# Multiagency Modeling of Transformation Strategies Towards Sustainable Smart Cities
## 5 The Practical Experiment
### City's Potential  
The bases for the analysis of Warsaw's potential were \"Statistical Yearbook of Warsaw 2018\" [28], \"Report on Polish Metropolises\" [29] (prepared in 2019 by P_w_C Poland consulting company), and data provided by the Warsaw City Hall. Parameters for assessing the social potential, inspired by the concept of creative class were also incorporated into the methodology adopted for assessing the potential of Warsaw. This approach utilizes the analysis of the level of development of the \"super-creative core\", i.e., employees of a wide range of areas from science through engineering, education, computer programming, to research and development, as well as those associated with art, design, and media. The analysis of CSO's (Central Statistical Office of Poland) statistical data indicates that when compared to the national average (approx. 7%), this group is exceptionally developed in Warsaw (approx. 18% of professionally active people). The Table 5 contains a selection of several data sets from among 87 factors included in the authorial methodology for assessing Warsaw's potential. The data, depicting Warsaw against the backdrop of other Polish cities, made it possible to determine the component values of the city's potential. The report prepared by P_w_C distinguishes seven types of so-called development capital that characterize the analyzed major Polish cities. Since 2007 P_w_C has been conducting the analyses in 4-year cycles; the consistent methodology ensures the comparability of separate editions in the assessment of the studied 12 cities. Using the research carried out by P_w_C, the authors of this article have introduced modifications resulting from access to information obtained from the Digitization Bureau of the Warsaw City Hall (Table 6). The adopted methodology identifies the assessment of the following capital: Institutional and Democratic, Technical and Infrastructure, Culture and Image, Quality of Life, Sources of Finance, Investment Attractiveness, and Human and Social. P_w_C studies have shown that compared to the national average (defined as 100%), the metropolis of Warsaw has the highest potential for development in Poland (131% of the average level). Warsaw is an undisputed leader in the Investment Attractiveness Capital (three times higher than the other cities). It is also worth noting that 60% of the largest foreign investors invest in Warsaw, which demonstrates the city's enormous investment attractiveness. What is also of great importance to increasing the city's potential are projects implemented by the Digitization Bureau of the Warsaw City Hall, e.g., \"Warsaw 19115\", which is a state-of-the-art contact center, not only a comprehensive alarm system for reporting problems or breakdowns, but a platform for communicating ideas for changes in the way the city operates. \begin{table}
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**Characteristics** & **Numerical Value** \\ \hline Area in km\({}^{2}\) & 517.2 \\ Population (as of December 31, 2018) in thousands & 1764.6 \\ Females per 100 males (as December 31 2018) & 118 \\ Natural increase per 1000 population & 1,2 \\ Employed persons per 1000 population & 529 \\ Investment outlays per capita in PLN & 14206.6 \\ Schools (as of the beginning of the school year): & 403/187/55/101 \\ Graduates of higher education institutions in thousands & 55.4 \\ Public libraries (as of December 31 2018) & 203 \\ Theaters (as of December 31 2018) & 29 \\ Museum visitors in thousands & 66 \\ Holes (as of July 31 2018) & 88 \\ R\&D entities and internal personnel in 2018 & 962/35764 \\ Higher education institutions/research institutes & 35/60 \\ Enterprises that introduced product or process & 44.5 (72.2 in the public sector) \\ innovations in \% of total enterprises & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 5: Selected characteristics from the “Statistical Yearbook of Warsaw 2018”. The conducted research showed that when compared to that of other Polish metropolises, the potential of Warsaw was substantial.