DEVELOPMENT OF SMART GOVERNANCE IN CROATIAN CITIES - THE SIZE OF A CITY AS A DETERMINANT OF SMART GOVERNANCE

Authors

  • Ana Babić University in Rijeka, Faculty of business and Economics in Rijeka
  • Danijela Sokolić University of Rijeka, Faculty of business and economics https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-8082
  • Jelena Jardas Antonić University of Rijeka, Faculty of business and economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51680/ev.35.2.7

Keywords:

Smart governance, Hellwig’s information capacity method, ranking, ranking, smart and sustainable city

Abstract

Purpose: The paper discusses the role and importance of smart governance as a modern form of urban development, identifies the key determinants of smart governance, analyzes models, evaluation and measurement indicators in smart and sustainable cities, and ranks 127 Croatian cities, regardless of city size.

Methodology: A comprehensive database was prepared for the preparation of the study, including ten indicators of key smart governance determinants related to political participation of citizens, delivery of quality services to citizens, and sustainable functioning of city administration, in line with a review of models and indicators from previous studies.

Results: The main goal of this research is to determine a correlation between the size of the city according to the number of inhabitants and statistically significant indicators of smart governance and, based on the value of the correlation coefficients, to determine the weights for the indicators in the process of city ranking. By aggregating the weighted z-scores, the Smart Governance Index was created for all Croatian cities and that index is not related to the size of a city.

Conclusion: Statistically significant indicators for the formation of the Smart Governance Index for 127 cities in Croatia are the indicators of political participation and sustainable functioning of city administration. It is necessary to include as many indicators as possible in the future period so that the ranking results are as relevant as possible.

Author Biographies

Ana Babić, University in Rijeka, Faculty of business and Economics in Rijeka

Department of information science

Danijela Sokolić, University of Rijeka, Faculty of business and economics

Department of Organization and Management

Jelena Jardas Antonić, University of Rijeka, Faculty of business and economics

Quantitative Economics

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Published

2022-12-19

How to Cite

Babić, A., Sokolić, D. ., & Jardas Antonić, J. (2022). DEVELOPMENT OF SMART GOVERNANCE IN CROATIAN CITIES - THE SIZE OF A CITY AS A DETERMINANT OF SMART GOVERNANCE. Ekonomski vjesnik/Econviews - Review of Contemporary Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Issues, 35(2), 315–335. https://doi.org/10.51680/ev.35.2.7

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 2 (2022)

Section

ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

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