The smart city vision and green growth in Bandung     

Chapter 3 examines opportunities offered by smart city tools, and in particular digital technologies, to encourage green growth in the Ban dung Metropolitan Area (BMA). “Smart City Bandung” is one of the driving visions developed by the City of Bandung to enhance the attractiveness and performance of the city. In this context, it is worth exploring how existing smart city projects can support BMA’s green growth and how they can be enhanced. This chapter is structured into the following five sections:1) tailoring Bandung’s smart city vision to green growth objectives2) enhancing data and knowledge on green growth Bandung3) enhancing transport and energy infrastructure’s performance4) making Bandung resilient to natural disaster risk5) ensuring inclusive development.This chapter benefited from discussions at the third OECD Knowledge-Sharing Workshop on Urban Green Growth in Dynamic Asia, held in Bandung on 7-8 May 2015 and supported by the OECD Knowledge Sharing Alliance