One way to enable evidence-based decision-making by cities is to integrate physical and digital urban infrastructure, and identify usage patterns and emerging trends. However, as cities become increasingly digitised, as more technologies are integrated and more data is gathered, the way this process is managed becomes of increasing importance.
The use of urban data requires coordinated thinking. Over the past five years, a consortium of city authorities, businesses and academic partners have tested a range of smart technologies in cities across Europe, integrating a range of e-mobility solutions, deep energy building retrofits, smart street lighting and sustainable energy management systems, underpinned by urban data platforms. This work, part of the Sharing Cities programme, was shaped by engaging communities along the way, informing them about what was happening in each city, allowing them to share their challenges with city managers and service designers. As a result, the solutions were tailored and of greater value.
Smart cities that run on data aren’t just more efficient to run. They’re also more enjoyable to live in.
Since the 1990s, the term “big data” has echoed through industry like the sound of dripping water in a cave. What began as a trickle eventually became a torrent. Now, its true potential is finally becoming clear. And nowhere more so than in cities.
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We live in an age where nearly everything we use is “smart.” Our devices have long had the capability to bring the data of the world to our fingertips. Still, now the smart capabilities have extended to once-mundane parts of our lifestyles like household appliances and modes of transportation. As such, it is not only our personal lifestyles that are becoming “smart,” but they are extending to affect our cities and our nations, developing into “smart cities.”
A smart city takes the idea of smart technology and expands it on a tremendous scale. The city will use technology and connectivity to provide services and solutions to address societal needs: improve social and economic welfare, reduce environmental pollution and waste, improve safety and security policies, and open these services and solutions to be inclusive to all.
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Smart cities are no more a thing of the future. They’re here.
How will smart cities provide new ways of living and working? Ever thought about that?
Smart Cities, also called Smart and Connected Communities, are being permitted thanks to the development occurring in the Internet of Things (IoT). There is a rapid growth of devices in our personal and business lives which are digital, linked, and worthy of data sharing.
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As normal is being redefined, it’s becoming increasingly clear using technology to keep people safe and agencies financially viable will be critical to the future of mass transit.
With the worldwide pandemic still raging, much of what we used to take for granted continues to be different. Less than a year ago, we didn’t think twice about hopping on a crowded bus or descending below ground to catch a subway train. Urbanization remained the trend, with newly minted college graduates and empty nesters moving downtown to take advantage of all the city had to offer, including great restaurants, sporting events, entertainment and of course, its energy.
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