Digitalization Methods Used to Determine the Level of Development of Urban Economy in the Regions of the Russian Federation

Dmitry A. Rakov – Head of Strategic Consulting of Big Data Storage and Analytics of the Center for Digital Economy at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

X. Yu – Executive Secretary of the Sino-Russian Research Center for Digital Economy, Advisor, Moscow State University Center for Big Data Storage and Analysis, PhD in Political Sciences (Beijing, China). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Elizaveta K. Misyautova – Junior Science Work Specialist of Strategic Consulting of Big Data Storage and Analytics of the Center for Digital Economy at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The article deals with digitalization in the urban sphere and analyzes various methods of its evaluation. For the effective dissemination of digital technologies in Russian cities, it is necessary to monitor and analyze the factors of digitalization, as well as the results of the implementation of innovative technologies in urban areas. Methods and standards developed in Russia and abroad allow us to study the process of digitalization. There are various areas of application of methods for assessing the spread of innovative technologies in urban spaces allowing to meet the needs of many producers of urban services.

The article was written with the support of the Sino-Russian Research Center of Digital Economy.

Key words: smart city, digitalization of cities, smart city assessment methods, smart city index, smart city rating.

JEL-codes: O31, O32, O47.