Smart Cities

Smart City

“A developed urban area that creates sustainable

economic development and high quality of life by
excelling in multiple key areas; economy,
mobility, environment, people, living, and
government. Excelling in these key areas can be
done so through strong human capital, social
capital, and/or ICT infrastructure”.
What is a 'smart city'?
A city equipped with basic infrastructure to give a
decent quality of life, a clean and sustainable
environment through application of some smart
solutions. (Public information, grievance redressal,
electronic service delivery, citizens’ engagement,
waste to energy & fuel, waste to compost, 100%
treatment of waste water, smart meters &
management, monitoring water quality, renewable
source of energy, efficient energy and green building,
smart parking, intelligent traffic management
system.)
What is a 'smart city'?
Smart City: A smart city is one that has
digital technology embedded across all
city functions.
Smart City Mean of (smarter city) A
Smart City equipped with basic
infrastructure to give a decent quality
of life and clean and livable
environment to live smarter.
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 What is a 'smart city'?
Smarter City uses digital technology and information
and communication technologies (ICT) to better
quality and performance this engage more effectively
and actively with its citizen. The Smart City includes
government services, transport, traffic management,
energy, health care, water and waste.
The smarter city applications are major goal of
improving the management and transforming the
urban areas. The major technological, economic and
environmental changes have generated interest in
smart cities.
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The concept of smart cities must be seen

in the Indian context and without the
biases of techno-centrism and one-size-
fit-all solutions.
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After analyzing the initiatives globally,

certain common themes do emerge for
formation of smarter cities and
communities, namely:
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Integration: Energy, transport and
information and communication
technologies (ICT) seen as parallel and
interdependent factors for smartness in urban
areas.
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Smart Governance: This aspect is the
backbone of smart solutions. Smarter
governance is enabled through more
informed decision making and participation
of disparate opinions and agendas towards
overall betterment of cities and communities.
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Innovation and Technologies: World over,
technologies are enabling smarter solutions.
Technology innovation is helping better
collection, processing and analysis of data
through conventional and crowd/social
media methods.
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Interpreting 'Smart Cities' in the Indian

context, following prima-facie impressions
emerge:
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Energy: Although not within the urban local

jurisdiction, energy is very much an urban
concern. While fossil fuel fed mechanized
transport remains the biggest head in energy
consumption in cities. Increasing and
inefficient electricity usage is also a cause of
concern. Moreover, the fast growing cities
of India also consume tremendous amounts of
energy through real estate construction and
infrastructure expansion activities.
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Cities, globally, use more energy than the

industrial and rural hinterlands, implying that
energy efficiency is not just a regional but
also an urban responsibility. Particularly in
India we all suffer from scheduled and
unscheduled power cuts.
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Contributing to peaking of grid loads and fossil fuel

needs is our erratic usage pattern where a few hours
of use trumps the overall consumption across a day.
This impacts the overall urban economy, having
direct impacts on the revenues of any city and its
potential for growth.
Better energy management can not only help with the
national level Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission goals
on efficiency, but can also contribute towards better
management of distribution and as a result more
plentiful availability of energy, across the 24 hours,
for growth and development.
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Traffic and Transport: As discussed above,

transport is a major concern from energy and
carbon perspectives. Moreover, mobility is the
basic need for any urban economy. Time lost due
to traffic congestion has a direct impact on the
overall efficiency of any city, including that of
the businesses and economic activities.
Congestion management is also critical for
provision of essential and emergency services.
Good quality public transport system not only
helps curb the use of personal vehicles and the
resulting pollution but also has benefits in terms
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Internet and Communication Technologies:

ICTs help cities connect better to their citizens,
enabling better feedback and cross fertilization of
ideas. Technological solutions help model and
analyze urban issues, incorporating multiple
factors and generating solutions that have
multiples co-benefits. However, pursuing
technologies for the sake of technology
introduction is never fruitful. Technology is
merely the means towards the desired ends and
not the other way round.
Internet and Communication
Technologies
 Need of Smart Cities

What is a Smart City?

It’s a city outfitted with high-tech
communication capabilities. It uses digital
technology to enhance performance and
well being, to reduce costs and resource
consumption, and to engage more effectively
and actively with its citizens.
 Need of Smart Cities

The idea of smart city came into formulation

owing to the need to accommodate rapid
urbanization of the age. Interest in smart cities
continues to grow, driven by a range of
socioeconomic and technological developments
across the globe. It is due to the increasing
number of smart cities that established suppliers
from energy, transport, buildings, and
government sectors are moving into the smart
city market, while startups are addressing a
range of emerging opportunities in the same field.
 What is the Scope of Smart Cities in
India?
India is drawing on the development of smart
cities at the global level. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s vision ‘Digital India’, has a
plan to build 100 smart cities across the
country. Modi in his speech said, “Cities in
the past were built on riverbanks. They are
now built along highways. But in the future,
they will be built based on availability of
optical fiber networks and next-generation
infrastructure.”
 Need of Smart Cities

Good infrastructure – The main aim of constructing a smart

city is to provide good infrastructure to the residents, such as
water and sanitation services, 24*7 electricity supply etc. The
information will be collected through the detectors – gas,
electricity and other government analytics, which will be
carefully complied into small grids and then, will be fed into the
computers. This process can focus on making the city efficient.

Smart solutions – Smart cities are required as it would

also provide smart solutions such as providing public data,
electronic service delivery, 100% treatment of water waste,
monitoring water quality etc.
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3. Promotes development – Smart cities enhance the developmental
activities of a region. A lot of developmental activities such as building
schools, organizations, shopping malls can take place. These activities
benefit everybody including citizens, businesses, government and
environment.

4. Housing for All – The main aim of a smart city is “housing for all”.
More than 70% of the Indian population would be living in cities by 2050.
Due to the rising urbanization, a better standard of living is required. To
support this rising shift, a sustainable model of housing should be
developed.

5. Provides employment – A smart city is an economy of agglomeration. It

provides various opportunities and advantages to its residents. India is
expanding rapidly and the emergence of smart city can provide
employment for many. The construction of a smart city requires a lot of
manpower.
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Components of Smart Cities
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SMART CONNECTIONS is about being connected.
A smart city is one that meets the needs of its citizens by providing
the necessary connections:
Transportation --ensuring adequate access and means of
transportation, whether it’s through well planned bus routes,
installation of bicycle lanes or the provision and maintenance of
bike trails
Online Access – understands the need for mobile technology and
access to the internet through Wi-Fi or public computer space and
the need to ensure broadband availability for local businesses to
compete globally at affordable rates
Technology -- adapts to technology and the need for innovation for
tomorrow
Community –ensures inclusion of all citizens by providing
opportunities to get involve, become part of the very fabric of the
community
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 Components of Smart Cities
Being connected allows the citizens and businesses to:
Move throughout our community effortlessly; ship and
receive goods easily
Research, access information and take online education
courses/watch “how to” videos; reach a broader consumer
market
Instantly connect with loved ones, friends, customers or
business partners
Shop online worldwide; reach new markets
Share files online instantly increasing faster responses to
meet customer demands
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SMART ECONOMY provides high quality

high paying jobs while supporting local
business to compete globally by:
Promoting innovation
Supporting the very foundation of
entrepreneurship and fostering leadership
Providing an environment in which businesses
are productive, efficient and can remain
competitive
Collaborating and working together to reach
success
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SMART PEOPLE are really the foundation of

what makes a smart city. Having access to a
knowledgeable workforce that:
Meets the needs of employers tomorrow
Has access to information and technology
Embraces creativity and innovation
Explores new ways of doing things
Are supported by community leaders, mentors,
services and programs that encourage
development and forward thinking
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Creating a knowledgeable workforce means

developing partnerships between education,
employers and citizens that provides for:
Access to quality, trained employees
Training based on needs of employers
Increased career guidance and employment
information
Job shadowing and mentoring opportunities
Access to diverse range of education/training
opportunities locally or online
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SMART ENVIRONMENT is one that is

built on providing a balance between
planning for growth and protecting
resources.
A smart city is diligent in:
Protecting our natural environment while
planning for the future
Harmonizes living and workspace
Balances energy supply and energy use
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The City of Brantford enjoys a well-balanced

community, one that provides:
Open spaces
Parks and Trail
Balances residential growth with business
growth
Recognizes the need to protect our water and
local environment
Commitment to redeveloping brownfield sites
Community involvement in creating green
spaces
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SMART LIVING is about providing

opportunities for a healthy lifestyle for all
citizens including quality healthcare,
education and safety.
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A smart city is one that:

Features environments, services and opportunities
for everyone
Recognizes the need for affordable housing
Plans for and supports an aging population
Is culturally vibrant
Supports sports for all ages
Promotes diversity
Recognizes its heritage, its current and past leaders
Reaches out to everyone to ensure inclusion
Is positive and takes pride in its community
 Benefits of Smart Cities
A Smart City is at heart, a city; the reason
for a city to exist is to provide a place for
people to live, work, and play with others
who want to do the same. A Smart City
helps people to live, work, and play while
requiring fewer resources.
A Smart City is therefore an extension of a
sustainable city: creating the most benefit
for the most people while minimizing the
impacts.
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In simple terms, a Smart City offers these
benefits by making life easier for members of
the community. That ease is provided by
operating the community’s systems
efficiently, including physical systems (such
as transport and power) as well as
administration (such as applications for
assistance).
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 Benefits of Smart Cities
Reducing the cost (in terms of dollars, time, and energy), offers
two additional beneficial spinoffs: individuals with more time and
money have more time and money to spend on their individual
pursuits. More freedom for personal choice of time and money
offer an improved quality of life. At the same time, reduced time
and money also spur economic growth, with businesses
requiring fewer resources to be financially successful.
Smart Cities also offer the members of the community more
venues to participate in their community. By providing
connections, Smart Cities allow people to provide input on the
direction of their community; learn about goods, services, or
volunteer activities; and connect to other people with similar
interests, all on their own time and in manners that encourage
connection.
The primary benefit of Smart Cities, therefore, is to create a more
 Barriers in Development of Smart
Cities
Most smart initiatives involve the use of new and disruptive
technologies that allow things to be done that weren’t possible
before.

As a result, smart technologies require the creation of new

markets with new ways of working and new financial and
governance models.

These markets also need the right conditions to emerge: a new

innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem where stakeholders
interact effectively and where new business models and ways of
working can be created so that new technologies can be
adapted. Without this ecosystem, the smart technologies industry
is unlikely to grow and mature.
Barriers in Development of Smart
Cities
Constrained demand from cities for smart
initiatives.
Recent cuts to budgets are forcing most
cities to concentrate on providing statutory
services rather than ‘thinking outside the
box’ and testing high-risk smart initiatives,
even if these might actually save money
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Cities
Business models for rolling out smart technologies are still
underdeveloped.
Even if money was available for investment, most of the smart
technologies are still in their pre-commercial stage of development
and the risk-sharing mechanisms and business models needed to
take them forward are yet to be tested and developed.
These mechanisms need to be available before smart technologies can
be publicly procured, mainly because they represent a higher-risk
investment for the cash-strapped public sector. The lack of business
models also restricts the availability of private sector financing, since
the uncertain financial returns and long payback periods of many
smart initiatives makes capital markets and traditional commercial
financing rather inaccessible.
Barriers in Development of Smart
Cities
Cities lack technology-related skills and
capacity.
Cities need to understand which technologies are
available and how they might benefit their places
in order to be effective co-designers,
commissioners and clients of smart city
projects. This requires specific ICT and
technology-related skills and expertise which are
often scarce within cities
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Cities
Cities find it difficult to work across departments and
boundaries.
Many of the smart cities initiatives include integrating
different policies and information systems such as linking
cycling with carbon reduction or integrating data relating to
unemployed individuals from different departments onto a
single platform. This requires breaking down silos and joint
working between departments and across boundaries.
At present, budgets and strategies are seldom coordinated
across departments and data is rarely shared.
For example, funding for roads, rail, and sustainable
transport is set separately
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Cities
Concerns about data privacy, security and value.

Data needed for initiatives such as open data platforms and the
integration of health services is not always accessible. This is
mainly due to privacy and security issues or other difficulties
such as the lack of technical knowledge to generate or
manipulate data. For example, the launch of care. data, a
database which integrates data gathered from GPs with hospital
medical files was postponed due to concerns over data privacy and
possible breaches.
Moreover, the techniques to analyze data, communicate it and use
it are yet to be fully developed and its monetary value is yet to be
understood.
As a result, councils, businesses and other involved parties do not
fully understand the value and benefits that data can generate,