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Khawla Alhasan 1 *
Doi: https://doi.org/10.54216/FPA.190120
There is a need to create and develop smart cities that could help improve the quality of life in global countries. The goal of this paper is to develop a novel smart city framework for the GCC countries. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of smart city features across multiple cities worldwide, leveraging data from a reliable world cities database. Through exploratory data analysis and visualization techniques, we examined various aspects of smart city development, including mobility, environment, government, economy, people, and living standards. It turned out from the literature that globally, there is a focus on some of the dimensions of smart cities while others did not receive much attention. Smart economy and smart environment were not receiving much attention globally. A framework was developed for the GCC countries that focuses on all the dimensions of the smart cities, but most of the attention is on smart governance and smart economy since these two dimensions help improve the quality of life and diversify the sources of the economy in the country. This framework is useful for GCC countries as it would have great implications on the desired outcomes of smart cities and link with the strategic development goals that most GCC countries have, whether it is the 2030, 2035, or even the 2040 vision.
Smart City , Smart Governance , Smart Mobility , Smart Economy , Smart People
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