The world’s two greatest populations, China and India, will be the major contributors of an additional 2.9 billion people by 2050, according to The United Nations. With existing cosmopolitan cities getting increasingly populated, it is simply not feasible to just keep packing in the people without implementing some major changes.
Ovum, an analyst and consulting company, recently published a report titled ‘Is your city smart enough?’, and recommended that information technology be embedded as a crucial part of designing, building and operating cities more efficiently. Ovum also predicts that hundred of new cities will be built and expanded to accommodate this influx of population. The report suggested two strategies on how technology can improve city living – first with a Digital-City strategy, and next with Digital-Society initiatives.
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The United Nations is predicting that the world's cities will need to house an additional 2.9 billion people by the middle of what is being called "the urban century." Hundreds of cities will be built and expanded to accommodate migration and growth - particularly in China and India. "This is leading to a rise in competition between cities to attract and retain the investment and people needed for urban development and revitalization" said Dr Steve Hodgkinson, Research Director. The report, titled "Is your city smart enough?", identifies two broad streams of digital enablers in cities.
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From transport to entertainment, work to education, our lives are already being transformed by high-speed internet that will help create the fully wired city. Within 10 years, faster, comprehensive, wired and wireless networks will not only become the norm, they will become free, says Gerd Leonhard, chief executive of the business thinktank The Futures Agency. The reason? The enormous benefits to government and education.
The Intelligent Community Forum (www.intelligentcommunity.org) announced today its highly anticipated list of the Smart21 Communities of 2011. The announcement was made by ICF Co-founder Louis Zacharilla at an event hosted by Suwon, South Korea, ICF’s 2010 Intelligent Community of the Year.
A complete list of the Smart21 of 2011 with brief profiles of each community may be found on the Smart21 page under Awards.
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