Abu Dhabi tops MENA Smart City Index 2021

Abu Dhabi tops MENA Smart City Index 2021

Abu Dhabi is once again leading MENA cities in the use of technology to improve the quality of life for residents, according to the third edition of the annual IMD-SUTD Smart City Index (SCI).

The index reveals that city-dwellers’ perceptions of how technology is helping to address urban challenges have been highly affected by the pandemic and its acceleration of digital transformation.

Experts define a Smart City as ‘an urban setting that applies technology to enhance the benefits and diminish the shortcomings of urbanization for its citizens’.