Research Article

Compilation of Smart Cities Attributes and Quantitative Identification of Mismatch in Rankings

Table 6

Comparison of the change in ranking position between 2018 and 2019 for 6 common cities as given by 2 ranking publishers.

Ranking publisherCity
BerlinChicagoDubaiMelbourneNew YorkSingapore

Smart Cities Index (SCI)−8 ↓−20 ↓26 ↑21 ↑−9 ↓32 ↑
Cities in Motion Index (CIMI)2 ↑−3 ↓−39 ↓−8 ↓−1 ↓−1 ↓

A positive value or an upward arrow means that the city improved from 2018 to 2019. A negative value or a downward arrow means that the city stepped back relative to peer cities from 2018 to 2019.