Evaluating development prospects of smart cities: Cluster analysis of Kazakhstans regions
Digel I. Mussabalina D. Urdabayev M. Nurmukhametov N. Akparova A.
2022LLC CPC Business Perspectives
Problems and Perspectives in Management
2022#20Issue 476 - 87 pp.
This study aims to study Kazakhstans regions and identify places with the best potential for developing smart cities based on cluster analysis. To analyze the differentiation by the level of development, 17 regions of Kazakhstan are grouped according to 2020 data from the statistical bulletin of the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The formation of groups of regions with different values of indicators was carried out based on agglomerative clustering using the single linkage, complete linkage, and Wards clustering methods. In agglomerative clustering, the algorithm groups regions based on observations into clusters, and indicators determine each areas innovative development level. The instrument to build clustering is the “RStudio” software package. As a result, regions with their essential characteristics were identified, and an assessment of their prospects was obtained with the most significant potential for developing and managing “smart cities” - Atyrau region, Almaty city, and Astana city. The remaining clusters include regions where favorable conditions for the development of innovations have not yet been formed, which require more resources and efforts to build “smart cities.” Therefore, they should not be the first to implement this concept. They need a more balanced, integrated approach, ideally supported by experience in implementing the idea in more promising regions. In a sense, clustering also allowed for identifying potential (or even existing) innovation clusters in regions of Kazakhstan. The study results can be used in developing government programs to form smart cities and further study the potential of smart cities.
digital economy , innovative industries , regional development , smart cities , smart management
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Economics, Department of Economic Theory and Institutional Research, Institute of Economics, The Science Committee, The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
Department of Economic, L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
Department of Economic, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan
Department of Economic, Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Kazakhstan
Economics, Department of Economic, Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Kazakhstan
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