021-1_11
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