Apeksha Agarwal

UM4000-1

The smart cities does not have any universally accepted definition. The meaning of smart cities can be different for every city on the basis their geographical conditions, citizen demography, existing infrastructure and services. For Indian cities the need for basic services might be more important than some already developed country cities whose needs might be to only upgrade the existing services. As per Smart Cities Mission, Government of India (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, 2020), “The picture of a smart city contains a wish list of infrastructure and services that describes his or her level of aspiration.” This study analyses the various components of smart city development for Gandhinagar and the projects going under this mission with respect to citizen priority ranking.