Smart cities aim to improve quality of life, but current plans do not address the welfare of urban animals. Integrating pets and addressing issues like stray animals could improve liveability for both humans and animals with technology. True smart cities require modern animal protection laws, facilities, and enforcement to ensure the humane treatment of all inhabitants.
Introductory presentation of Samruddhi Mahamarg : (Nagpur - Mumbai Expressway)AshmiliJadhav
The document discusses the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway project called the Samruddhi Mahamarg in Maharashtra. Some key points:
- The expressway aims to connect 24 districts in Maharashtra and boost economic growth in less developed areas.
- It will reduce travel time between Mumbai and Nagpur to 8 hours and enable speeds up to 150 km/hr.
- 19 new towns called Krushi Samruddhi Nagar will be developed along the expressway to promote industries and commerce.
- The 701 km expressway will pass through 10 districts and 392 villages at an estimated cost of Rs. 55,000 crores.
Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) - Case Studies in Indian Scenario Apparao Gandi
The document provides details about the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Ahmedabad, India called Janmarg. It discusses:
1) Janmarg was implemented to address Ahmedabad's growing population and limited public transportation. Selected corridors covered 155 km and focused on high demand areas.
2) Citizen participation was encouraged through workshops, demonstrations of prototype stations, and a free trial period. Feedback was used to educate users and improve the system.
3) An evaluation found Janmarg was safer, faster and more reliable than previous bus services. It attracted some drivers to shift to public transit, though infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists remained inadequate. Financial costs have been recovered through fares but maintenance costs remain an
This document discusses the vision and benefits of integrated townships. Integrated townships are self-sustaining developments located on the outskirts of cities that include residential, commercial, retail, educational, and sometimes industrial areas. They aim to reduce pressure on city infrastructure by providing modern amenities and a balance of residential and commercial spaces, along with recreational areas and open spaces. Integrated townships offer walkability, mixed uses, housing options, and sustainability to support wholesome living without pollution. They have amenities like schools, hospitals, parks and retail to provide a high quality of life under one roof. The document argues integrated townships will be in demand in the future as cities expand boundaries and need horizontal growth solutions.
strategies that make your city smarter - smart city - smart city wheel boyd c...Smart Cities Strategies
strategies that make your city smarter - smart city - smart city wheel boyd cohen - how smart is your city - new urban developments as smart cities - smart energy - smart water - smart integration - smart buildings - smart public services - smart mobility - smart infrastructure - sociable city - turning big data into insight - 'and you thought it was good news' - data virtualization in an artist impression
This presentation discusses Mahindra World City in Chennai, India. It provides background on Mahindra Group, one of the largest companies in India, which launched Mahindra World City Chennai in 2002. Mahindra World City Chennai is India's first integrated smart city and special economic zone. It has attracted many major corporate tenants and provides residential, social, and commercial infrastructure to its residents in a planned township spread across 1550 acres near Chennai. The presentation provides details on Mahindra Group, Mahindra World City's features and zones, as well as activities and amenities available to its residents.
The document discusses urban regeneration as a tool for housing delivery in Nigeria. It outlines the concepts and types of regeneration, challenges of housing delivery in Nigeria including issues with land, finance, and previous housing policies. It provides examples of urban renewal programs in Lagos, challenges they face, and examples of regeneration programs in other countries. Regeneration can help address poverty, unemployment, infrastructure issues, and improve communities when implemented as a coordinated long-term economic, social and environmental intervention.
The document summarizes the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) implemented in Ahmedabad, India called Janmarg. Some key points:
- Janmarg was officially launched in 2009 by Narendra Modi as a state-of-the-art BRT system to provide efficient public transportation for Ahmedabad residents.
- It is operated by Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited and designed by CEPT University. The BRTS includes dedicated bus lanes, elevated stations, and intelligent transportation systems.
- The BRTS aims to reduce travel times and reliance on private vehicles by making public transit more accessible and environmentally friendly. Over 50 km of corridors were developed in the initial phase.
Introductory presentation of Samruddhi Mahamarg : (Nagpur - Mumbai Expressway)AshmiliJadhav
The document discusses the Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway project called the Samruddhi Mahamarg in Maharashtra. Some key points:
- The expressway aims to connect 24 districts in Maharashtra and boost economic growth in less developed areas.
- It will reduce travel time between Mumbai and Nagpur to 8 hours and enable speeds up to 150 km/hr.
- 19 new towns called Krushi Samruddhi Nagar will be developed along the expressway to promote industries and commerce.
- The 701 km expressway will pass through 10 districts and 392 villages at an estimated cost of Rs. 55,000 crores.
Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) - Case Studies in Indian Scenario Apparao Gandi
The document provides details about the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Ahmedabad, India called Janmarg. It discusses:
1) Janmarg was implemented to address Ahmedabad's growing population and limited public transportation. Selected corridors covered 155 km and focused on high demand areas.
2) Citizen participation was encouraged through workshops, demonstrations of prototype stations, and a free trial period. Feedback was used to educate users and improve the system.
3) An evaluation found Janmarg was safer, faster and more reliable than previous bus services. It attracted some drivers to shift to public transit, though infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists remained inadequate. Financial costs have been recovered through fares but maintenance costs remain an
This document discusses the vision and benefits of integrated townships. Integrated townships are self-sustaining developments located on the outskirts of cities that include residential, commercial, retail, educational, and sometimes industrial areas. They aim to reduce pressure on city infrastructure by providing modern amenities and a balance of residential and commercial spaces, along with recreational areas and open spaces. Integrated townships offer walkability, mixed uses, housing options, and sustainability to support wholesome living without pollution. They have amenities like schools, hospitals, parks and retail to provide a high quality of life under one roof. The document argues integrated townships will be in demand in the future as cities expand boundaries and need horizontal growth solutions.
strategies that make your city smarter - smart city - smart city wheel boyd c...Smart Cities Strategies
strategies that make your city smarter - smart city - smart city wheel boyd cohen - how smart is your city - new urban developments as smart cities - smart energy - smart water - smart integration - smart buildings - smart public services - smart mobility - smart infrastructure - sociable city - turning big data into insight - 'and you thought it was good news' - data virtualization in an artist impression
This presentation discusses Mahindra World City in Chennai, India. It provides background on Mahindra Group, one of the largest companies in India, which launched Mahindra World City Chennai in 2002. Mahindra World City Chennai is India's first integrated smart city and special economic zone. It has attracted many major corporate tenants and provides residential, social, and commercial infrastructure to its residents in a planned township spread across 1550 acres near Chennai. The presentation provides details on Mahindra Group, Mahindra World City's features and zones, as well as activities and amenities available to its residents.
The document discusses urban regeneration as a tool for housing delivery in Nigeria. It outlines the concepts and types of regeneration, challenges of housing delivery in Nigeria including issues with land, finance, and previous housing policies. It provides examples of urban renewal programs in Lagos, challenges they face, and examples of regeneration programs in other countries. Regeneration can help address poverty, unemployment, infrastructure issues, and improve communities when implemented as a coordinated long-term economic, social and environmental intervention.
The document summarizes the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) implemented in Ahmedabad, India called Janmarg. Some key points:
- Janmarg was officially launched in 2009 by Narendra Modi as a state-of-the-art BRT system to provide efficient public transportation for Ahmedabad residents.
- It is operated by Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited and designed by CEPT University. The BRTS includes dedicated bus lanes, elevated stations, and intelligent transportation systems.
- The BRTS aims to reduce travel times and reliance on private vehicles by making public transit more accessible and environmentally friendly. Over 50 km of corridors were developed in the initial phase.
Roads are classified according to traffic, tonnage, importance, and location/function. For traffic, roads are classified as very heavy, heavy, medium, or light based on the number of vehicles per day. For tonnage, classifications are based on the weight of vehicles. Important roads connecting holy places or major cities are classified as class 1, 2, or 3. Location/function classifications include national highways, state highways, major district roads, other district roads, and village roads, with each type serving a different purpose in connecting areas within and between states/districts.
Presentation on what a Smart City is by Dixon Chew, Group Chief Executive Officer of Pensonic Holdings Berhad, at the Selangor Smart City & Future Commerce Convention 2017 panel session titled ' Smart IoT: IoT and its role in Smart Cities'
Cities are a driving force in generating the world’s economic growth. All around the world, urbanization is a growing trend. Challenges arise as more and more people concentrated in the limited urban spaces, with outdated infrastructure, leading to a rapid increase in resource consumption and emissions. The principal challenges for cities, around the globe, are to deliver better services while being globally competitive, and meeting climate targets.
Limited resources need to be managed in an efficient way. At the same time, societal development must be addressed and the focus put on people’s wellbeing. The pressure is growing to reduce our environmental impact, and there is a parallel compelling need for businesses to remain globally competitive. Expenditures on improving energy efficiency, modernizing infrastructure and creating a high-quality living, and working environments, are enormous. At the same time, cities have limited financial resources for governance and services.
The sustainable transformation of cities is only possible when it is done in a smart way. Smart systems and their integration need to be developed, not only to provide the services that people need but also to do so efficiently with minimum impact on the environment Regarding the urban spaces as living ecosystems, the smart city design, and planning, operation, and management, needs to be done at the system level. Sub-optimization of individual city components will not lead to the optimal performance of the all system. Multi-target optimization is not an easy task, but it becomes necessary as different components and systems are interlinked and interconnected – irrespective of where they are physically located.
Innovation in the form of 'smart city solutions' can deliver technologies, products, and services that meet the dual challenges of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and delivering more efficient services. Cities worldwide are modernizing and becoming poles of competitive strength.
The rapid development, and globalization, of information and communication technologies (ICT), can support the deployment of these solutions and their integration at system level. Applications as local small-scale energy production, as well as the transport solutions, for example, are the key enablers for cities becoming more resource-efficient while better meeting the users’ needs. It can be said that efficient ICT, where the Internet of Things has a central role, is a common dominator: tying together services, residency, mobility, infrastructure, and energy.
The document discusses key aspects of making Dhaka, Bangladesh a smart and inclusive city. It outlines the population growth challenges facing Dhaka, with the city's population reaching 18 million in 2016 and growing at 4.2% annually. Rural to urban migration accounts for around 60% of Dhaka's population growth. The document also notes issues with Dhaka's current drainage and sewerage system, which includes canals and retention areas but is inadequate to support the large population. Developing smart infrastructure and governance solutions could help address these challenges and make Dhaka a more sustainable city.
By Zeenab Aneez
All of India’s cities face an urban transport crisis. While issues such as poor connectivity, bad road quality, traffic congestion, air and noise pollution are constantly talked about, parking is seen as one having negligible effect on the quality of urban transport. The MV Asia study on parking in Mumbai shows that a car spends only 4 per cent of its life in motion and the remaining 96 per cent of the time it is parked (Mumbai Transformation Support Unit 2008). With the increasing trend in the growth of private vehicles, it is imperative that parking be seen as an important factor for making an efficient transportation system within our cities.
The document discusses the Janmarg-BRTS system in Ahmedabad, India, which is an internationally acclaimed best mass transit system. It provides examples of improvements to areas like Akhabanagar and Anjali Junction before and after the BRTS system was implemented. The key success factors of the BRTS system are noted as leadership and political support from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, partnerships with institutions, media and citizens, and a pragmatic approach that focused on comprehensive planning, contextual and sustainable design, and reliability, comfort, speed and branding strategies.
The document summarizes India's AMRUT (Atal Mission for Reurbanization and Transformation) mission to improve infrastructure and quality of life in 500 cities. Key points include:
- The mission will invest Rs. 50,000 crore over 5 years to provide water supply, sewerage connections, stormwater drains, green spaces and other urban infrastructure to 500 cities.
- Implementation will be led by Urban Local Bodies with oversight from State and National level committees. Funds will be released in installments based on progress.
- The focus is on universal access to water supply and sewerage connections first, before expanding to other goals like non-motorized transport and public spaces. Increment
CHAPTER 5 Highway capacity and level of service.pptmihiretuTefera
This document discusses determining the capacity and level of service of highways. It provides definitions for key terms like capacity, level of service, and service flow rate. It describes the six levels of service from A to F and factors that affect them like speed, density, and volume-to-capacity ratio. Methods are presented for calculating a highway's service flow rate, adjusting it for lane width and vehicle type, and determining the number of lanes needed based on traffic volumes and desired level of service. An example problem demonstrates applying these concepts to find a highway's current and future levels of service over a 20-year period.
Bus system reform in India through JnNURMJaspal Singh
As part of Second Economic Stimulus Package by Government of India (announced on 02nd January 2009), the Government launched a scheme to provide one time assistance to States for the purchase of buses for their Urban transport system and identified 61 mission cities in the first phase. The presentation gives a brief overview of the complete scheme and its current status.
Chicago was established in the 1830s as a transportation hub between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. It grew significantly due to its central location and transportation infrastructure, becoming a major industrial and business center. As the city grew, residential areas developed in concentric zones moving outward from the downtown core. Today, Chicago remains an important transportation and business hub with a population of over 2.7 million people.
Presentation from ZTE at recent techUK event on local digital connectivity.
http://www.techuk.org/insights/meeting-notes/item/11522-enabling-the-digital-place-integrated-approach-to-provide-digital-connectivity
The document discusses conducting an origin-destination survey in the Sitapura area of Jaipur, India to study traffic patterns. Roadside interviews were used to collect data on trip origins, destinations, purposes, and vehicle types from drivers at survey points along roads. The surveys found the highest traffic volumes originated from India Gate, with the most students coming from Compucom Mod route and most workers from India Gate. Peak traffic periods were 9-10am and 3:30-4:30pm. The origin-destination data can be used for transportation planning and infrastructure development.
The document discusses satellite towns as a concept in urban planning to manage urban sprawl. Satellite towns are smaller metropolitan areas located near a large city that have their own local government and economy, though they are still influenced by the larger city. They provide solutions to problems arising from urbanization like lack of affordable housing and infrastructure strain. Some key characteristics of satellite towns are that they have separate administrations from the larger city but strong transport connections, and often residents commute daily to the larger city for work or education. The document provides several examples of satellite towns around the world and discusses their benefits like more affordable housing and living while still being close to jobs and amenities in the major city.
The rank size rule attempts to establish a numerical relationship between population sizes of settlements within a country or region. It ranks settlements by population size, with the largest first. It assumes the second largest settlement will be half the population of the largest, the third largest a third, and so on. While variations often occur, it provides a model for comparing city population distributions. Exceptions include primate cities, where one city dominates population size, and binary distributions, where two cities are of almost equal size.
Smart villages aim to provide rural areas with urban-like amenities to reduce migration to cities. The key aspects of smart villages include access to electricity, clean water, sanitation, healthcare, education, skills training, entrepreneurship opportunities, and internet connectivity. Implementing smart technologies can help rural areas have smart infrastructure, service delivery, institutions, and resource utilization. This allows villages to become self-sufficient while offering high standards of living. Government programs promote smart villages through improving agriculture, employment, nutrition, and developing model villages through programs like Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojna. Critical services needed include food security, healthcare, education, economic development, transportation, and use of renewable energy. The idea of internet of things can
The document outlines the redevelopment project of East Kidwai Nagar in New Delhi by NBCC. The 86-acre site will be redeveloped into residential and commercial complexes with 78 residential towers and 4 office towers. It will have increased green space and social infrastructure while achieving higher density targets in a sustainable manner. The estimated cost is Rs. 5000 crores and the project will be self-financed through lease of the office and 10% residential complexes for 30 years.
A smart city uses sensors, networking, data analysis, and technology to improve living conditions, create opportunities, and reduce costs. It aims to support residents through initiatives like efficient waste management, energy consumption, traffic control, smart parking, air/noise monitoring, and other services that enhance quality of life.
GIFT is a global financial services hub being developed in Gujarat, India as a joint venture between the Gujarat government and IL&FS. The 500 acre project is designed to house 0.4 million workers and residents in 75 million square feet of built up area. GIFT aims to capture 6-8% of India's growing financial services sector through its strategic location near Ahmedabad and Mumbai, robust urban planning with high density development and green spaces, and state-of-the-art physical, ICT, and social infrastructure to support the financial services industry.
The document describes a proposed smart city website that aims to address various community issues through technology. The website would have several modules to 1) allow citizens to report garbage in their surroundings and other issues via uploaded photos, 2) connect those with leftover food to organizations helping feed the hungry, and 3) accept donations of items and used electronics for distribution to poor children and orphans. The goal is to provide a single online platform that facilitates solutions to problems like waste management, food waste, and lack of basic needs through coordination between citizens, authorities, and nonprofit groups.
Roads are classified according to traffic, tonnage, importance, and location/function. For traffic, roads are classified as very heavy, heavy, medium, or light based on the number of vehicles per day. For tonnage, classifications are based on the weight of vehicles. Important roads connecting holy places or major cities are classified as class 1, 2, or 3. Location/function classifications include national highways, state highways, major district roads, other district roads, and village roads, with each type serving a different purpose in connecting areas within and between states/districts.
Presentation on what a Smart City is by Dixon Chew, Group Chief Executive Officer of Pensonic Holdings Berhad, at the Selangor Smart City & Future Commerce Convention 2017 panel session titled ' Smart IoT: IoT and its role in Smart Cities'
Cities are a driving force in generating the world’s economic growth. All around the world, urbanization is a growing trend. Challenges arise as more and more people concentrated in the limited urban spaces, with outdated infrastructure, leading to a rapid increase in resource consumption and emissions. The principal challenges for cities, around the globe, are to deliver better services while being globally competitive, and meeting climate targets.
Limited resources need to be managed in an efficient way. At the same time, societal development must be addressed and the focus put on people’s wellbeing. The pressure is growing to reduce our environmental impact, and there is a parallel compelling need for businesses to remain globally competitive. Expenditures on improving energy efficiency, modernizing infrastructure and creating a high-quality living, and working environments, are enormous. At the same time, cities have limited financial resources for governance and services.
The sustainable transformation of cities is only possible when it is done in a smart way. Smart systems and their integration need to be developed, not only to provide the services that people need but also to do so efficiently with minimum impact on the environment Regarding the urban spaces as living ecosystems, the smart city design, and planning, operation, and management, needs to be done at the system level. Sub-optimization of individual city components will not lead to the optimal performance of the all system. Multi-target optimization is not an easy task, but it becomes necessary as different components and systems are interlinked and interconnected – irrespective of where they are physically located.
Innovation in the form of 'smart city solutions' can deliver technologies, products, and services that meet the dual challenges of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and delivering more efficient services. Cities worldwide are modernizing and becoming poles of competitive strength.
The rapid development, and globalization, of information and communication technologies (ICT), can support the deployment of these solutions and their integration at system level. Applications as local small-scale energy production, as well as the transport solutions, for example, are the key enablers for cities becoming more resource-efficient while better meeting the users’ needs. It can be said that efficient ICT, where the Internet of Things has a central role, is a common dominator: tying together services, residency, mobility, infrastructure, and energy.
The document discusses key aspects of making Dhaka, Bangladesh a smart and inclusive city. It outlines the population growth challenges facing Dhaka, with the city's population reaching 18 million in 2016 and growing at 4.2% annually. Rural to urban migration accounts for around 60% of Dhaka's population growth. The document also notes issues with Dhaka's current drainage and sewerage system, which includes canals and retention areas but is inadequate to support the large population. Developing smart infrastructure and governance solutions could help address these challenges and make Dhaka a more sustainable city.
By Zeenab Aneez
All of India’s cities face an urban transport crisis. While issues such as poor connectivity, bad road quality, traffic congestion, air and noise pollution are constantly talked about, parking is seen as one having negligible effect on the quality of urban transport. The MV Asia study on parking in Mumbai shows that a car spends only 4 per cent of its life in motion and the remaining 96 per cent of the time it is parked (Mumbai Transformation Support Unit 2008). With the increasing trend in the growth of private vehicles, it is imperative that parking be seen as an important factor for making an efficient transportation system within our cities.
The document discusses the Janmarg-BRTS system in Ahmedabad, India, which is an internationally acclaimed best mass transit system. It provides examples of improvements to areas like Akhabanagar and Anjali Junction before and after the BRTS system was implemented. The key success factors of the BRTS system are noted as leadership and political support from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, partnerships with institutions, media and citizens, and a pragmatic approach that focused on comprehensive planning, contextual and sustainable design, and reliability, comfort, speed and branding strategies.
The document summarizes India's AMRUT (Atal Mission for Reurbanization and Transformation) mission to improve infrastructure and quality of life in 500 cities. Key points include:
- The mission will invest Rs. 50,000 crore over 5 years to provide water supply, sewerage connections, stormwater drains, green spaces and other urban infrastructure to 500 cities.
- Implementation will be led by Urban Local Bodies with oversight from State and National level committees. Funds will be released in installments based on progress.
- The focus is on universal access to water supply and sewerage connections first, before expanding to other goals like non-motorized transport and public spaces. Increment
CHAPTER 5 Highway capacity and level of service.pptmihiretuTefera
This document discusses determining the capacity and level of service of highways. It provides definitions for key terms like capacity, level of service, and service flow rate. It describes the six levels of service from A to F and factors that affect them like speed, density, and volume-to-capacity ratio. Methods are presented for calculating a highway's service flow rate, adjusting it for lane width and vehicle type, and determining the number of lanes needed based on traffic volumes and desired level of service. An example problem demonstrates applying these concepts to find a highway's current and future levels of service over a 20-year period.
Bus system reform in India through JnNURMJaspal Singh
As part of Second Economic Stimulus Package by Government of India (announced on 02nd January 2009), the Government launched a scheme to provide one time assistance to States for the purchase of buses for their Urban transport system and identified 61 mission cities in the first phase. The presentation gives a brief overview of the complete scheme and its current status.
Chicago was established in the 1830s as a transportation hub between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River. It grew significantly due to its central location and transportation infrastructure, becoming a major industrial and business center. As the city grew, residential areas developed in concentric zones moving outward from the downtown core. Today, Chicago remains an important transportation and business hub with a population of over 2.7 million people.
Presentation from ZTE at recent techUK event on local digital connectivity.
http://www.techuk.org/insights/meeting-notes/item/11522-enabling-the-digital-place-integrated-approach-to-provide-digital-connectivity
The document discusses conducting an origin-destination survey in the Sitapura area of Jaipur, India to study traffic patterns. Roadside interviews were used to collect data on trip origins, destinations, purposes, and vehicle types from drivers at survey points along roads. The surveys found the highest traffic volumes originated from India Gate, with the most students coming from Compucom Mod route and most workers from India Gate. Peak traffic periods were 9-10am and 3:30-4:30pm. The origin-destination data can be used for transportation planning and infrastructure development.
The document discusses satellite towns as a concept in urban planning to manage urban sprawl. Satellite towns are smaller metropolitan areas located near a large city that have their own local government and economy, though they are still influenced by the larger city. They provide solutions to problems arising from urbanization like lack of affordable housing and infrastructure strain. Some key characteristics of satellite towns are that they have separate administrations from the larger city but strong transport connections, and often residents commute daily to the larger city for work or education. The document provides several examples of satellite towns around the world and discusses their benefits like more affordable housing and living while still being close to jobs and amenities in the major city.
The rank size rule attempts to establish a numerical relationship between population sizes of settlements within a country or region. It ranks settlements by population size, with the largest first. It assumes the second largest settlement will be half the population of the largest, the third largest a third, and so on. While variations often occur, it provides a model for comparing city population distributions. Exceptions include primate cities, where one city dominates population size, and binary distributions, where two cities are of almost equal size.
Smart villages aim to provide rural areas with urban-like amenities to reduce migration to cities. The key aspects of smart villages include access to electricity, clean water, sanitation, healthcare, education, skills training, entrepreneurship opportunities, and internet connectivity. Implementing smart technologies can help rural areas have smart infrastructure, service delivery, institutions, and resource utilization. This allows villages to become self-sufficient while offering high standards of living. Government programs promote smart villages through improving agriculture, employment, nutrition, and developing model villages through programs like Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojna. Critical services needed include food security, healthcare, education, economic development, transportation, and use of renewable energy. The idea of internet of things can
The document outlines the redevelopment project of East Kidwai Nagar in New Delhi by NBCC. The 86-acre site will be redeveloped into residential and commercial complexes with 78 residential towers and 4 office towers. It will have increased green space and social infrastructure while achieving higher density targets in a sustainable manner. The estimated cost is Rs. 5000 crores and the project will be self-financed through lease of the office and 10% residential complexes for 30 years.
A smart city uses sensors, networking, data analysis, and technology to improve living conditions, create opportunities, and reduce costs. It aims to support residents through initiatives like efficient waste management, energy consumption, traffic control, smart parking, air/noise monitoring, and other services that enhance quality of life.
GIFT is a global financial services hub being developed in Gujarat, India as a joint venture between the Gujarat government and IL&FS. The 500 acre project is designed to house 0.4 million workers and residents in 75 million square feet of built up area. GIFT aims to capture 6-8% of India's growing financial services sector through its strategic location near Ahmedabad and Mumbai, robust urban planning with high density development and green spaces, and state-of-the-art physical, ICT, and social infrastructure to support the financial services industry.
The document describes a proposed smart city website that aims to address various community issues through technology. The website would have several modules to 1) allow citizens to report garbage in their surroundings and other issues via uploaded photos, 2) connect those with leftover food to organizations helping feed the hungry, and 3) accept donations of items and used electronics for distribution to poor children and orphans. The goal is to provide a single online platform that facilitates solutions to problems like waste management, food waste, and lack of basic needs through coordination between citizens, authorities, and nonprofit groups.
How do we extend io t and wearables to petsDevyani Jain
The document discusses extending IoT and wearables to pets by speculating future designs through a fictional narrative. It summarizes interviews conducted with three categories of pet owners and professionals to understand their needs and perspectives. Key recommendations include adding layers of inference to sensed pet data, providing more seamless remote human-pet interactions, and connecting isolated smart pet devices through a common platform. The appendix provides more details on the research methodology, studies conducted, existing products landscape and conceptual details for one of the design recommendations.
CyberSalon - Smart Citizens, Cities & the Case for CitySDKFrank Kresin
Smart cities should empower citizens by giving them access to data and systems. The CitySDK provides open APIs and standards to share data and solutions across cities. It has been used to build apps that give citizens information on mobility, parking, trees, and public services. By prototyping quickly and engaging citizens, cities can better address problems through civic initiatives and harness the knowledge of their smart citizens.
Dog Walking App Development_ An Ultimate Guide for 2024.pdfJPLoft Solutions
The demand for dog walking services is rising because of the globalization of society in which more and more people have pets as part of their household and provide for them as family members. The process of walking and controlling a puppy is a challenge for elderly individuals, which makes dog walking one of the most extensive services available nowadays, especially with the increasing technological requirements.
The document outlines Joe Pantalone's platform and vision for Toronto. It discusses his plans to address affordable housing, including building 1000 new affordable units per year and expanding rent control. It also discusses his transportation plan to build an affordable and extensive light rail network, as well as plans to promote sustainability, economic development, and support for seniors and vulnerable groups. The document emphasizes Pantalone's decades of experience and his vision of building an inclusive city that leaves no one behind.
“The modern city is becoming a pointer system, the new URL, for tomorrow’s hybrid digital–physical environment. Today's Facebook will be complemented by tomorrow's Placebook. Explosive innovation and adoption of computing, mobile devices, and rich sources of data are changing the cities in which we live, work, and play. It's about us, and how computing in the context of our cities is changing how we live. A digital landscape overlays our physical world and is expanding to offer ever-richer experiences that complement, and in emerging cases, replace the physical experience. In the meta–cities of the future, computing isn't just with us; it surrounds us, and it uses the context of our environment to empower us in more natural, yet powerful ways.”
Multifamily Real Estate Investment: Apartment Complexes Eyeing to Enhance Pet...topseowebmaster
Some Apartment complexes and property management was already a pet-friendly operator. A wide array of multifamily communities have pet parks. Some companies also partner with a local ASPCA.
Current affairs 2018 - Important Articles for Civil Services ExamPragnya IAS Academy
It covers about the Project cheetah, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana , Samagra Shiksha Scheme. It also covers about the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan etc.,
Social Robotics: Four Scenarios. By Eric Kingsbury, Ciara O'Connell, and Karen Jacobs. From the Next Gen Foresight Grads from University of Houston. Presented at World Future 2016 Conference in Washington DC, July 23, 2016.
Letter Paper Red Rose Free Printable Stationery, LetterAngie Miller
Here are some of the key advantages and disadvantages of dental veneers:
Advantages:
- Veneers can significantly improve the appearance of teeth by making them whiter, straighter, and better shaped. They can fix issues like staining, chips, gaps, and misalignment.
- Veneers are less invasive than crowns, as they only require a small amount of the natural tooth to be removed.
- Porcelain veneers are very durable and stain resistant. They can last many years with proper care.
Disadvantages:
- The procedure requires healthy teeth, as a small amount of enamel has to be removed. This can make teeth more sensitive.
- Veneers may
The document discusses smart cities and the citizen perspective. It defines smart cities as those that use information and communication technologies to improve urban services like transportation and utilities. This enhances quality of life. A smart city involves technology, government, and society working together. It also discusses how citizens can be involved through technologies like participatory sensing. The document emphasizes that smart cities should focus on basic infrastructure first to meet citizens' needs and aspirations.
This document summarizes a presentation about smart cities given by Prof. Dr. Ir. Marsudi Wahyu Kisworo. The presentation discusses the global trends driving the development of smart cities, including internet of things technologies. It also outlines several key aspects of smart cities, including smart governance, smart branding, smart economy, smart living, smart society, and smart environment. Several cities from around the world that are moving towards becoming smart cities are highlighted. The benefits of smart cities for government, society, and business are noted.
Kind Of Essay Writing. Online assignment writing service.Sabrina Hendricks
Both stories feature male characters who try to manipulate or control the female protagonists. Stanley
Kowalski and Dmitri Gurov exhibit domineering behaviors towards their respective partners, Blanche
DuBois and Anna Sergeyevna. However, while Stanley remains abusive, Gurov comes to recognize
the harm of his actions and transforms himself, developing genuine care and respect for Anna. The
stories also portray the struggles women faced in male-dominated societies and shed light on themes
of deception, desire, and the complexities of human relationships.
Building a Sustainable Citizen-Centric Smart City ApproachDr. Mazlan Abbas
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A polymath is defined as a person with expertise in various fields of science, humanities, and the arts. Historically, polymaths included great Renaissance thinkers like Leonardo da Vinci and Benjamin Franklin who made significant contributions across multiple disciplines. Nowadays, it is difficult to find true polymaths due to the ever-increasing specialization of knowledge. However, the document outlines characteristics of polymaths such as cultivating curiosity, multiple passions and interests, and not worrying about perfection in order to bring back the Renaissance ideal of a well-rounded thinker.
Godfather-like figures organize complex crash for cash schemes involving staged, induced, and ghost crashes to fraudulently obtain insurance payouts. They recruit drivers, passengers, and professional enablers like doctors and repair shops to carry out the schemes, which can net up to £30,000 per crash. The schemes cost insurers millions each year and ultimately increase premiums for all policyholders.
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Copper has natural antimicrobial properties that have been exploited for centuries. It kills bacteria, viruses, and fungi through mechanisms like oxidative stress and damage to cell membranes and proteins. Recent clinical studies show copper alloys reduce bacterial contamination on high-touch surfaces in hospitals by 90-100% compared to other materials like stainless steel. The EPA has approved copper alloys as antimicrobial materials due to their ability to reduce MRSA and E. coli levels by over 99.9% within 2 hours of contact under laboratory conditions. However, while copper was widely used historically, other modern materials have replaced it despite its benefits for infection control.
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Animals in Smart Cities
1. Animals in Smart Cities
The Coexistence of Humans and Companion Animals in the Smart City ...
2. Introduction
• In 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
launched the Smart Cities project for 109 cities
across the country, which aims to enhance the
physical, institutional, social and economical
scale of the cities with the stated purpose of
improving lives.
• One would therefore assume that the primary aim
of the project is to improve the quality of life,
rather than to juggle with the digital and
technologies that focuses on the delivery of
conveniences through gadgets.
4. Introduction
• According to government websites, the
Smart Cities scheme will ensure adequate
water, electricity, sanitation, solid waste
management, urban mobility, public
transport, affordable housing, IT
connectivity, good governance, citizen
participation, sustainable environment, and
the safety and security of citizens –
particularly women, children and the elderly.
6. Introduction
• But there are no documents mentioning the
welfare of India’s non-human and non-
voting citizenry – the urban animals.
• If inclusivity is one of the stated missions of
the Smart Cities scheme, and if it should mean
of all life.
8. Introduction
• Smart Cities mission relegates other life forms to
remain stalled in obsolete laws, and in garbage bins
and gutters, slaughtered and transported without
adequate measures of science or compassion and
incarcerated in the government-run Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
• In short, urban animals are not the beneficiaries of any
improved parameters of the scheme, which makes us
wonder if there is a government or corporate budget for
animals in the Smart Cities project.
10. Introduction
• The environment ministry, ,made a public
declaration on the sentience of animals by
instituting short courses on animal welfare
in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, “to
recognise animals as sentient beings,
capable of pain and suffering and to
promote their welfare as part of the social
development of nations”.
12. Introduction
• However, one hopes that this kind of
‘welfarist’ syllabus, doesn’t have subsequent
training personnel to escalate and extract
higher animal yields in government and private
commercial projects (like the out-dated animal
husbandry department), but genuinely creates
a cadre of humans who will care, fight and
lobby for animals.
14. Pets In Smart Cities
• In one side, dangerous dogs, chained dogs,
puppy mills, stray cats, feral rabbit in the
other side sweet pets.
• In any case a great opportunity for Internet of
Things companies for improve liveability in
Smart Cities.
16. Pets in smart cities
• While the main initiatives in Smart Cities are
related with areas like: Intelligent Transport
and Smarter Parking, Efficient Resource
Management (water, energy), Building
Automation and Smart Buildings or Public
Safety, It is important also to include other
areas like Urban Agriculture or integrating
Pets in the Smart City.
18. Pets In Smart Cities
• There are 3.3 billion people living in cities today—a
number that will double by 2050 –The average
number of pets per household varies in different
countries especially depending on the population.
• There is no documentation of the average number of
pets per household in the world. However the UK has
an average of 3.7 whereas the US has an average of 3.9.
• That means around 3 billion pets living with us. As
urban populations swell, so will already increasing
pet populations.
20. Smart Cities, Pets and Regulations
• In India the stray dog problem has been described
as “alarming” and a number of proposals have
surfaced to address the problem, from exporting
them to other countries to sterilizing them.
• Kansas City’s municipal no-kill animal shelter has so
many pets it’s had to convert bathrooms, closets, locker
rooms, the basement and the employee break room to
find space for them, according to an AP report.
• In August 2013, as many as 50,000 starving stray
dogs swarmed Detroit when people left the bankrupt
city leaving their pets behind.
22. Not all dogs are man´s best friends and
not all dog owners are responsible
• Whether you are a passionate activist fighting for
animal rights or you are a person that don’t like
dogs or hate cats, everyone has their own reasons for
speaking/discuss for pets in favour or against day in
and day out.
• Smart Cities majors and municipal councils must
recognize that the problem exist, collect information
and develop infrastructure and tools to enact
proactive bylaws that foster safe, humane and
liveable communities for people and animals alike.
• Municipal councils has the power to anticipate and help
solve these problems through their animal bylaws.
23. Not all dogs are man´s best friends and not all
dog owners are responsible
24. Technologies to improve liveability
• Fortunately, technologies that are emerging can help smart cities, their
shelters, pet owners and prospective pet owners to improve liveability for
two-legged and four-legged city residents. Let’s take a look at five of these
technologies.
• Social media: To attract people to the shelter and to find the animals great
homes.
• Facial recognition software: To unite pets with their owners.
• Interactive website: To link pets to people looking to adopt one.
• Licensing apps: To better connect licensed pets with their owners.
• Internet of Things: To help owners easily track their pets or to identify or
predict aggressive behaviour and avoid being attacked.
25. Social Media
• Social media: The Twitter account “Cuties in
Denver” is filled with pictures of dogs and cats
in the Denver Animal Shelter ready for
adoption.
• Each of the tweets come with a short message
and photo of the featured animal. The goal is
to attract people to the shelter using social
media -- and to find the animals great homes.
27. Facial recognition software
• Facial recognition software: An animal shelter in San
Diego created what they say is the first-ever initiative
in the U.S. to use facial recognition software to unite
pets with their owners.
• San Diego County Animal Services joined with creators
of the app Finding Rover which has proven useful to
reunite pets and owners after disasters like the wildfires
the region has experienced. "The app," says the Times,
"uses snapshots to match the faces of lost dogs with
those that have been found or admitted to one of the
three county shelters,
29. Interactive website
• Interactive website: The Shelter Pet Project is an
online agency that links dogs to people looking to
adopt one.
• The website has cool interactive features that let
people play with a dog, send it running in different
directions, or just watch it stare lovingly at them.
After a few minutes of playing, the website asks
for an address to connect the website visitor with
local shelters to find a dog like the one they played
with.
31. Licensing apps
• Licensing apps: Pawzii – a company founded by
a group of passionate animal welfare advocates --
builds software to benefit animal shelters.
• Its first product was a pet-licensing app that
shelters can use to better connect licensed pets
with their owners, and to quickly license pets
and send renewal notices. The Pawzii website
notes that 90% of lost pets that have licenses
are found within 48 hours.
33. Internet of Things
GPS app for pets
• GPS app for pets: San Francisco-based Whistle
launched a wearable GPS app to help owners
easily track their pets.
• They say it's an inexpensive and effortless way
for pet owners to have "peace of mind that
they will never lose their best friend.”
• Whistle GPS is possible in the U.S. due to
deployment of the SIGFOX wireless network
providing cellular connectivity for the Internet of
Things.
35. Recruit Pets as additional sensors of
a city
• the idea of not only recruit people but recruit
pets as additional sensors of a city rather than
relying only on formal systems embedded into
infrastructure comes to my mind.
• Many smart pet-devices (like Petnet or Tractive
Motion) will accelerate creation of new apps,
solutions and smart city services to make a
difference how pets and people share a common
environment.
37. Tourism with or without Pets in
Smart Cities
• Taking pets away when enjoying a break is an increasing
trend. For instance, in UK, nearly two million dog
owners and around one million cat owners take their
pets away when enjoying a break away from home.
• Many people who do not wish to be parted from their pets
when visit a city for pleasure and sometimes for business
need the confidence that the city and not only the hotels that
they are booking quality accommodation offer services that
meets their and their pet’s particular needs.
• Internet of Things can play a crucial role into assist
tourists travelling with pets during their trip and allow
city managers to coordinate pet’s tourism services and
monitor the status of their use at all times to guarantee
quality pet public services.
39. Tourism with or without Pets in
Smart Cities
• people that consider their pets as members
of their family and a trend that is growing
where more pet devices are becoming
available to feed our needs to treat their pets
like their kids.
40. The Study and Application of the IoT in Pet
Systems
• The Study and Application of the IoT in Pet
Systems examines the ability of
computation, communication, and control
technologies to improve human interaction
with pets by the technology of the Internet of
Things, and companies like Tractive
Motion, an activity tracker that logs your
pet’s exercise, body temperature and
exposure to sunlight, allowing you to stay on
top of your pet’s fitness goals.
42. The Study and Application of the
IoT in Pet Systems
• In the report “Mapping Smart Cities in the EU”,
Smart Cities have been further defined along six
axes or dimensions: Economy; Mobility;
Environment; People; Living and Governance.
Where to include the role of smart services for
pets/animals in a Smart City is not clear yet,
but we must encourage municipal councils to
enact proactive animal bylaws and to include
as a new cross project inside of the portfolio of
initiatives.
44. Prioritising animal welfare
• Many cities of the world have prioritised
animal welfare to earn their smart city
designation.
• Independent city councils, with a balanced
quorum of real animal science experts,
administrators and activists, usually under the
mayor, arrive at local city decisions without
seeking approval from state governments and
without being bogged down by political
interference.
45. Prioritising animal welfare
• For example, Seattle has built a state-of-the-art animal shelter. City
mayor Ed Murray said, “The welfare of animals in the care of the city
is a priority”.
• The Los Angeles City Council, making history, voted out the sale of
commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits, thus ending puppy mills and
breeders.
• Councillor Jordi Martí of Barcelona said that Barcelona was the first
Catalan city to ban animal sacrifice, the presence of wild animals in
circuses and bull runs. Collecchio, in Parma province, Italy, has passed a
legislation that forces citizens to use silent fireworks in order to protect
animals.
• After 140 years, Buenos Aires has shut its zoo, declaring that captivity
is degrading to animals. In all these cases, the decisions were city-based
and genuinely furthered the cause. Similarly, smart cities must enact
proactive bylaws that foster safe, humane and liveable communities for
people and animals alike.
47. Becoming a true smart city
• In India, we have a plethora of animal-friendly laws that are
defined by their lack of implementation.
• These ‘good’ laws are manipulated and twisted around
by politicians for tawdry votes, like the attempt to bring
back banned sports like Jallikttau (bull fighting) despite
court verdicts or retaining elephants in captivity by citing
‘culture’ and tradition, or not bringing in new laws against
the cruelty to animals. Unless these laws are changed,
animals will continue to be tossed around by the vagaries of
delayed or no legislation.
• A city that does not care for its non-human life is
unintelligent, unethical and immoral and not worthy of
being called ‘smart’.
49. Becoming a true smart city
• To begin with, no city can be deemed smart unless
there is a ban on the manufacture and sale of plastic
carry bags that clog every drains of cities, including
in the bellies of cows, which are the victims of urban
garbage bins.
• For all the nonsensical cow activists in this country,
they are the most exploited and shabbily treated of
all urban animals and mainly live off human waste.
Buffaloes, who are tied up in dark and dingy urban
dairies all their lives, die without ever moving or seeing
a sliver of sunlight. The only time they get to walk is
when they march towards their own death.
50. Ban On The Manufacture And Sale Of
Plastic Carry Bags
51. Becoming A True Smart City
• Smart cities must launch an aggressive animal
birth control (ABC) programme for stray dogs
and cats – the only humane way to control
their numbers and to end rabies.
• Unused spaces of hundreds of defunct animal
husbandry departments can be utilised for ABC in
collaboration with NGOs.
• Garbage-free cities and legal protection of
animal caregivers, who continue to feed,
vaccinate and neuter, despite severe hostility,
will help contain stray dog proliferation.
53. Becoming a true smart city
• State-of-the-art government veterinary
colleges, ambulances and hospitals with
well-paid vets and para-vets for small and
large animals will bring pride back to the
veterinary profession and will bring in funds
for research and development.
55. Becoming a true smart city
• “Cities can’t manage animal shelters like
janitorial way-stations for euthanisable
strays”. The infamous lock-up-and-forget dog
pounds will have to be stopped before they
even come into existence.
• High-level modernity must inform transport
of animals for slaughter and rule-less
abattoirs where animals are primitively
slaughtered in full view of each other.
57. Becoming a true smart city
• Smart cities should ban religion-based sacrifice
of animals in streets, temples and backyards
and institute strict rules for the welfare of
chickens in the egg industry who suffer a
lifetime of misery.
• Pet shops should also adhere to strict rules.
Ruthless, unlicensed dog breeders must be
heavily fined or put behind bars along with
those who sell wildlife and their parts through
websites like OLX, Quikr and Amazon.
59. Becoming a true smart city
• Smart cities should investigate the lives of horses that
are used in weddings and buggy pullers as well as ban
the use of donkeys in construction sites and of elephants
for commercial purposes.
• Many cities globally are phasing out zoos. Rather than
showcasing animals, smart cities should free them from
captivity.
• If all this is to be done, a smart city should seriously
consider incorporating an empowered animal welfare
enforcement agency, as opposed to the present advisory
bodies in order to relieve the already overburdened
regular police force from attending to animal cruelty
and rescue reports.
61. Becoming a true smart city
• These could be uniformed units on vehicles, with
authority to lodge cases, fine, arrest and impound,
somewhat akin to an animal police force.
• Special animal courts with trained judges in animal laws
will ensure fast track justice for animals and the rescue
and rehabilitation of traumatised animals must be quick
and efficient.
• Smart cities can become like Gotham City or they can be
verdant and forested, brimming with birdsong and wildlife,
where monkeys and wild boars can live in peripheral natural
habitats, where the wagging tails of happy community dogs
on garbage free roads can re-instate India’s commitment to
the growing global discourse on animal ethics.
63. Case Study : Benefits of Pet Ownership For
the Elderly
• Owning a pet can have substantial physical
and psychological benefits for an elderly
person.
• Dogs especially can provide an older person with
companionship, security and a reason to pursue
physical activity.
• While an elderly person must consider the
work and responsibility that comes with
owning an animal, the pros to pet-owning can
far outweigh any cons.
65. Physical Benefits
• Owning a pet can improve an aging person's
physical well-being. First and foremost, having
a pet keeps a person physically active.
• Dogs need to be walked regularly, and even
cats need to be played with and cleaned up
after. Pets also provide additional physical
benefits.
• Seniors who keep pets are often found to have
lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol levels
and lower levels of triglyceride.
66. Owning a pet can improve an aging
person's physical well-being.
67. Psychological Benefits
• Even more pronounced than the physical benefits of
owning a pet are the psychological benefits many
elderly people enjoy after buying or adopting a pet.
• Pets help relieve the sense of loneliness that many
seniors experience and help decrease incidents of
depression in the elderly.
• Animals are especially beneficial in helping an older
person work through the loss of a spouse or loved
one. Seniors who own pets tend to take better care of
themselves and take part in more social events and
outings. Animals also offer many older people an
enhanced sense of security, which can reduce the
person's stress levels.
69. Concerns
• When taking on a pet, an elderly person should
weigh some concerns against the potential
benefits.
• Pets do require a certain amount of time and
physical care, so it is important the potential
pet owner is sure he is able to take on the
responsibility or that he has a caregiver or
family member who is willing to help. Potential
pet owners should also be tested for allergies to
make sure the pet will not cause any health
problems.
71. Choosing a Pet
• Many kinds of animals are suitable for elderly
people, but dogs tend to provide the kind of
companionship many seniors seek.
• Small dogs are often easier to handle than larger ones,
especially if the person lives in a small condo or seniors
apartment complex.
• Puppies can also be troublesome, so look for slightly
older dogs that have already been trained.
Recommended dog breeds for elderly people include
terriers, chihuahuas, cocker spaniels and other
small- or medium-sized, even-tempered dogs.
73. animals can benefit the elderly and those
living with dementia
• A person with dementia can be confused about what
stage of their life they are at and may think they are
back in the past.
• ‘Pets don’t change their appearance over time. As
humans, our clothes and images have changed over the
years – the clothes we wear and the haircuts we have
are different now to many years ago.
• Having a pet or interacting with one can improve
the health and wellbeing of the elderly, boosting
physical health as well as mood. Here are 12 key
reasons why pets can benefit physical and mental
wellbeing:
75. Lower blood pressure
• Scientists believe that stroking a dog or a cat
can help you relax and therefore reduce blood
pressure.
• A 2002 study revealed that dog or cat
owners had lower resting heart rates and
blood pressure than those who didn’t have
pets.
76. Reduced risk of heart attack and
stroke
• According to scientists, owning a cat can
relieve stress and anxiety and therefore
reduce the risk of heart disease.
• A study that looked at over 4400 adults aged
between 30 and 75, including half who owned
a cat, showed that 3.4% had died from a heart
attack over ten years. In the group who had
never owned a cat, 5.8% had died from heart
attacks.
78. Better mood
• Stroking a dog can be comforting to both parties.
When you stroke a dog, a hormone called oxytocin,
linked to anxiety relief, is released.
• A study conducted at Uppsala University in Sweden
presented at the 12th International Conference of
Human-Animal Interactions in 2010, showed that
friendly human-dog interaction releases oxytocin in
both humans and dogs.
• ‘It’s interesting if you walk down the street with a
dog how many people look at him and it brings a
smile to their face,’ ‘That really stimulates a positive
emotional response.’
80. Fewer visits to the doctor
• According to Pets for The Elderly Foundation
in the US, 21% of elderly persons who had a
pet had fewer visits to their doctor.
• Owning a pet like a dog will make you more
active. Being regularly active is noted for
reducing heart disease and risk of having a stroke,
as well as reducing the risk of developing diseases
like dementia and some cancers. Experts also
believe that pets can help us recover faster
after illness or surgery.
82. Better social contact
• Walking a dog is more likely to promote
social interaction and conversations with
others and lead to increased likelihood of
new friendships.
• There is more chance striking up conversations
with pet owners in parks and other public
places when you are walking a dog.
84. Less stress
• Stroking a pet is thought to reduce the level of
stress-related hormones in the blood.
• Reducing stress can help protect against
heart disease by lowering blood pressure
and reducing heart rate.
85. More affection and love
• Focusing on taking care of an animal is a
great way to give and receive love. ‘It’s a
very positive thing to recognise the care and
nurturing benefits of having a dog and
focusing emotional energy on a pet,’
86. More active
• Dog walkers will naturally be active.
According to a 1991 survey, pet owners in
general had higher exercise levels and fewer
minor health problems.
87. Greater sense of comfort and
security
• For many elderly people who lack regular
social interaction and company, pets can be
their main source of comfort.
• In a survey by Pets For The Elderly
Foundation, 95% of elderly people spoke to
their pets, while 82% said their pets help them
when they feel sad.
89. Improved overall health
• Pet owners seem to be healthier than those
who don’t own pets according to experts.
Those with a good relationship with their
pets were, on average, healthier than those
who don’t have pets according to pet
research Allen R McConnell, a professor of
psychology at Miami University.
91. References
Benefits of companion pets for seniors
• https://elizz.com/caregiver-resources/just-for-caregivers/elderly-pets-benefits
How tech-savvy cities will affect the canine population.
• http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/10/smart_cities_will_change_life_for_urb
an_dogs.html
Is there room for pets in smart cities?
• https://pacomaroto.wordpress.com/smart-cities-series/is-there-room-for-pets-in-smart-cities/
PETA India: India's Animal Rights Organisation | PETA India
• https://www.petaindia.com/
Smart technologies to help cities cope with soaring pet populations
• https://smartcitiescouncil.com/article/5-smart-technologies-help-cities-cope-soaring-pet-populations
To Be Truly Inclusive, the Smart Cities Project Must Also Protect Non-Human Lives
• https://thewire.in/57609/smart-cities-cannot-ignore-nonhuman-life/
12 good reasons why animals can benefit the elderly and those living with dementia
• http://www.sweettree.co.uk/blog/12-good-reasons-animals-can-benefit-elderly-living-dementia/
15 Animal Rights in India That Every Citizen Should Know
• https://www.thebetterindia.com/46721/humane-society-india-animal-laws-prevention-of-cruelty-act/