A study of a low-carbon and intelligent city index system

The low-carbon and intelligent city is the city combines the technology, digital information, low-carbon, and sustainable development together. In order to evaluate the status of low carbon and intelligent city effectively, city governments need to develop an index system. However, most city governments lack the suitable index system of low-carbon and intelligent city. Therefore, this paper seeks to establish the appropriate index system of low-carbon and intelligent city by correlation analysis and factor analysis rating method, and evaluate the status of low-carbon and intelligent cities within the Taiwanese domain. According to the empirical results, there are five evaluative aspects of the low-carbon and intelligent city: (1) economic and intelligent technology, (2) consumption of energy and resource, (3) health and environmental conservation, (4) local development, and (5) social status. Based on the comprehensive performance of the low-carbon and intelligent city index system, Taipei City shows the best performance.