Author(s): Francisco Camargo, Carlos Enrique Montenegro-Marin, Ruben Gonzalez-Crespo
Smart Cities are transforming the vision of city dynamics from the local level. Therefore, comprehensive planning is required, taking into account the actors, resources and components necessary for their implementation, through the development of public policies that account for the approaches defined by governments in order to improve the quality of life of their inhabitants. Consequently, it is relevant and innovative to analyze, contrast and evaluate from a theoretical model, as well as, from policy documents, the quantitative results yielded by the main global measurements in the field of Smart Cities. This article contains a quantitative, qualitative and statistical analysis, which leads to the conclusion that it is necessary to formulate and implement a Smart Cities policy, containing some enablers and pillars that support a model adapted to the dynamics of an emerging country, since its cities could be placed in better positions in global rankings, as an effect of the management of central and local governments, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of its citizens, providing effective solutions to their demands, advancing towards sustainable development, and towards the implementation of the fourth industrial revolution as a means of social and economic progress sustained over time.