A new study reveals that Melbourne and Sydney are among the top 20 ‘smart cities’ in the world.

According to EasyPark’s Smart City Index 2017, Melbourne is considered the 10^th smartest city in the world, while Sydney ranked at number 12.

To create the index, EasyPark studied over 500 cities worldwide, looking at countries with very high and medium development, as defined by the Human Development Index. They also looked at those cities which appear on the UN prosperity list and the European Commission’s Digital City Index.

These cities were then analysed using 19 factors relating to smart cities to determine the final list of 100.

The 19 factors included smart parking; car sharing services; traffic; public transport; clean energy; smart building; waste disposal; environment protection; citizen participation; digitalisation of government; urban planning; education; business ecosystem; 4G LTE; internet speed; Wi-Fi hotspots; smartphone penetration; living standard; and how the city is becoming smarter.

Coming out on top of the list was Copenhagen, Denmark, followed by Singapore, and Stockholm, Sweden.

View the top 20 smartest cities below:

Denmark, Copenhagen
Singapore, Singapore
Stockholm, Sweden
Zurich, Switzerland
Boston, United States
Tokyo, Japan
San Francisco, United States
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Geneva, Switzerland
Melbourne, Australia
Vancouver, Canada
Sydney, Australia
Berlin, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Gothenburg, Sweden
Montreal, Canada
London, United Kingdom
Tel Aviv, Israel
Paris, France
Toronto, Canada

Nicholas Rider

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