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WHAT IS OUR VIEW OF SMART CITIES ?

The next generation of urban evolution is here. Moving beyond just connected infrastructure and smarter things, the smart cities of tomorrow engage governments, citizens, visitors, and businesses in an intelligent, connected ecosystem. The goal: better city services and a higher quality of life. This evolution, Smart City 2.0, enhances citizens’ experience and city decision-making using the 3Ds—data, digital, and (user) design. Although the focus of cities remains the same—creating livable environments where people and businesses can thrive—the ways to achieve that goal are evolving. Increasingly, cities are putting data in the hands of end users to drive better decision-making. They tap into the collective intelligence of their constituents to create solutions around some of the toughest urban problems. They adopt a platform approach that enables constituents to use technology to reimagine core city operations. These shifts democratize the development of cities and upend the traditional roles of governments, businesses, and residents. With governments evolving into solution enablers, businesses becoming more participative, and a growing cadre of citizen co-creators, tomorrow’s smart cities will be more connected, networked, and collaborative.

SMART SUSTAINABILITY

SMART TECH’S EFFECT ON SUSTAINABILITY As sustainable efforts increase across the globe, smart cities are perfectly primed to spearhead a change to greener practices and processes. From smart solar panels to kinetic energy generating technology, smart tech offers new ways of harvesting energy to fuel city life. The UN reports that by 2050 at least 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, meaning the rate at which our smart cities develop will have an incredibly powerful effect on our ability to achieve climate change lighting has already been proven to have a huge effect on energy saving potential, in cities such as Copenhagen. The smart city reported that they had achieved energy savings of up to 65% by switching to smart lighting being able to track energy consumptions accurately and our emission levels, smart tech allows us to react to this data and develop smarter initiatives and processes. Information is power.

SMART TECH & DATA

SMART TECH & DATA The most basic definition of smart technology is tech that uses AI, machine learning or data analysis to provide cognitive awareness to what were previously considered inanimate objects. But the implementation of all this technology is useless unless it serves one common purpose – to improve the happiness and wellbeing of the communities that live within smart cities. From smart speakers which learn and adapt to our daily routines, to traffic lights that adapt to pedestrian and vehicular traffic – Smart tech has an unlimited amount of potential and purposes. But one thing is present in all smart tech: data collection .smart cities are designed, at their core, to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities that inhabit them. For this reason, data is one of the most valuable things a smart city can possess.

CONNECTION COMMUNITIES

SMART TECH CONNECTING COMMUNITIES Whilst smart tech offers an unlimited number of physical improvements to city life, there are also countless social benefits: such as an increased feeling of ‘connectedness’.Smart apps can now connect to public transport facilities, reporting on local traffic in real-time and even displaying how busy your favourite café is. There are countless ways in which citizens can use IoT gathered data to access more information than has ever been possible beforehand.A connected community and city offers unparalleled benefits to daily life and communication. Air quality stations, Wi-Fi enabled streetlights and traffic lights which change remotely based on footfall are all small ways in which city inhabitants are able to become more connected to their surroundings and fellow citizens.

BECOME A LEADER

BECOME A LEADER IN SUSTAINABILITY IT ALL BEGINS WITH A CHANGE IN EVERYDAY BEHAVIOURS

Only through the combined efforts of business leaders, city officials and communities can a Smart City achieve its fullest potential. A joint effort on the ground can help to co-create positive change for the wider world it all begins with a change in behaviors, from government to the general public. By inspiring and engaging audiences, leaders can establish themselves at the forefront of the sustainability

CONVERSATION

this checklist we cover:

Smarter Energy Policies Zero-Emission Transportations Promoting Wellbeing Through Walking Incentives Sustainable Behavior Encourage Behavioral Change

Enabling smarter decision- making

Cities are responding by finding ways to prompt better decision-making, not only by government but by business and residents, tapping into the collective intelligence of the city.

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