CONTENTS
Executive Summary 7
List of Tables 10
List of Figures 11
1. Introduction 12
1.1 Overview 12
1.2 Understanding the concept of Smart city 13
1.3 Research question and objectives 21
1.6 Limitations 24
1.8 Research structure 24
2. Smart cities mission India 25
2.1 Smart city proposal analysis 26
2.2 Financing Smart cities 27
2.3 Parameters for sectoral analysis of smart cities 33
2.4 Preliminary application of the principle of definitive smart cities of India 34
2.5 Selected Parameters for Sectoral analysis of Smart City Proposals 36
3 Analysis of Smart Cities proposals 37
3.1 Smart Cities Trends across all the rounds 37
3.2 Across classified classes 39
3.3 Structural factors: size and demographic density 40
3.3.1 City Size 40
3.3.2 City Population 41
3.3.5 ABD Area vs Total City Area 44
3.4 Sectoral Analysis 48
4. Conclusion 53
References 55
Annexure 57