Evaluating Strategic Digital City: strategies, public services, and City Information Management in Lagos, Nigeria
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Cities require strategies, public services, and city and spatial information (CSI) for development, a high quality of life, problem-solving, and to be strategically digitized to enhance the duties of city managers and the efficiency of city dwellers. The objective of the research was to analyze Lagos city's strategies and public services, observing whether they aligned with the SDC’s model and city and spatial information management policy. The case study research design was used, while the qualitative and quantitative techniques were used to analyze the data. The results revealed that Lagos City had 3 strategies and 30 public services. From the result, 36.7% of the public services were in line with the SDC model, 10% were in line with the CSI, and 53.3% were still awaiting implementation. In conclusion, it was recommended that Lagos city strategies and public services should be properly managed, and enshrined in the city information management system in line with the SDC model, Increase public services by ensuring a good housing and land-use information, spatial policy, and geographic information, Medical, and health outreach information to guide access to medical facilities and services, transportation and traffic management information system among other recommendations
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