## Basic Concept of a Smart City
### Definition of Smart City
- According to Deakin and Al Waer there are four factors:
	- Application of a wide range of electronic and digital technologies
	- Use of ICT in living and working environments
	- Use of ICT in government systems
	- The territorialisation of practices that bring ICT and people together to enhance innovation and knowledge.
*ICT = Information and Communication Technologies*
- Key characteristics that define urban environments include:
	- **Connectivity:** IoT networks collect and transmit data from sensors throughout the urban environment.
	- **Data-driven decision making:** Advanced analytics and artificial intelligence enable more informed and responsive governance.
	- **Sustainable infrastructure:** Energy-efficient buildings, renewable energy, and intelligent transportation systems.
	- **Urban Optimization:** Reduce resource usage, reduce ecological footprints, and enhance living standards to create more environmentally responsible urban spaces.
	- **Citizen engagement:** Facilitate communication between residents and government, promoting participation in urban planning and decision-making processes.
	- **Smart mobility:** public transit, bike-sharing, and autonomous vehicles, aim to reduce congestion and improve accessibility, as well as analyzing mobility behavioral patterns of citizens to improve services and optimize the city infrastructure.
	- **Enhanced public services:** Improve the delivery of essential services.
- Three Forms of Intelligence
	- **Orchestration Intelligence:** Cities establish institutions and community-based problem solving and collaborations
	- **Empowerment Intelligence:** Cities provide open platforms, experimental facilities and smart city infrastructure in order to cluster innovation in certain districts.
	- **Instrumentation intelligence**: City infrastructure is made smart through real-time data collection, with analysis and predictive modelling across city districts. There is much controversy surrounding this, particularly with regards to surveillance issues in smart cities.
#### The Sauce
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city
## Goals of the Smart City Project