Title:	IDENTIFIYING PROBLEMS FOR THE PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING OF A SMART CITY IN CHINA: PREPARATION FOR THE 13TH FIVE YEAR PLAN
Author(s):	Ning Zhang, Miguel Baptista Nunes and Lijun Wang
ISBN:	978-989-8533-80-7
Editors:	Ajith P. Abraham, Jörg Roth and Guo Chao Peng
Year:	2018
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Smart Cities, Smart City Planning, Planned Economy, Thematic Analysis, Mixed-Methods
Type:	Full Paper
First Page:	174
Last Page:	181
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Despite its tremendous success, the Chinese Economy is still controlled by a recurring process of 5 year planning. This comprehensive National planning program occurs at all levels of the Chinese government, educational systems and state owned companies. This paper reports on a study that was made in preparation for the 13th 5 year for the Smart City component of the upcoming city of Tianjin. The objective of this study was to identify problems in informatization, automation and centralization of command and control, so that these could be solved as part of the 5 year plan. The study followed a mixed-method approach in three stages. First, questionnaires were used to assess to sate of development of the smart city features in the different departments of the city government. Second, the study organized thematic joint development groups consisting of expert representatives from different city’s departments and units. Third, results of questionnaires and thematic joint development were discussed in departmental focus groups to clarify and specify the problems and assess proposed solutions and viability of those solutions. This paper offers a classification of the identified problems, an integrative conceptual representation of these and a discussion of the importance of this identification in the overall planning process.
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