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Table 3 – Logical groupings
Category % Occurrence
Quality of life and lifestyle 6%

Infrastructure and services 17%
ICT, communication, intelligence, information 26%

People, citizens, society 12%
Environment and sustainability 17%
Governance, management and administration 10%
Economy and finance 8%
Mobility 4%

Total 100%
In order to minimize any subjectivity in defining the above keyword grouping, a literature search
was conducted to best describe each of them. This is important to maintain a baseline of what is
meant by each of those keywords.

ICT/communication/intelligence/information

Information and communication technology (ICT) provides services such as security, health care,
and transport for citizens, improved and cost effective power supply for industries, remote working
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and e‐commerce for businesses, as well as entertainment and communications for individuals.
Infrastructure

Infrastructure includes the basic physical and organizational structures necessary for the operations
of society/enterprises and the services/facilities that keep the economy functional.
5, 6
Environment/sustainability

As defined by the IUCN, UNEP and WWF: "sustainability is improving the quality of human life while
living within the carrying capacity of supporting eco‐systems" . The World Commission on
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Environment and Development (also known as the Brundtland Commission) defines sustainable
development as a form of development which "meets the needs of the present without
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compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".

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4 ICT behind cities of the future. Nokia. Retrieved 29th June 2014 from http://nsn.com/news‐
events/publications/unite‐magazine‐february‐2010/the‐ict‐behind‐cities‐of‐the‐future
5 Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 1st June 2014 from
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/infrastructure
6 Sullivan, Arthur, Steven M. Sheffrin (2003), Economics: Principles in action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. p. 474.
7 IUCN/UNEP/WWF. Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living. (Gland, Switzerland: 1991).
(IUCN – The International Union for Conservation of Nature, UNEP – United Nations Environment
Programme, WWF – World Wide Fund for Nature).
8 UN Documents Gathering a body of global agreements. NGO Committee on Education.
nd
Retrieved 2 June from < http://www.un‐documents.net/wced‐ocf.htm >
9 Toolkit on Environmental Sustainability for the ICT Sector. International Telecommunication Union.
Retrieved from http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu‐t/oth/4B/01/T4B010000060001PDFE.pdf. 2012

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