Development of Key Performance Indicators for Society 5.0 Smart Cities through Logic Models
In Japan, the government has focused on smart cities as a national growth strategy, and many projects are in progress. The fundamental principle of smart cities is Society 5.0, which stands for sustainability, cyber-physical integration, and people-centered cities. How well are the principles of Society 5.0 being realized in each city? To measure each city’s progress, we need evaluation indicators and KPIs that incorporate the principles of Society 5.0. However, each city has set its own indicators for project progress, so it is difficult to know how much the city is growing from the perspective of Society 5.0. In 2022, H-UTokyoLab. (Hitachi and UTokyo joint research), to which I belong, collaborated with the Cabinet Office to develop smart city evaluation indicators that include the perspective of Society 5.0 and has proposed guidelines for each city to set its KPIs. In this seminar, we will introduce the concept of these smart city evaluation indicators based on logic models and discuss critical issues and challenges.
Date
22 Mar 2024 (Fri)
Time
10:30am-12:00pm (HKT)
Format
Zoom
Topic
“Development of Key Performance Indicators for Society 5.0 Smart Cities through Logic Models”
Speaker
Prof. Tomoyo Sasao, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Moderator
Prof. Masaru Yarime, Associate Professor, Division of Public Policy & Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Tomoyo Sasao has been a project assistant professor of the H-UTokyo Lab. at the University of Tokyo since 2020. She received her bachelor’s degree in architecture and urban studies from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 2011. She received her Ph.D. in environmental science from the University of Tokyo in 2015. She was JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (2015-2016). She was an assistant professor at the Center for Community Revitalization at Tokushima University. She conducted research on participatory sensing for resident participation in habitat design. She is researching citizen participation and urban assessment in smart cities. She co-authored the book "Architecture of Society 5.0" in 2023. Her research interests include urban design, urban computing, and spatial information science.