The role of triple governance in establishing a smart city

Along with the development of urbanization and social and economic changes of cities, the establishment of smart city as a strategy to reduce the problems produced and at the same time the necessity of cooperation of governance dimensions has been considered. The purpose of this research is to formulate the role of triple governance in establishing a smart city. In this research, the process and dimensions of the smart city, as well as governance models, were studied and analyzed by theme analysis. The present research was conducted using a qualitative method by conducting semi-structured interviews with 16 academic and urban management experts. The results showed that in order to establish a smart city, it is necessary to apply three types of governance with cooperation and coordination based on the conditions and duties of different institutions; For this purpose, 9 main strategies for each governance were identified at the three levels of system, organization, and individual, which have been analyzed in this study. Considering the wide level of information and communication technology programs in the smart city, providing continuous strategies in mega-cities can lead to increasing the effectiveness of the duties of the government, private sector and civil society.