scholarly journals Fuel Consumption Monitoring through COPERT Model—A Case Study for Urban Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11614
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Muhammad Daud Kamal ◽  
Ali Tahir ◽  
Salman Atif
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Smart City ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Urban Pollution ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
One Year ◽  
Performance Gains

Trackers installed in vehicles gives insights into many useful information and predict future mobility patterns and other aspects related to vehicles movement which can be used for smart and sustainable cities planning. A novel approach is used with the COPERT model to estimate fuel consumption on a huge dataset collected over a period of one year. Since the data size is enormous, Apache Spark, a big data analytical framework is used for performance gains while estimating vehicle fuel consumption with the lowest latency possible. The research presents peak and off-peak hours fuel consumption’s in three major cities, i.e., Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The results can assist smart city professionals to plan alternative trip routes, avoid traffic congestion in order to save fuel and time, and protect against urban pollution for effective smart city planning. The research will be a step towards Industry 5.0 by combining sustainable disruptive technologies.

scholarly journals Make the Cities Work: Some Stories of Smart City Initiatives Around the Globe

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukmo Pinuji ◽  
Wahyuni Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Smart City ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Institutional Arrangement ◽  
Main Concept ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
The World ◽  
Taking Charge ◽  
The City

The concept of Smart City (SC) has been popular recently, and has been adopted by many cities in the world with various implementation and development. As the world most population now concentrates on urban area, a sustainable city planning and management become important. As the population keeps growing,pressure and tension on a city arise: space for living, waste management, traffic congestion, sufficient clean water resources, and other issues. Beginning in around 2009, the concept of SC was designed to solve problems related to city growth in a sustainable manner. By using technology, Internet of Things (IoT), and community participation, SC aims to make the city a livable place for its inhabitants, putting people as the center of interest and in quality of life in sustainable manners as ultimate goal. This paper aimed to deliver a study on the trend of SC adopted by two cities: Amsterdam and Jakarta. The study was conducted through literature review. The data were analyzed to compare the concept of SC in each city from different parameters, focusing on the developmentprocess, technological adoption, political and institutional arrangement and implementation. The results show that each city has specif ic strategy to implement SC, based on their economic, social, environment and demographic characteristics. It is also important to underline that the main concept of SC is to attract related stakeholders in taking charge of their roles for the success of SC. Furthermore, both cities has a sharing vision in putting environment as the main framework of the development of SC.

Toward Smart City Development in Central Asia: A Comparative Assessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-82
Author(s):  
Farrukh Irnazarov ◽  
Marina Kayumova
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Smart City ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Efficient Solutions ◽  
City Development

Increasing urbanization triggered by population growth creates additional challenges in city planning, prompting governments and municipalities to search for innovative approaches. Smart city initiatives have proven efficient solutions for emerging urban challenges in many developed countries. Smart cities aim to improve living conditions, make more efficient use of physical infrastructure, and promote environmental sustainability. Cities in Central Asia face many urban challenges, including deteriorating and aging infrastructure, traffic congestion, inadequate waste management systems, and pollution. Sustainable urban management strategies are needed to address these challenges as well as to improve citizens’ quality of life and welfare in the longer term. This article assesses the potential for introduction of smart city projects in six major cities of Central Asia (Almaty, Astana, Ashgabat, Bishkek, Dushanbe, and Tashkent), and suggests an integrative framework for subsequent analysis of smart city development in this region.

scholarly journals SMART DATA FOR SMART CITY MORPHOLOGY: THE CASE OF MERIDIA NEIGHBORHOOD IN NICE, FRANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol VI-4/W2-2020 ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
M. Caglioni ◽  
G. Fusco ◽  
A. Venerandi
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
City Planning ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
City Development ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Functional Zoning ◽  
Multiple Challenges

Abstract. Nowadays, cities have to withstand multiple challenges such as climate change, increasing urban population, economic cycles, health crises, traffic congestion, rising levels of energy consumption and citizens' expectations. Recently, the smart city has been proposed as a model to face such challenges. Underneath its digital skin, which provides ubiquitous high-tech solutions, the smart city is often presented in continuity with the traditional city, while getting inspired by the modernist or international paradigm (free standing towers, high density development and functional zoning). Is this actually the case? To understand the features of urban form of new smart developments and how these relate to existing approaches in city planning, we propose a quantitative methodology to compare features of multiple city areas, which is based on the computation of a set of 3D morphometrics of the urban environment, and descriptive statistics for each metric. We applied this methodology to compare Nice Meridia, a French example of smart city development, with a traditional neighbourhood, located in the same city. Outcomes show that the smart city neighbourhood shares some morphological aspects with the traditional city, but differs significantly in other respects, showing the interest of quantitative 3D metrics.

scholarly journals Portraying Citizens’ Occupations and Assessing Urban Occupation Mixture with Mobile Phone Data: A Novel Spatiotemporal Analytical Framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 392
Author(s):  
Xiaoming Zhang ◽  
Feng Gao ◽  
Shunyi Liao ◽  
Fan Zhou ◽  
Guanfang Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Spatial Behavior ◽  
Mobile Phone Data ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Spatial Mobility

Mobile phone data is a typical type of big data with great potential to explore human mobility and individual portrait identification. Previous studies in population classifications with mobile phone data only focused on spatiotemporal mobility patterns and their clusters. In this study, a novel spatiotemporal analytical framework with an integration of spatial mobility patterns and non-spatial behavior, through smart phone APP (applications) usage preference, was proposed to portray citizens’ occupations in Guangzhou center through mobile phone data. An occupation mixture index (OMI) was proposed to assess the spatial patterns of occupation diversity. The results showed that (1) six types of typical urban occupations were identified: financial practitioners, wholesalers and sole traders, IT (information technology) practitioners, express staff, teachers, and medical staff. (2) Tianhe and Yuexiu district accounted for most employed population. Wholesalers and sole traders were found to be highly dependent on location with the most obvious industrial cluster. (3) Two centers of high OMI were identified: Zhujiang New Town CBD and Tianhe Smart City (High-Tech Development Zone). It was noted that CBD has a more profound effect on local as well as nearby OMI, while the scope of influence Tianhe Smart City has on OMI is limited and isolated. This study firstly integrated both spatial mobility and non-spatial behavior into individual portrait identification with mobile phone data, which provides new perspectives and methods for the management and development of smart city in the era of big data.

scholarly journals Enabling Technologies for Urban Smart Mobility: Recent Trends, Opportunities and Challenges

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2143
Author(s):  
Sara Paiva ◽  
Mohd Abdul Ahad ◽  
Gautami Tripathi ◽  
Noushaba Feroz ◽  
Gabriella Casalino
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Enabling Technologies ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Smart Mobility

The increasing population across the globe makes it essential to link smart and sustainable city planning with the logistics of transporting people and goods, which will significantly contribute to how societies will face mobility in the coming years. The concept of smart mobility emerged with the popularity of smart cities and is aligned with the sustainable development goals defined by the United Nations. A reduction in traffic congestion and new route optimizations with reduced ecological footprint are some of the essential factors of smart mobility; however, other aspects must also be taken into account, such as the promotion of active mobility and inclusive mobility, encouraging the use of other types of environmentally friendly fuels and engagement with citizens. The Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain and Big Data technology will serve as the main entry points and fundamental pillars to promote the rise of new innovative solutions that will change the current paradigm for cities and their citizens. Mobility-as-a-service, traffic flow optimization, the optimization of logistics and autonomous vehicles are some of the services and applications that will encompass several changes in the coming years with the transition of existing cities into smart cities. This paper provides an extensive review of the current trends and solutions presented in the scope of smart mobility and enabling technologies that support it. An overview of how smart mobility fits into smart cities is provided by characterizing its main attributes and the key benefits of using smart mobility in a smart city ecosystem. Further, this paper highlights other various opportunities and challenges related to smart mobility. Lastly, the major services and applications that are expected to arise in the coming years within smart mobility are explored with the prospective future trends and scope.

Bike your City: Planning and Designing Cycling Infrastructure in the Urban Environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jack J. Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Design Case Study ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
Graphical Design ◽  
The City

<p>Cycling is a memory of the past for most of us, the lack of support from the authorities on the cycling infrastructure made it difficult to attract people to cycle in the city. Urban sprawl, traffic congestion, car dependency, environmental pollution and public health concerns have pressured cities around the world to consider reintegrating cycling into the urban environment.  Design as a research method was utilised to investigate the effectiveness of design methodology and workflow for cycling infrastructure from an architecture and design perspective. Using Wellington City as a design case study, this research aimed to improve the legibility, usability and the image of cycling as a mode of transport in the city. To achieve this, a customisable graphical design framework and branding strategies were developed to structure and organise the design components within cycling infrastructure. The findings from the iterative design processes were visualised through the appropriate architectural and presentation conventions.  This research provided an unique architectural perspectives on the issues of cycling infrastructure; the results would support the transportation advisers and urban planners to further the development and integration of cycling, as a viable mode of transport, within the city.</p>

Re-thinking “Smart City” – transferring urban climate research into city planning processes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Fallmann ◽  
Hans Schipper ◽  
Stefan Emeis ◽  
Marc Barra ◽  
Holger Tost
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Air Pollution Control ◽  
Urban Greening ◽  
Holistic Understanding

&lt;p&gt;With more and more people residing in cities globally, urban areas are particularly vulnerable to climate change. It is therefore important, that the principles of climate-resilient city planning are reflected in the planning phase already. A discussion of adaptation measures requires a holistic understanding of the complex urban environment, and necessarily has to involve cross-scale interactions, both spatially and temporally. This work examines the term &amp;#8220;Smart City&amp;#8221; with regard to its suitability for the definition of sustainable urban planning based on urban climate studies over the past decade and own modelling work. Existing literature is assessed from a meteorological perspective in order to answer the question how results from these studies can be linked to architectural design of future urban areas. It has been long understood that measures such as urban greening, or so-called &quot;Nature Based Solutions&quot;, are able to dampen excess heat and help reducing energetic costs. As numerous studies show however, integrating vegetation in the urban landscape shares a double role in regional adaptation to climate change due to both cooling effect and air pollution control. Using the state-of-the-art chemical transport model MECO(n) coupled to the urban canopy parametrisation TERRA_URB, we simulated a case study for the Rhine-Main metropolitan region in Germany, highlighting mutual unwanted relationships in modern city planning. Hence, we oppose the so-called compact city approach to an urban greening scenario with regard to the potential for both heat island mitigation and air quality.&lt;/p&gt;

Human-Oriented Smart City Planning and Management Based on Time-Space Behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-83
Author(s):  
Mingliang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Smart City ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Construction Planning ◽  
Public Interests ◽  
Safeguard Measures ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
Time Space ◽  
Democratic Rights ◽  
City Construction

To improve the quality of life, human-oriented smart city planning and management based on time-space behavior was studied. First, the basic theory of time-space behavior and smart city was introduced. The relationship between public participation and smart city construction planning was analyzed, and the positive and negative significance of public participation in smart city construction planning was expounded. Then, the mechanism for public participation in smart city construction planning was proposed. Finally, public participation in smart city construction planning was analyzed from the perspectives of power balance, interest coordination and safeguard measures. The results showed that public participation in smart city construction planning was an important manifestation of the realization of public democratic rights. The scientific nature and feasibility of smart city construction planning was enhanced. The smooth implementation of smart city construction planning was an important foundation for promoting smart city construction. Therefore, public participation is an important way to safeguard social public interests and build a harmonious society.

Analysis of Different Mobile IoT Models in Smart City Planning: A Technical Investigation of Software & Hardware Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Ashraful Kabir ◽  
Md Shahrukh Adnan Khan ◽  
Kazi Mahtab Kadir ◽  
Chang Yoong Choon ◽  
Fiza Jefreen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Hardware Architecture
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