• maitry patel
• Sejal S. Bhagat

Smart cities encourage economic activities and change city infrastructure and services with the assistance of Data and Communication Technology. Cities are known as the engine of development. For cities to become effective engines of economic development, they have to move forward the well-being and quality of essential services. Rapid urbanization and development within the city require an expansive coordination effort to supply citizen services and oversee the city. Comprehensive development is critical for improving the quality of life and additionally fascinating individuals to the city. Subsequently, the evaluation of a smart city is required to measure the performance of the city. The Smart City Index is a valuable city assessment tool for measuring the performance of smart cities. It can be used as a support guideline for implementation and decision-making in urban development. The purpose of this paper is to the analysis the Composite smart index based on five dimensions of comprehensive development as Institutional, Social, Physical, Economical, and Environmental. Surat is listed as the fastest-growing city in India. This study reflects the identification of smart city indicators to measure the performance of all zones of Surat city. The Z-transformation method was adopted to measure the performance of CSI. The application of the Smart City Index is to measure the individual performance of indicators.

Sustainability, Smart city, Smart city indicators, Smart city index, Urbanization.

"ASSESSMENT OF SMART INDEX FOR ZONES OF SURAT CITY BY Z-SCORE METHOD", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.f555-f560, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205676.pdf

"ASSESSMENT OF SMART INDEX FOR ZONES OF SURAT CITY BY Z-SCORE METHOD", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppf555-f560, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205676.pdf