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This article presents the findings from the first-round analysis of some initiatives in Porto Alegre, capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), following the Smart Cities Initiatives Framework from Chourabi et al. In order to do that, secondary data from official websites and other available and reliable information sources are examined. The data collected combined with the framework factors of smart cities provide a faithful overview of the evolution of Porto Alegre as a city searching to be smarter. The objective here is not making a deep analysis of these initiatives. Instead, this paper aims at giving an overview of the several initiatives taking into account the eight factors produced by the members of the Smart Cities and Service Integration Project research team. The findings demonstrate the potential and the needs of further studies into some of these initiatives by using the interview protocol developed and already used in semi-structured interviews made by this group. This preliminary analysis may lead to the conclusion that the city has fully achieved the requirements of a smart city. However, since most of second data come from official sources that could be considered overly positive. |
