It implements user-friendly information and communication technologies developed by major industries for urban spaces. Smart cities are forward-looking, progressive and resource-efficient providing high quality of life. They can be intelligent, progressive, entrepreneurial or all in some cases.

1. Smart Cities:
Self-regulating, Neoteric
Or Entrepreneurial ?
Presented By:
Samir Raj Bhandari
Oxford College Of Engineering And Management

2. What is “SMART CITY” ?
 “Smart city“ word of the 20th century.
 It implements user-friendly information and
communication technologies developed by
major industries for urban spaces.
 Smart cities are forward-looking, progressive
and resource-efficient providing high quality of
life.
 They can be intelligent, progressive,
entrepreneurial or all in some cases.

3. SMART CITIES AT A GLANCE
Self-Regulating
 A smart city is a municipality.
 It uses information and communication
technology to:
a. Increase operational efficiency,
b. Share information with the public.
c. Improve both the quality of
government services and citizen
welfare.
 Emerging trends such as automation,
machine learning and IoT are driving
smart city adoption.
 E.g. Smart parking meter, Smart traffic
management, Smart Grid.

4. Neoteric
Smart economies actively support education,
qualification, research and entrepreneurial spirit,
innovation, productivity and flexibility.
Smart Governance promotes both, changes in
governance and coordination processes, and planning
processes with public participation.
Increasing people’s quality of life requires more than
technical innovations.

5. Continued…
Lifelong learning, culture, health, safety of individuals,
plurality of society and social cohesion.
Urban life provides sufficient scope for the people's
creativity and competences.
Networking and self-management are major pillars of
society without which smart cities would be doomed to
fail.

6. Entrepreneurial
 Reducing energy and raw material
consumption
 Forward looking resource management.
 Smart supply and disposal systems.
 Technological developments and
networks for energy, mobility,
infrastructure and buildings.
 Smart energy consumption: intelligent
networks and monitoring systems are
put in charge of energy generation,
storage and consumption.
 Accessibility, affordability and safety of
transport systems

7. Varied definition depending on People.
It takes more than individual projects but
careful decisions on long-term implementations.
Current global challenges, such as climate
change and scarcity of resources.
Economic competitiveness and quality of life
for urban populations continuously on the rise
Major Challenges for Smart Cities

8. Thank You for Your Valuable
Time and Patience

9. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS