The Digital Cities Index 2022 report by Economist Impact found that involving citizens in the design of smart city schemes underpins meaningful inclusion.
Copenhagen has topped the Digital Cities Index 2022, followed by Amsterdam, Beijing, London and Seoul rounding out the top five.
The cities were adjudged to have performed the best, with successful open data projects and major strides in smart technology-powered sustainability projects like utility management.
Read more: DK: Copenhagen tops global cities for digital transformation
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, has been named the safest city in the world. It has achieved this distinction by surpassing Tokyo, Singapore and Osaka which have topped the previous years. Canada’s Toronto is at number two and Singapore is at number three. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released the list of 60 safest cities in the world under the Safe Cities Index-2021.
Delhi is ranked 48th and Mumbai 50th among the top 50 cities. In the last index, Delhi was ranked 52nd and Mumbai 45th. A comprehensive study of cities around the world was conducted for the index. The EIU had set out 76 parameters to provide a clear picture of global urban security. These included digital, health, infrastructure, personal and environmental safety. All the cities have been given different scores out of 100 in these five parameters. In view of Corona, the issue of environmental protection was included for the first time this year.
Read more: DK: Copenhagen named world’s safest city as per Economist Intelligence Unit report
Denmark has been covered with IoT connectivity thanks to a partnership between telecoms firm Teracom and LoRaWAN specialists Loriot.
The partners aim to enable IoT applications spanning a range of sectors including smart metering, smart farming, smart building, and smart city applications.
Read more: Denmark is the latest country to receive nationwide IoT
Denmark leads in the United Nations’s E-Government survey 2020, according to the embassy of Denmark in Myanmar’s announcement on 14 August 2020.
The E-Government survey by United Nations’s Department and Economy and Social Affairs ranked 193 countries in terms of digital government readiness and implementation has given Denmark the highest score for the second time.
Read more: The UN ranks Denmark the highest score for E-Government
Moving public services online and adopting an e-governance approach could help governments fight fraud and corruption, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.
In a report, launched on Monday, the Danish government highlighted that e-governance – moving public services online – can also increase productivity, services and transparency.
Read more: DK: Moving public services online ‘will help governments fight fraud’