Liu, T; Mostafa, S; Sherif, M and Tuan Son, N (2021) Emerging themes of public-private partnership application in developing smart city projects: A conceptual framework. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(1), pp. 138-156. ISSN 2044-124X
Abstract
Cities are facing challenges with their smart city agenda due to tighter budget constraints, varied interests of different stakeholders and increasing needs of technological innovation. Therefore, cities are partnering with private organisations to advance smart city projects. This research critically analyses the existing research published on public-private partnerships (PPPs) for the development of smart city projects and aims to identify the emerging themes and recommend mechanisms and strategies for improved use of smart city PPPs. The content/textual analysis was conducted on 52 research publications relating to PPP and smart city from 2001 to 2020. With the assistance of the Leximancer software, the related literature was systematically analysed and synthesised to present the emerging themes of PPP application within the smart city context. The analyses reveal that smart city PPPs mainly concentrated on building new or improving existing infrastructure. The research identifies five themes on PPP application for smart city development: (1) Technological innovation integration and increased risk profile, (2) Smart citizen engagement and participatory governance, (3) Data sharing and information security, (4) Transformation of PPP process and approach and (5) PPPs for urban sustainability. This research consolidates these five themes in a proposed sustainable public-private-people partnership (PPPP) framework. This research provides a new perspective on rethinking the extant PPP models by highlighting the emerging themes in the PPP application for smart city development. This study provides useful recommendations for smart city infrastructure project partnership and engagement among the public and private sectors, and the city residents.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | public-private partnership; smart cities; content analysis; technological change; sustainability; funding; infrastructure; environmental impact; public sector; risk assessment; urbanization; security |
| Index terms: | infrastructure project, conceptual framework, publication, integration, funding, risk assessment, technological change, environmental impact, technological innovation, content analysis, strategy, private sector, partnership, smart city, transformation, public sector, budget constraint, partnering, urbanization, governance |
| Subjects: | research dissemination and communication, business, environmental impact, urban sustainability, innovation studies, urban planning, data analysis and analytics, innovation and technology management, economic analysis, financial and cost management, theoretical framing, management, financial risk, organizational analysis, partnership management, infrastructure and transport systems, industry analysis, administrative law |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Legal Issues, Urban Studies, Governance, Sustainability, Stakeholder Management, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Cost Management, Business Strategy |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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