ASSESMENT OF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR SMART CITIES USING SIGNIFICANCE INDEX METHOD

Smart development emphasis on a holistic development with combination of all key dimensions of urbanization focusing on Economy, infrastructure, Environment, Governance, Quality of Life and People. India has spread out its mission for upon Smart Cities along with other key initiatives in each of these dimensions. The concept can be full filled with the smart people who form a core stakeholder committee which include Policy makers, urban planning professionals, academicians, architects, project managers and researchers working hard to making of smart cities. This needs to have an understanding of factors affecting the development and design of the Smart cities. Smart Cities focus on their most pressing needs and on the greatest opportunities to improve lives. The India Smart Cities Challenge is designed to inspire greater creativity from municipal officials and their partners, more involvement and inspiration from citizens, and the development of proposals that will produce concrete benefits in people’s lives. This paper focusses on the smart cities design factors which are critical for the success of the smart design. The work carried out in this research is based on the questionnaire survey where in the perceptions of different stakeholders including the architects, urban planners and project managers are included. The data obtained is analyzed through Significance Index Method.