alignment of KPIs with community priorities across districts and neighborhoods.The publication describes a H-KPI method which provides a structured representation of smart city/community information flows and enables computational methods for systems design, analysis, operations, and assurance. The Framework provides the basis for developing measurement methods and tools that allow for integration, adaptability, and extensibility at three interacting levels of analysis: technologies, infrastructure services, and community benefits. The H-KPI Framework is described in the recently published NIST Special Publication 1900-206 Smart Cities and Communities: A Key Performance Indicators Framework. In this work, the term ‘smart’ in ‘smart cities’ is defined as the efficient use of digital technologies to provide prioritized services and benefits to meet community goals, such as economic vitality, equity, resilience, sustainability, or quality of life. To overcome this limitation, a Holistic Key Performance Indicators (H-KPI) Framework has been developed that builds on conventional KPI methods and accounts for unique characteristics such as varying districts and neighborhoods, differences in population and economic scale, the reuse of previously deployed technologies, and other factors relevant to a city or community.

However, many KPI approaches are limited by their technology- or sector-specific focus and their inability to measure benefits essential to assessing community impact and return on investment. Smart cities and communities commonly use metrics, or Key Performance Indicators (KPI), for evaluating or measuring their smart city ecosystems. Martin Serrano of the National University of Ireland Galway, NIST researchers have answered that question. Have you ever wondered what it is about a smart city or community that makes it ‘smart?’ In an international collaboration with Dr. Smart City Holistic Key Performance Indicators Support Community Benefits

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