Shanghai earns top smart city ranking for citizen services platform

Analyst firm Juniper Research has ranked Shanghai as the world’s number one smart city for 2022.

It is followed by Seoul, Barcelona, Beijing, and New York in the top five.

Juniper’s ranking of 50 world cities is based on an evaluation of various aspects of smart cities, including transportation, infrastructure, energy and lighting, city management and technology, and urban connectivity.

“Many cities have deployed technology and data to help local authorities reduce environmental impact and energy usage,” said research co-author Mike Bainbridge. “The top cities in our recent ranking are finding innovative ways to leverage that technology to deliver observable benefits for their citiz...