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Why Measuring Wellbeing is Fundamental to Becoming a Smart City
Shweta Babbar, Chief Transformation Officer, Glen Eira City Council

There are various definitions of smart cities but the one that most resonates with me is—A truly smart city improves the quality of life for citizens and visitors by using data, technology, and innovation. As you would have realised, the emphasis is on ‘quality of life’ which can be measured through popular social data frameworks.
Smart cities consult communities to understand what their vision is; ideate with them to find collaborative solutions and partner to create positive changes in their neighbourhood.
Inevitably, smart cities is no longer just a buzz word. It is, being smart about your resources, strategies, projects, actions, and measuring the outcomes. For those in public service, smart cities is a framework to embed data or evidence proactively before strategies are matured and projects are initiated. It triggers an opportunity to provide a divergent lens to performance measures deployed by all levels of government. Measures like—community happiness, social resilience, wellbeing and economic prosperity are crucial to managing the health and wellbeing of community and acting where the highest impact is.
Here are top three insights that you can derive by establishing social data framework:
Emotional insights can help you interpret how people are feeling and what brings them together.
A truly smart city improves the quality of life for citizens and visitors by using data, technology, and innovation
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