ABSTRACT
This discussion will be structured by first considering the issue of business plans at the “smart city level”, before focusing on the business models associated with urban data platforms and before delving into the issues faced by adding a citizen’s personal data into the mix, and how this addition can help contribute to the evolution of urban data platforms.
However, this is not simple, as we are considering an amalgam of interrelated and interconnected social, human, technical, and economic variables, all at the same time and focused on an ever-shifting and everdeveloping city landscape. The situation could be described as “the scourge of tidy minds!”
Approaches derived from a series of EU funded projects will be described.
What is significant is the amount of information which collectively these projects featured have produced on this topic and derived from hundreds of sources in their research. Many provide a range of tools and advice far in what you would expect to find on a project website.
