ICT: The enabler for SMART CITYBy Dhaval V Shah, IETE – Vadodara Center

Date: 20/09/2014

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What is a smart city?

Do we need smart city?

Urbanization in IndiaIndia is moving from being primarily agrarian economies to industrial and service sectors.Urban areas provide the agglomerations that the industrial and service sectors need.Urbanization accompanies economic developmentIn India the urban population is currently around 31% of the total population, it contributes over 60% of India’s GDP.It is projected that urban India will contribute nearly 75% of the national GDP in the next 15 years.This is why Cities are referred to as the “engines of economic growth”

UrbanizationEvery minute during the next 20 years, 30 Indians will leave rural India for urban areasAs population centers grow, they are placing greater demands on the city infrastructures that deliver vital services such as transportation, healthcare, education and public safety.Adding to the strain are ever-changing public demands for better education, greener programs, accessible government, affordable housing and more options for senior citizens.

Urbanization – Rising Demand for Skills

Urbanization – Global Migration of Educated Peoples

Urbanization – Water

Urbanization – CO2 Emissions

Urbanization

Urbanization "If the nineteenth century was the century of empires and the twentieth century the century of nation states, then the twenty-first century will be the century of cities" 

Wellington E. Webb Former US Conference of Mayors' President and Denver Mayor 

Smart City A city can be defined as ‘smart’ when investments in human and social capital and traditional (transport) and modern (ICT) communication infrastructure fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life, with a wise management of natural resources, through participatory action and engagement.

-Caragliu et al. 2009

Smart City “one that makes optimal use of all the interconnected information available today to better understand and control its operations and optimize the use of limited resources”

“Cities who adopt scalable solutions that take advantage of information and communications technology (ICT) to increase efficiencies, reduce costs and enhance the quality of life”

“A Smart City delivers public and civic services to citizen and businesses in an integrated and resource efficient may while enabling innovative collaborations to improve quality of life and grow the local and national economy”

Smart City

Smart City

Smart City – ICT the enabler for smart city

ICT enabler for Smart City Services Elements• Public service management• Local government

administration

Solution:• Instrumentation - Creation of

local authority management information system

• Interconnection - Interconnected service delivery

• Intelligence - Immediate and joint-up service provision

• By use of E-government application

ICT enabler for Smart Citizen services Elements • Health and education• Public safety• Government services

Solution:• Instrumentation - Patient

diagnostic and screening devices

• Interconnection - Interconnect records for doctors, hospitals and other health providers

• Intelligence - Patient-driven pre-emptive care

ICT enabler for Smart Citizen services

ICT enabler for Smart Business Elements • Business environment • Administrative burdens

Solution:• Instrumentation - Data

gathering about use of online business services

• Interconnection - Interconnect stakeholders across city’s business system

• Intelligence - Customized service delivery for businesses

ICT enabler for Smart Transport Elements • Cars, roads • Public transport• Airports, seaports

Solution:• Instrumentation - Measuring

traffic flows and toll use• Interconnection - Integrated

traffic, weather and traveler information services

• Intelligence - Road pricing• By use of Smart Traffic

Technologies

ICT enabler for Smart Transport

ICT enabler for Smart Communication Elements • Broadband, wireless• Phones, computers

Solution:• Instrumentation - Data

gathering via mobile phones• Interconnection - Interconnect

mobile phones, fixed line, broadband

• Intelligence - Information for consumers on city services, on their own time

• By High speed Broadband and Wi-Fi

ICT enabler for Smart Communication

ICT enabler for Smart Water management Elements • Sanitation• Freshwater supplies• Seawater

Solution:• Instrumentation - Gather

data for water quality monitoring

• Interconnection - Interconnect businesses, ports, energy users of water

• Intelligence - Quality, flood and drought response

ICT enabler for Smart Water management

ICT enabler for Smart Energy management Elements • Oil, gas• Renewable• Nuclear

Solution:• Instrumentation - Fit sensors

to gather data on usage across the energy system

• Interconnection - Interconnect appliances and devices between energy consumers and providers

• Intelligence - Optimize the use of the system and balance use across time

• By use of Smart Grid

ICT enabler for Smart Energy management

Smart Implementation approach• “Smartness” from the bottom up• E.g. Creating products and services for (end) users this leads to innovation

• “Smartness” from the Top down• E.g. A Policy-Driven IoT

Smart City challenges• Data ownership• Cyber Security• Finance• Making policies for Smart City• The investment by foreign companies is not always stays in the

country and it may move to another place• Sustainability

References•www.ibm.com

•www.Wikipedia.com

•www.amsterdamsmartcity.com

•www.cisco.com

•www.indiansmartcities.in

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