Decoding the Landscape of Smart City Platforms: A Taxonomy Approach

Kenneth Richter; Markus P. Zimmer; Kristina Lemmer

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-80125-9_24

Decoding the Landscape of Smart City Platforms: A Taxonomy Approach

Kenneth Richter^*
, Markus P. Zimmer
, Kristina Lemmer

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Abstract

The notion of Smart Cities (SCs) has gained significant attention in recent years as cities become increasingly connected, integrated, and technologically advanced. Smart City Platforms (SCPs) are an important element of this movement representing the backbone for collecting, processing and analyzing urban data streams from peripheral devices and systems in a city. This study seeks to identify the key dimensions and characteristics of SCPs. Based on existing literature, we craft a taxonomy following Nickerson et al.’s (Eur J Inf Syst 22:336–359, 2013) guidelines. The resulting SCP taxonomy contributes to the literature on SCs by offering a set of characterizations of SCPs that provide a framework to analyze SCPs and identify types of SCPs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transforming the Digitally Sustainable Enterprise : Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2023, Vol. 3
Editors	Daniel Beverungen, Christiane Lehrer, Matthias Trier
Number of pages	19
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland
Publication date	04.2025
Pages	409-427
Article number	90
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-80124-2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-80125-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80125-9_24
Publication status	Published - 04.2025
Event	Conference - 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023 - Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn, Germany Duration: 18.09.2023 → 21.09.2023 Conference number: 18 https://wi2023.de/en/startseite-english/

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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Smart city
Smart city platform
Taxonomy
Business informatics
Informatics

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Richter, K., Zimmer, M. P., & Lemmer, K. (2025). Decoding the Landscape of Smart City Platforms: A Taxonomy Approach. In D. Beverungen, C. Lehrer, & M. Trier (Eds.), Transforming the Digitally Sustainable Enterprise: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2023, Vol. 3 (pp. 409-427). Article 90 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation; Vol. 76). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80125-9_24

Richter, Kenneth ; Zimmer, Markus P. ; Lemmer, Kristina. / Decoding the Landscape of Smart City Platforms : A Taxonomy Approach. Transforming the Digitally Sustainable Enterprise: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2023, Vol. 3. editor / Daniel Beverungen ; Christiane Lehrer ; Matthias Trier. Cham : Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, 2025. pp. 409-427 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation).

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Richter, K , Zimmer, MP & Lemmer, K 2025, Decoding the Landscape of Smart City Platforms: A Taxonomy Approach. in D Beverungen, C Lehrer & M Trier (eds), Transforming the Digitally Sustainable Enterprise: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2023, Vol. 3., 90, Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol. 76, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, Cham, pp. 409-427, Conference - 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023, Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 18.09.23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-80125-9_24

Decoding the Landscape of Smart City Platforms: A Taxonomy Approach. / Richter, Kenneth ; Zimmer, Markus P.; Lemmer, Kristina.
Transforming the Digitally Sustainable Enterprise: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2023, Vol. 3. ed. / Daniel Beverungen; Christiane Lehrer; Matthias Trier. Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, 2025. p. 409-427 90 (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation; Vol. 76).

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Richter K , Zimmer MP , Lemmer K. Decoding the Landscape of Smart City Platforms: A Taxonomy Approach. In Beverungen D, Lehrer C, Trier M, editors, Transforming the Digitally Sustainable Enterprise: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2023, Vol. 3. Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. 2025. p. 409-427. 90. (Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-80125-9_24

Decoding the Landscape of Smart City Platforms: A Taxonomy Approach

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