Smart Cities make life easier for city management teams. Things that used to require an on-field inspection can now be done remotely from a comfortable office desk. Numerous tasks are being done automatically without requiring an IT specialist’s attention and time. All this contributes to better time and city infrastructure management.
Smart City development costs will triple in the next 5 years(as ofa 2015 report), up to 1.135 trillion dollars in 2019, compared to the previously mentioned 311 billion dollars in 2014. Such a rapid pace of development puts a lot of pressure on the software tools used to manage and monitor these cities. Software developers must push their limits to bring the best, most intuitive, capable, and reliable software as a result.
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Nobody knows what tomorrow’s smart cities will look like. However, some things are clear:
- Connected devices will change the economics of collecting and acting upon data.
- The data contains enormous potential.
- Smart cities will improve quality of life while reducing costs.
Still, given this perspective, we must ask, if all this is so evident, why isn’t smart city adoption happening quicker? What is holding the floodgates back?
Market forecasts paint a rosy picture of smart city investment, but many municipalities are slashing budgets, laying off workers and cutting services as the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continues. To adapt to the budget shortfalls resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, smart city efforts must be more strategic, said Ruthbea Yesner, vice president of Government Insights and Smart Cities at IDC Government Insights.
“We have to be really strategic with our plan and our investing because we just aren’t going to have any wiggle room in terms of money,” Yesner said. “Then the question becomes what are the foundational tools that you need to start to think about for resiliency -- and let’s take away contingency planning, disaster recovery, backup plans, redundant data centers, having a readiness response, a risk management response. I think that’s all what everyone thinks of when they think of business continuity. You have plans to continue operations if there’s an emergency. What does that mean in light of COVID?”
Smart cities and networked neighbourhoods are starting to move out of the realm of science fiction and into the real world as technology continues improving.
Innovations are changing the way we look at everything, from traffic and transportation to infrastructure. Innovation districts are becoming more common as well. What are innovation districts, and will they prove to be the foundation for smart city development and advanced technology?
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COVID-19 has disrupted the way we go on about our daily lives. With vaccines on the way, there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel yet the toll on our public health and economy have been major. In 2021, leaders and citizens alike will reflect on lessons learned throughout the pandemic to see what can be done in the future to slow the spread of disease.
IoT has proven to be a unique defense against the viral spread, with smart cities helping to track data and keep citizens informed. Keep reading to learn about smart cities’ defense against pandemics, such as contactless payment, disease tracking, and more.