scholarly journals Transforming ‘traditional’ cities into ‘smart’ cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 06013
Author(s):  
Laxmi Nagaraj
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Base Line ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Project Plan

This paper aims to discuss the challenges of transforming ‘Traditional’ cities to ‘Smart Cities’ and the tools that can be used to transform ‘Traditional’ cities to ‘Smart’ cities in the Indian Context. In this context, this paper discusses the expectations and goals of the Smart City India Mission for the 100 Smart cities, the existing scenario of the ‘Traditional’ cities, the current status of the Smart cities in India and concludes that ‘Traditional’ cities can become ‘Smart’ by developing a base line scenario and developing a ‘Road Map’ to become ‘Smart’. The ‘Road Map’ must consist of the following four stages: Assessment, Vision, Project Plan and Metrics.

scholarly journals Resource Scheduling and Strategic Management of Smart Cities under the Background of Digital Economy

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Qing Yin ◽  
Gang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Resource Scheduling ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Information And Communication

Smart city is a brand-new city form, in which information and communication technologies are utilized to sense, analyze, and integrate the key information of city operation core system, so that intelligent responses can be immediately and effectively taken to various demands including people’s livelihood, environmental protection, public safety, city services, and industrial and commercial activities. Digital economy is a mixed economy with the coexistence of multiple business models and diversified value creation models based on the information and communication technologies and in the digital economy, many things are undergoing huge changes, and their corresponding economic rules also need to be adjusted. On the basis of analyzing previous research works, this paper expounded the research status and significance of smart city’s resource scheduling and strategic management, elaborated the development background, current status, and future challenges of digital economy, introduced the methods and principles of city-level spatiotemporal data model and spatial full factor coding, formulated resource scheduling strategies for smart city based on digital economy, explored the dynamic fusion, storage, and update of smart city’s multisource heterogeneous data, conducted the information display and analysis of multilevel smart city, proposed strategic management approaches for smart city based on digital economy, analyzed the integrated implementation model of shared resource scheduling and people-oriented social management, and discussed the economic growth factors and standardization mechanism of smart city under the background of digital economy. The results of this study provide a reference for further research studies on the resource scheduling and strategic management of smart city under the background of digital economy.

The Road to SC Transition for Cities in Developing Nations

2022 ◽  
pp. 214-231
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Smart Technology ◽  
The Road ◽  
Complex Operation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Versus Transformation ◽  
Guiding Principles

Smart city transformation is a complex operation and comes with critical challenges that this chapter addresses in a strategic manner. The chapter clearly distinguishes between different types of cities. An overview of the most significant and crucial four qualities of smart cities is discussed. An essential part of the chapter is the review of the foundations of technology in smart cities with emphasis on indispensable types of technology such as communications, smart technology, and connectivity infrastructure. The second important part of the chapter is the issue of developing guiding principles to smart city transformation. A discussion of strategies of migration versus transformation of smart cities is followed by a review of the phases of smart cities implementation.

scholarly journals A Novel Energy Optimization Approach for Electrical Vehicles in a Smart City

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flah Aymen ◽  
Chokri Mahmoudi
Keyword(s):  
Power Management ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Classification Problem ◽  
Optimal Decision ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
The Road

Electric Vehicles (EVs) have emerged rapidly across the globe as a powerful eco-friendly initiative that if integrated well with an urban environment could be iconic for the city’ host’s commitment to sustainable mobility and be a key ingredient of the smart city concept. This paper examines ways that will help us to develop a better understanding of how EVs can achieve energy use optimization and be connected with a smart city. As a whole, the present study is based on an original idea that would be useful in informing policy-makers, automotive manufacturers and transport operators of how to improve and embrace better EV technologies in the context of smart cities. The proposed approach is based on vehicles and buildings communication for sharing some special information related to the vehicle status and to the road condition. EVs can share their own information related to the energy experience on a specific path. This information can be gathered in a gigantic database and used for managing the power inside these vehicles. In this field, this paper exposes a new approach to power management inside an electric vehicle based on bi-communication between vehicles and buildings. The principle of this method is established on two sections; the first one is related to vehicles’ classification and the second one is attached to the buildings’ recommendation, according to the car position. The classification problem is resolved using the support vector classification method. The recommendation phase is resolved using the artificial intelligence principle and the neural network was employed, for giving the best decision. The optimal decision will be calculated inside the building, according to its position and using the old vehicle’s data, and transferred to the coming vehicle, for optimizing its energy consumption method in the corresponding building zone. Different possibilities and situations were discussed in this approach. The proposed power management methodology was tested and validated using Simulink/Matlab tool. Results related to the battery state of charge and to the consumed energy were compared at the end of this work, for showing the efficiency of this approach.

scholarly journals Developments in the UK road transport from a smart cities perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Subashini Suresh ◽  
Suresh Renukappa ◽  
Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz ◽  
Yogeswary Paloo ◽  
Haddy Jallow
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Uk

PurposeA smart city is a city that functions in a sustainable and intelligent way, by integrating all of its infrastructures and services in a cohesive way using intelligent devices for monitoring and control, to ensure efficiency and better quality of life for its citizens. As other countries globally, the UK is keen on economic development and investment in smart-city missions to create interest in monetary environment and inward investment. This paper aims to explore the driving forces of smart road transport transformation and implementation in the UK.Design/methodology/approachThe study involved interviews with 16 professionals from the UK road transport sector. A semi-structured interview technique was used to collect experts' perception, which was then examined using content analysis.FindingsThe results of the study revealed that the technological advancement is a key driver. The main challenges faced during the implementation of smart-city elements in the UK road network are lack of investment, maintenance, state of readiness and the awareness of the smart road transport concept. The study concludes that an understanding of the concept of smart cities from a road transport perspective is very important to create awareness of the benefits and the way it works. A wider collaboration between every sector is crucial to create a successful smart city.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the field of digitalisation of road transport sector. This paper reveals the key driving forces of smart road transport transformation, the current status of smart road transport implementation in the UK and challenges of the smart road transport development in the UK.

scholarly journals Rethinking GIS Towards The Vision Of Smart Cities Through CityGML

2016 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W1 ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Guney
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Mobile Gis ◽  
The Road ◽  
Location Data ◽  
Growth Opportunity ◽  
On The Road

Smart cities present a substantial growth opportunity in the coming years. The role of GIS in the smart city ecosystem is to integrate different data acquired by sensors in real time and provide better decisions, more efficiency and improved collaboration. Semantically enriched vision of GIS will help evolve smart cities into tomorrow’s much smarter cities since geospatial/location data and applications may be recognized as a key ingredient of smart city vision. However, it is need for the Geospatial Information communities to debate on “Is 3D Web and mobile GIS technology ready for smart cities?” This research places an emphasis on the challenges of virtual 3D city models on the road to smarter cities.

scholarly journals Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Cities in India: Opportunities, Issues, and Challenges

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (22) ◽  
pp. 7714
Author(s):  
Md. Onais Ahmad ◽  
Mohd Abdul Ahad ◽  
M. Afshar Alam ◽  
Farheen Siddiqui ◽  
Gabriella Casalino
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Cyber Physical Systems ◽  
System Component ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Urban Settlements

A large section of the population around the globe is migrating towards urban settlements. Nations are working toward smart city projects to provide a better wellbeing for the inhabitants. Cyber-physical systems are at the core of the smart city setups. They are used in almost every system component within a smart city ecosystem. This paper attempts to discuss the key components and issues involved in transforming conventional cities into smart cities with a special focus on cyber-physical systems in the Indian context. The paper primarily focuses on the infrastructural facilities and technical knowhow to smartly convert classical cities that were built haphazardly due to overpopulation and ill planning into smart cities. It further discusses cyber-physical systems as a core component of smart city setups, highlighting the related security issues. The opportunities for businesses, governments, inhabitants, and other stakeholders in a smart city ecosystem in the Indian context are also discussed. Finally, it highlights the issues and challenges concerning technical, financial, and other social and infrastructural bottlenecks in the way of realizing smart city concepts along with future research directions.

scholarly journals NATIONAL SMART CITIES STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN: THE TURKEY’S SMART CITIES APPROACH

2020 ◽  
Vol XLIV-4/W3-2020 ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
D. Y. Bayar ◽  
H. Guven ◽  
H. Badem ◽  
E. Soylu Sengor
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Population Activity ◽  
National Geographic ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Share Data ◽  
Strategic Perspective

Abstract. Nowadays, cities need sustainable approaches that take care of the future in order to meet the needs that arise with population activity. Accordingly, for making cities more livable, the necessity of ensuring efficient use of urban sources and planning urban infrastructures brings the smart city concept into the forefront. The smart city solutions are frequently applied by many local governments and stakeholders. For this reason, there is a need to support the collaboration of all relevant actors and to provide a common national strategic perspective among smart city stakeholders. In the Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, the objectives of smart cities and national geographic information services are determined as “to make infrastructure works in order to establish smart cities, to improve the spatial management in cities with the help of technology, to share data to improve public services and to be the focus of national geographical information” and studies on these objectives have been completed. Accordingly, the “2020–2023 National Smart Cities Strategy and Action Plan” has been prepared in order to establish a national strategic view on smart cities and draw a road map under the policy ownership of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. By the implementation of this strategy and action plan with the vision of "Livable and Sustainable Cities that Add Value to Life", a new process of transformation and change will be provided to cities that take care of the real needs of citizens, adopting participatory governance by using resources effectively.

Smart Ideas for Smart City Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-96
Author(s):  
Andrew Omambia
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
City Development ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Road Map ◽  
The World

The concept of smart city is a burgeoning strategy that is fast becoming popular as a strategy that will be able to mitigate the problems emanating from the uncontrolled population growth and urbanization. Academicians have turned their attention to the smart city concept, but an in-depth understanding of the concept is still required. There is a dearth of information on the concept and hence the phenomenon is not well understood. This study, therefore, aims to fill the gap in literature regarding smart cities and propose a framework for grasping the concept further. Based on exploratory studies on the concept of smart cities, this chapter focusses on nine key factors that will form the framework for smart cities and the smart cities initiatives. These nine critical factors include the management, organization governance, technology, people, policy, economy, natural environment, built environment, and the implications of big data on smart cities. These factors provide the basis for the development of an integrative framework that can be employed to examine the manner in which governments around the world, including Kenya, are envisioning smart city initiatives. The framework provides the agendas and directions for smart approaches that can be implemented in cities and a road map for the attainment of smart cities.

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