Welcome to our Smart and Sustainable Cities Governance Roadmap!

In the following video, prof. Gabriela Viale Pereira will guide you on SSC aspects. You will be introduced to topics that will help you understand several governance aspects in an SSC. This lecture will give you practical tools to perceive in which context your city stands and to realize solutions to future smart city projects.

Main Takeaways

• Governance plays a key role in balancing sustainable development’s social, economic, and environmental dimensions.
• The list of governance barriers includes the lack of strategic planning, lack of vision, lack of communication, and lack of competence and leadership to run smart developments effectively.
• Several key governance conditions for developing strategies for smart, sustainable city initiatives are proposed: urban planning, adaptive governance, leadership behavior, citizen empowerment, stakeholders’ engagement, sustainable planning and management, data governance, institutional frameworks, open government, digital skills, and others.