Singapore passed with flying colors and emerged as the top performer in a global smart city index conducted by Juniper Research, scoring first place in the four key determinants of mobility, healthcare, public safety, and productivity.
The Intel-sponsored study ranked the top 20 global smart cities with integrated Internet of Things (IoT) tech and connected services, and Singapore beat out cities such as London, New York, San Francisco, and Seoul.
The study found that Singapore applied data-driven connected solutions to urban transportation and law enforcement, with highlighted features including smart video surveillance to detect criminal activities and investments in autonomous vehicles.
In terms of healthcare, Singapore and Seoul were notable for their focus on addressing service provision for elderly citizens through digital service platforms and remote monitoring devices. On the productivity side of things, Singapore and London each have large open data stores alongside strategies to encourage private innovation through funding specialized test-bed environments.
“Singapore’s ‘One Nation’ Initiative and its position as a city-state makes it unique in its ability to execute its smart city vision,” according to Juniper Research. “Its transformation, over the remarkably short time after its split from Malaysia, to the world’s leading smart city, provides an example from which other cities can learn.”
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