Smart cities and it governance: an analysis of the Brazilian federal government project called my smart city
International Journal of Development Research
Smart cities and it governance: an analysis of the Brazilian federal government project called my smart city
Received 17th October, 2018; Received in revised form 06th November, 2018; Accepted 09th December, 2018; Published online 30th January, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Rodrigo Franklin Frogeri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper analyzes the application of IT Governance (ITG) principles in 282 Brazilian cities participating in the federal government project named "My Smart City". It will analyze the development of public policies from the Brazilian federal government towards its cities seeking to modernize the management and promote the development through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The methodological aspects of this study were based on documentary analysis of qualitative and quantitative nature, descriptive statistics, cluster and correlation techniques. The study showed that there is no ITG principles in most Brazilian cities, besides it also presents differences and inefficiency in the application of public policies towards ICTs. It is believed that the projects directed to the smart cities of Brazil can become a reality, once the plans of governance and management in ICTs are effectively applied within the cities and there are efforts for an integration among the indicators which compose a smart city.
