Governing data in smart cities – A review of experiences

Creating effective data governance strategies, policies and frameworks to drive data quality while preserving security and privacy in a transparency framework is key to developing (smart) cities. Thus, this chapter provides an overview of the international practice in data governance to guide public sector efforts at the national and local levels in making more efficient use of data. It first discusses the importance of a strategy, reviews the strategies to enhance trust and examines the efforts to set data standards. It then takes up the issues of co-ordination for data sharing. It concludes with the case of data governance in smart mobility.