Priority Index for Infrastructural planning of Smart City- Vadodara

The urban initiatives in India have first time fallen in line with global development paradigms.Irrespective of Indian priorities being differentthere is need to understand these development paradigms.In this context the Smart city concept needs to be looked from different perspectives.These perspectives will lead towards the final outcomes and aspirations as well as provide a tool to develop city vision.The aim of this thesis is to identify and evaluate the main factors affecting the planning and designing of Smart City projects in context with Vadodaraa city of Gujarat.Literature review about Smart City was reviewed to identify the factors affecting the designing of Smart City.In additionother local factors have been added as recommended by local experts.A questionnaire survey is conductedand 66 factors were identifiedcategorized into 9 groupsevaluated and ranked from Technical ExpertManagement ExpertEducational Expert and Consultant.Relative Importance Index is used for finding the priority index.Environmental factors are found to be the most significant factor followed by Information communication and technology.