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City Science Brief Implementation Owner Comments
Solution Name Explanation Milestones
City Science
Solution 1
City Science
Solution 2
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City Science
Solution N

b. City Science Enablers in Place

City science enablers were defined earlier in section 4. The presence and utilization of these
enablers can potentially aid a city in implementing its city science solutions.

A simple representative table incorporating hitherto discussed enablers is shown in the Appendix.
It can be used by a city to assess its current status, or baseline, with respect to its city science
enablers. The questions in the table are fairly high-level and, in some cases, may require further
clarification and description by the city to determine its current status.

5.2. Step 2: Prioritize & Determine City Science Applications

The city can engage its broad range of stakeholders to not only define its own city science priorities
and needs but also determine a list of city science ideas for future implementation. Having assessed
its current status in Step 1, the city will be in a better position to formulate additional city science
solutions in line with its priorities.

Broad stakeholder engagement can assist in identifying a comprehensive list of potential city science
related innovations in the city. Specific city needs and priorities may help emphasize certain city
science solutions among the potential ones or conversely deemphasize / eliminate others. Each city
may have to go through this exercise based on its own context and specific aspirations and goals.

Another important input to this step is the benchmarking of other cities’ successful city science
solutions. The city needs to be careful in assessing the applicability of international benchmarks as
the context of cities and their particular aspects may vary significantly.

In this step, a long list of city science solutions can be formulated. In fact, it might be preferable for a
city to utilize its collective capital extensively to come up with various ideas contributing to address
its own urban challenges.

The city science prioritization mechanism

The city might not be equipped or may lack the requisite resources to implement the list of city
science ideas in its entirety. In such cases, a prioritization mechanism will be highly beneficial. A

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