Citizens’ Perception and Adoption of Smart Solution ; A Study of Citizens in Smart Cities

2021

Master's thesis in Information systems (IS501) The smart city topic has gained increased popularity in the last decade, and many cities want to take part in this city transformation through digitalization. The benefits of smart city solutions and applications are considered as a strategic means to cope with multiple global and local challenges such as pollution, energy expenditure and digitalization to name a few. Although these smart solutions are driven by advanced information technologies such as IoT and Big data, the technologies alone are not enough for it to be successful. Smart solutions are highly dependent on user engagement and trust in technology as an enabler for their intention…