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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