Our cities will develop in the future by building and upgrading infrastructure that makes urban spaces work for everyone. Employing the right technology and tools will help us solve the problems. Also, it will help enable future generations to tackle issues we have not thought of yet.
There are some subjects that combine to make a city smart:
- Mobility
- Healthcare
- Security
- Water
- Energy
- Engagement and Community
- Economic Development and Housing
- Waste
Smart Cities
Smart cities are consisting of various systems designed to make the urban environment more intelligent. Generally, being a smart city requires intelligent IoT solutions that optimize infrastructure and government in the management of services for citizens. Smart cities should be design from smart infrastructure initially. They include smart buildings that are automation and managed with smart technology. Urban spaces should be design with smart and accessible transportation solutions for everyone. Energy consumption and producing will be under control with collected data in smart cities.
Infrastructure
Sensors, networks, and applications collect data on energy usage, traffic volume and patterns, pollution levels, and other topics which are then analyzed and used to correct usage. Accessibility of that data for everyone through open-access systems is important. All information should be allowed citizens and businesses to leverage for their own purposes.
Buildings
Smart Buildings are essential building blocks of Smart Cities. Their intelligence is more than simple automation and focuses on how the technology is used and managed. In these buildings, energy consumption is reduced and costs in the use of resources such as heating or cooling, electricity, water, and other utilities. For all that, controlling the foster safety and security, comfort, well-being, and health of the citizens are also significant. These buildings connect and integrate sensors and systems and usage information in a quite easy way for citizens.
Transportation
Sustainability is an important aspect of smart cities as they try to improve efficiencies in urban areas and improve life standards of citizens. In smart cities, technology could help decrease negative effects of fossil fuels and carbon footprint. For instance, the implementation of an electric transport system to reduce emissions. Sustainable transport options should also cause a reduction in the number of cars in urban areas. In the future, autonomous vehicles are expected to reduce the need of the private car use.
Technology
Smart cities use a variety of software, user interfaces and communication networks alongside the Internet of Things (IoT) to deliver connected solutions for the public. The IoT is a network of connected devices that communicate and exchange data. Iot consist of information from vehicles to sensors that are placed in buildings and urban spaces. Data collected from these devices is stored in the cloud or on servers to allow for improvements to be made to both public and private sector efficiencies. Smart technologies have economic advantages, that technology give improvements to governments and lives of citizens.
