The momentum around smart city programs has continued to rise during 2013. New city programs and supplier innovation are driving the worldwide smart city market. City leaders, central government ministries, and technology and service suppliers have announced a range of new projects, incentives, and innovative product and service offerings. The market is also seeing an increase in innovations from suppliers in terms of the partnerships they are forming with cities and other stakeholders.
Navigant Research’s Smart City Tracker looks at the complex matrix of issues, solutions, technologies, operations, and infrastructural requirements related to smart cities. New projects have been added to the database that show continued investment in smart grid, urban mobility, water management, and government service applications for smart cities. Navigant Research forecasts that the global smart city technology market will grow from $6.1 billion in annual revenue in 2012 to $20.2 billion by 2020.
This Navigant Research report provides a survey of the current state of smart city developments around the globe in all their diversity. The report covers five key industry sectors as they relate to smart cities: smart energy, smart water, smart transportation, smart buildings, and smart government. It also looks across these sectors at projects that address multiple aspects of city operations. The 170 projects included in this Tracker are segmented by region and by primary industry sector. More than 80% of the projects are focused on issues related to energy, transportation, or government.
Key Questions Addressed:
- Which cities around the world are developing smart city projects?
- How do trends in smart city projects vary by country and by region?
- What are the priority industries and city operations for smart city projects?
- Which financing models are being used for smart city projects?
- What are the main application areas for each project?
- Which suppliers are leading smart city projects?
Who needs this report?
- Energy management hardware and software vendors
- Smart grid hardware and software vendors
- Building equipment and appliance vendors
- Smart transportation providers
- Real estate developers
- Urban planners
- Networking and telecommunications vendors
- Utilities
- Government agencies
- Industry associations and standards organizations
- Investment community
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Navigant Research Coverage
1.3 The Projects
2. Tracking the Smart City Market
2.1 Defining the Scope
2.2 Smart City Trends
2.2.1 National Programs
2.2.2 Standards
2.2.3 Supplier Developments
2.3 Projects by Region and Sector
3. Regional Analysis
3.1 North America
3.2 Europe
3.3 Asia Pacific
3.4 Latin America
3.5 Middle East & Africa
4. Industry Sectors
4.1 Overview
4.2 Smart Energy
4.3 Smart Water
4.4 Smart Transportation
4.5 Smart Buildings
4.6 Smart Government
5. Acronym and Abbreviation List
6. Table of Contents
7. Table of Charts and Figures
8. Scope of Study, Sources and Methodology, Notes
List of Charts and Figures
- Smart City Projects by Region and Primary Industry Sector, World Markets: 3Q 2013
- Smart City Projects by Primary Industry Sector, North America: 3Q 2013
- Smart City Projects by Primary Industry Sector, Europe: 3Q 2013
- Smart City Projects by Primary Industry Sector, Asia Pacific: 3Q 2013
- Smart City Projects by Primary Industry Sector, World Markets: 3Q 2013
- Percentage of Smart City Projects Involving Each Industry Sector, World Markets: 3Q 2013
List of Tables
- Smart City Projects, All Regions and All Sectors
- Smart City Projects, North America
- Smart City Projects, Europe
- Smart City Projects, Asia Pacific
- Smart City Projects, Rest of the World
- Smart City Smart Energy Projects, All Regions
- Smart City Smart Water Projects, All Regions
- Smart City Smart Transportation Projects, All Regions
- Smart City Smart Buildings Projects, All Regions
- Smart City Smart Government Projects, All Regions
- Smart City Projects by Region and Primary Industry Sector, World Markets: 3Q 2013
- Percentage of Smart City Projects by Region and Primary Industry Sector, World Markets: 3Q 2013
- Percentage of Smart City Projects by Region and All Industry Sectors, World Markets: 3Q 2013