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A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Digital Cities and the Brazilian Index of Digital Cities: Analysis of Curitiba, the First-Ranked City

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  • F�bio Duarte
  • Frederico de Carvalho Figueiredo
  • Leonardo Leite
  • Denis Alcides Rezende

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The concept of digital cities has gained prominence as the importance of ICTs is undoubtedly related to economic, social, and civic development. Brazil is following this trend, and the Ministry of Communications and CPqD created the Brazilian Digital Cities Index for evaluating national digital cities. Based on the concepts of connectivity, accessibility, and communicability that originated from the analysis of United Nations documents on the Information Society, we analyze the city of Curitiba, first-ranked in this Index. We provide a historical vision of the process that enabled the city to achieve this position, and scrutinize the questionnaire used by CPqD. We conclude that the Brazilian Index of Digital Cities does not take into account some key aspects for ranking the city's degree of inclusion in the information society, as proposed by the United Nations. Nevertheless, it is also possible to conclude that Curitiba's position in the ranking represents a historical construction determined by the influence of various social actors.

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  • F�bio Duarte & Frederico de Carvalho Figueiredo & Leonardo Leite & Denis Alcides Rezende, 2014. "A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Digital Cities and the Brazilian Index of Digital Cities: Analysis of Curitiba, the First-Ranked City," Journal of Urban Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 37-48, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjutxx:v:21:y:2014:i:3:p:37-48
    DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2014.940709
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    2. Augusto Pimentel Pereira & Marcio Buzzo & Ingrid Zimermann & Frederico Huckembeck Neto & Hellisson Malgarezi, 2021. "A Descriptive 3D City Information Model Built From Infrastructure BIM: Capacity Building as a Strategy for Implementation," International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), IGI Global, vol. 10(4), pages 138-151, October.

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