SUMMARY

The Management & Governance of Urban Data

Author: Alanus Radecki
By: Prithvi V Chawda – 16BPL036

Information and information network planning and governance, as well as urban information-
based technology and facilities, are key requirement for municipalities. Municipalities are
empowered as members of local communities to ensure that technological technologies are
used to improve the living and well-being of all people. The Smart Impact Network seeks to
create municipalities ' innovation-management techniques to support them in funding,
designing, managing and running a smart city, focusing on governance systems, procedures,
business model innovation.
A key issue in the process of becoming a smart city is how to set up and manage a data
network that enables numerous urban datasets to be integrated and digitally connected city
services to be provided.
Paper talked about the transnational Smart Impact meeting in Guadalajara in October 2017
focused on how cities should work with information to deliver better services, be more
competitive, and expand their local economy. Guadalajara, the host city, showed how it
incorporates information at municipal level to enhance the next phase of city services such as
street lighting, waste management, public transport, parking, and citizen interaction.
They introduce the concept of urban data management and show what cities can do to
leverage data for the good of their residents without jeopardizing potential business
opportunities within urban data sets. The study leads to understanding

 how cities can successfully set-up pilot projects on urban data

 strategies and approaches to get 3rd parties to share their data with the city
 how cities can ensure ownership of the data in public contracts
 what data should be provided as open data by the municipalities
 what urban data platforms can be applied for what purpose
Smart Impact cities such as Dublin, London, Eindhoven, Miskolc, Porto and Zagreb illustrate
that innovative solutions to city data ultimately lead to more effective city services and
sustainable urban development. Important tools are the utilization of open data principles as
a policy instrument, the embedment of data requirements in tenders and public contracts,
the introduction of interoperable data platforms based on open standards and the
organization of data intelligence within the municipality.
Progress has been made in using and incorporating data from various sources to create smart
cities, but cities still lack a reasonable understanding of the cost-benefit argument associated
with urban data. The targets can be city officials and policy makers who want to enhance their
data management by providing real examples of how communities could leverage the data
potential for the city's sustainable development. And also while the quantity and
sophistication of city data is exponentially increasing, we also lack important tools for
controlling and managing information for delivering value-added city services and improving
existing city operations.