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2018
Accelerating urbanization of the population and the emergence of new smart sensors (the Internet of Things) are combining in the phenomenon of the smart city. This movement is leading to improved quality of life and public safety, helping cities to enjoy economies that help remedy some budget overruns, better health care, and is resulting in increased productivity. The following report summarizes evolving digital technology trends, including smart phone applications, mapping software, big data and sensor miniaturization and broadband networking, that combine to create a technology toolkit available to smart city developers, managers and citizens. As noted above, the benefits of the smart city are already evident in some key areas as the technology sees actual implementation, 30 years after the creation of the broadband cable modem. The challenges of urbanization require urgent action and intelligent strategies. The applications and tools that truly benefit the people who live in cities will depend not on just the tools, but their intelligent application given current systemic obstacles, some of which are highlighted in the article. Of course, all the emerging technologies mentioned are dependent on ubiquitous, economical, reliable, safe and secure networks (wired and wireless) and network service providers.
Smart Cities: Challenges and Beyond
2015
A smart city is an interconnection of objects in which each object plays a role of a source node. The data and information is collected from the source node for further computation and communication. A city can only be called a smart city if certain attributes are available such as clean water, good transport, energy efficiency, well-structured infrastructure, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile health (m-health), and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). In this paper, we provide a comprehensive overview of the things that form a smart city. We focus on applications and technologies and identify different challenges in a smart city. Furthermore, the critical evaluation of different standards, architectures and frameworks form part of the paper.
2012
Cities are complex, networked and continuously changing social ecosystems, shaped and transformed through the interaction of different interests and ambitions. Employment, sustainable development, inclusion, security and quality of life are important concerns and in this respect many cities are confronted with a wide range of challenges. Cities, particularly in rural areas, are also facing the implications of ageing population in combination with economic decline . However cities also represent a promise for the future: a vision of freedom, creativity, opportunity and prosperity . More than half of the global population is now urban and projections estimate that this percentage will even grow towards 70 % in 2050 . At the same time, technology is currently promoting unprecedented changes in urban areas, which are often labelled as smart city developments. Internet-based infrastructures of cities, addressing the above mentioned concerns, comprise a diversity of services in areas such as healthcare, energy, education, environmental management, transportation and mobility, and public safety. These services are increasingly enabled by broadband infrastructures, wireless sensor networks, Internet-based networked applications, open data and open platforms. Over the past decade digital technologies have begun to blanket our cities, working together to form the backbone of a large, intelligent infrastructure. Broadband fibre-optic and wireless telecommunications grids are supporting mobile phones, smart phones and tablets that are increasingly affordable. At the same time, open databases -especially about government -that people can read and add to are revealing all sorts of information, and public kiosks and displays in buildings are allowing literate and illiterate people to access information. Add to this foundation a relentlessly growing network of sensors and digital control technologies such as smart meters, all tied together by cheap, powerful computers and our cities are quickly becoming like computers in open air.
The Sixth International Conference on Smart City Applications: Preface
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021
Abstract. This Conference Proceedings volume contains the written versions of the contributions presented during the 6th International Conference on Smart City Applications.The event had been planned to organized in Safranbolu Campus of Karabuk University, Turkey. Then, it has been converted to the online conference because of the Covid-19 situation. It took place with the motto of “Virtual Safranbolu” by inspiring historical UNESCO Heritage city Safranbolu, on October 27–29, 2021. The conference provided a setting for discussing recent developments in a wide variety of topics including Geo-Smart Information Systems, Smart Cities, 3D City Modeling and Visualization, Smart Building and Home Automation, Smart Environment and Smart Agriculture, Location Based Services, GeoInformation for Mobile, Wearable Technologies and Wireless Sensor Networks, Building Information Modeling, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Big Data and Urban Data Analytics, Smart Healthcare, Smart Economy and Digital ...
SMART CITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
International Journal On Engineering Technology and Sciences – IJETS, 2024
The idea of "smart cities" has become increasingly popular as urbanization rates continue to rise worldwide. Smart cities improve the efficiency, sustainability, and livability of urban areas by utilizing cutting-edge technologies and data-driven strategies. In addition to outlining important technology advancements including the Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and sustainable energy solutions, this short examines the essential elements and advantages of smart cities.It also looks at the difficulties and factors to be taken into account when putting smart city plans into practice, such as privacy, security, and digital divide concerns. The brief also includes real-world instances of prosperous smart city initiatives from across the globe, illustrating their influence on enhancing public services, transit networks, energy conservation, and urban dwellers' general quality of life.This brief offers a thorough summary of the revolutionary potential of smart cities in reshaping urban environments going forward.
Smart Cities and New Technology Trends State of the art and perspectives
— Smart cities are becoming the trend in strategic and technological planning in the modern world to qualify a city as a smart city, we should overcome several challenges in other words, it " s an equation of heterogeneous settings and parameters for a concrete outcome which is improving the quality of life for citizens in mobility and access to services in their entourage. The components of the "smart city" equation are multiple and are essentially urban and environmental coupled with technological and social governance, our goal is to draw up an action plan highlighting the state of the art of the technological and social components in terms of: Technology: big data, Internet of Things. User Motivation: gamification. This article discusses the architectural part of the smart city from a perspective based on the foundation of good technological practices and technical users loyalty in their interaction with the city. This work is a first step for a future study on the mobility of citizens and mechanisms that motivate their movements.
Building The Future: Smart Cities and Their Development
2023
As urbanization accelerates and technological advancements reshape our world, the concept of a smart city has emerged as a promising solution to address the growing complexities and challenges faced by urban centres. A smart city leverages cutting-edge technologies and data-driven approaches to enhance the quality of life for its residents, promote sustainability, and optimize resource allocation. This paper provides an overview of the key aspects involved in developing a smart city, including the underlying technologies, critical infrastructure, and the potential benefits and considerations. The development of a smart city revolves around the integration of various technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, and cloud computing. These technologies enable the collection and analysis of vast amounts of data from sensors, devices, and systems distributed throughout the city, providing valuable insights for efficient decision-making and resource management. Additionally, advanced communication networks play a crucial role in connecting different components of the city's infrastructure, facilitating seamless data transfer and real-time monitoring. Critical infrastructure forms the backbone of a smart city, encompassing areas such as energy management, transportation, waste management, healthcare, public safety, and governance. Through intelligent monitoring and control systems, a smart city can optimize energy consumption, reduce traffic congestion, manage waste efficiently, provide responsive healthcare services, enhance public safety measures, and foster citizen engagement in governance processes. Furthermore, the incorporation of renewable energy sources, sustainable building designs, and eco-friendly initiatives promotes environmental sustainability, making the city greener and more resilient.
Smart Cities at the Forefront of the Future Internet
The Future Internet, 2011
Smart cities have been recently pointed out by M2M experts as an emerging market with enormous potential, which is expected to drive the digital economy forward in the coming years. However, most of the current city and urban developments are based on vertical ICT solutions leading to an unsustainable sea of systems and market islands. In this work we discuss how the recent vision of the Future Internet (FI), and its particular components, Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Services (IoS), can become building blocks to progress towards a unified urban-scale ICT platform transforming a Smart City into an open innovation platform. Moreover, we present some results of generic implementations based on the ITU-T's Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) model. The referenced platform model fulfills basic principles of open, federated and trusted platforms (FOTs) at two different levels: the infrastructure level (IoT to support the complexity of heterogeneous sensors deployed in urban spaces), and at the service level (IoS as a suit of open and standardized enablers to facilitate the composition of interoperable smart city services). We also discuss the need of infrastructures at the European level for a realistic large-scale experimentally-driven research, and present main principles of the unique-in-the-world experimental test facility under development within the SmartSantander EU project.
Emerging Technologies and Applications for Smart Cities
2021
The large deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) is empowering Smart City tasks and activities everywhere throughout the world. Items utilized in day-by-day life are outfitted with IoT devices and sensors to make them interconnected and connected with the internet. Internet of Things (IoT) is a vital piece of a smart city that tremendously impact on all the city sectors, for example, governance, healthcare, mobility, pollution, and transportation. This all connected IoT devices will make the cities smart. As different smart city activities and undertakings have been propelled in recent times, we have seen the benefits as well as the risks. This paper depicts the primary challenges and weaknesses of applying IoT innovations dependent on smart city standards. Moreover, this paper points the outline of the technologies and applications of the smart cities.