{"id":13473,"date":"2018-09-09T13:14:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T10:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=13473"},"modified":"2018-09-09T13:14:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T10:14:55","slug":"sofia-scores-in-two-smart-city-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/sofia-scores-in-two-smart-city-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia Scores in Two \u201cSmart City\u201d Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sofia ranks 94th with an average score of 3.78 \/ 10 among the 100 smartest and best future prepared cities in the Smart Cities 2017 index<\/a>. The index measures the extent of implementation of technologies for smart urban management \u2013 systems for pollution control, traffic, energy use, etc. The ranking analyzes and evaluates a total of 500 cities around the world. Sofia is the only Bulgarian city in TOP 100.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smart Cities 2017 was developed by the IT company Easy Park Group, which offers digital parking services in Europe and is engaged in tracking urban parking data. The ambition of the company is to support the development of better, safer, healthier, more efficient and smarter cities of the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Easy Park Group has analyzed 500 cities around the world and ranked them in 7 major categories and 19 subcategories, which, according to the study, best define the concept of a \u201csmart city”. Furthermore, an expert assessment of the development of the cities has been provided by over 20 000 journalists in the field of technology and urban planning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the scores of Sofia by categories:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The top ten cities are Copenhagen, Singapore, Stockholm, Zurich, Boston, Tokyo, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Melbourne. London is positioned 17th (with 7.18), Vienna 32nd (with 6.84), and neighbors Bucharest and Athens – 87th (4.00) and 91st (3.90) respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another ranking also places Sofia among the smartest cities – the fifth edition of the <\/span>Cities in Motion Index 2018<\/span><\/a> of IESE Business School in Barcelona. The ranking positions Sofia on the 101st place among a total of 165 cities in 80 countries. The score is made up of 9 indicators: human capital, social equality, economy, environment, governance, urban planning, international cooperation and transport connectivity.<\/span><\/p>\n

The leaders in the IESE ranking are again New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Seoul. Geographically, Europe performs best with 12 cities ranked in the top 25 positions, followed by North America with 6 cities, Asia – with 4 (all in the top 10), and Oceania – with 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

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