https://cusitjournals.com/index.php/CURJ <p>City University Research Journal (CURJ) is a bi-Annual management sciences journal published by City University of Science &amp; Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. CURJ is a peer-reviewed open-access research journal recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan in the<strong> Y category</strong>. CURJ is indexed in Ebscohost, Proquest, GoogleScholar, and is in process with Scopus and DOAJ. CURJ invites contributions from researchers, scholars, and academicians in the area of business and management.</p> <p>ISSN (Online) 2409-0441</p> <p>ISSN (Print) 2220-9174 </p> <p> </p> City University of Science & Inormation Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan en-US CITY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2220-9174 https://cusitjournals.com/index.php/CURJ/article/view/946 <p>This paper aims to identify the important dimensions of Sustainable Smart City development<br />amongst the citizens of Karachi, Pakistan. This paper is a two-fold study in which the first study<br />was a quantitative study, which used an explanatory approach, conducted on 318 respondents using<br />a survey method. Convenience based sampling technique was used and data was collected through<br />a questionnaire method. These respondents belonged to various organizations in Karachi, Pakistan.<br />Four dimensions were used to evaluate the importance of smart cities development; Economic,<br />Environmental, Social and Smart. The second study was a qualitative study, which used an<br />exploratory approach, conducted on various stakeholders which directly or indirectly impact the<br />smart city development. Purposive based sampling technique was used and the data from 10<br />respondents was collected through interviews, including government housing authorities, national<br />databases, Small Medium Enterprise owners, and real estate builders etc. They identified the<br />problems and recommended solutions. Six major problems were identified, amongst which<br />budgetary restraint and lack of resources were most critical. There is limited theoretical and<br />empirical support available regarding the challenges that are experienced during successful<br />implementation for smart city development. By highlighting emerging challenges, this study will<br />help practitioners to prepare themselves for sustainable smart city development and provide more<br />efficient and integrated services.<br />Keywords: Smart sustainable Cities; Urbanization; Pakistan; Challenges</p> SANIA USMANI Kashif Mehmood Copyright (c) 2024 SANIA USMANI, Kashif Mehmood https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2024-06-30 2024-06-30 14 1 1 16