The City of Greater Geelong’s smart city strategic framework is based on seven principles that have been shaped by the community engagement process.
The City of Greater Geelong Council in Victoria, Australia, has adopted a smart city strategic framework to harness emerging technology in a bid to improve liveability for citizens.
Read more: Australian city commits to four-year smart city action plan
One of three Australian finalists in Smart Cities Awards.
As aspirant towns and cities explore what it takes to be a ‘smart city’, a tech-heavy new ACT suburb has secured a spot as an APAC awards finalist after documenting its smart-city best practices in a repeatable blueprint it will offer to any local government.
Authored by the developers of the PEET/Mirvac-backed Googong development – which will eventually have 18,000 residents in 6500 homes just 16km from Parliament House – the open-source Smart Suburb Blueprint was developed over 18 months at a cost of $2.4m, including a $1.1m federal grant.
Read more: Australian Capital Territory town writes smart city blueprint
RMIT University and the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee have brought international and industry experts together to discuss the building blocks of smart and sustainable cities.
The inaugural event brought together thought leaders from Australia, Singapore, Japan and Vietnam, who shared observations, inputs and successful case studies on urban futures that could be applied to Vietnamese cities.
Read more: AU: RMIT University to help shape smart cities in Vietnam
The potential impact of smart city initiatives is colossal. PwC pegged it as a $2.5 trillion opportunity by 2025. But getting projects greenlit for long term deployment can be quite difficult, especially with budget shortfalls. A successful deployment of a smart city project near Sydney, Australia, can be instructive for how local governments can get the ball rolling.
Parramatta is a major commercial suburb of Sydney, and the second-oldest city in the country. Following the Great Recession, a large pharmaceutical company moved out of town, leading developers to propose building a large housing complex on the former campus. When neighbors raised concerns about the impact of construction noise and dust in the heart of the city, planners required the developers to deploy a series of sensors to monitor air quality and noise levels.
Read more: AU: New South Wales: Parramatta: Getting a Foot in the Door for Smart City Projects
Wyndham council has introduced a Smart Parking app to help drivers in the Werribee city centre find a car park.
The app, which is available for download on Apple and Android smartphones, gives drivers information such as the best available areas to park and the number of available parking spaces in each area.