The document discusses the concept of smart cities, emphasizing their role in enhancing urban management, resource efficiency, and quality of life. It highlights the importance of integrating technology and data in various sectors, such as utilities, transport, and public spaces, to drive progress. It also touches on the economic arguments for smart city investments and provides examples of current smart city initiatives.

1. Running on Informationhttp://www.arup.com/Publications/Smart_Cities.aspxVolker.Buscher@arup.comDirector | Smart Cities+44 20 7755 2352

2. CHINAU.S.A.EUROPEINDIATOTAL TONNES OF CO2 EMISSIONS (BN)Energy Information Administration121086 4 2 0 2030 20202010 2000 1990 1980

3. 19007.9119505.1520052.0219872.6020301.6920501.44OurShrinking EarthYEARHectares of Land Per Capita

4. economic developmentgreat places to live and workhttp://www.istockphoto.com/

5. drivers of changeeconomic developmentgreat places to live and workenvironmental considerationshttp://www.istockphoto.com/

6. The City as a SystemCommunityWaterPeopleEnergyMobilityLogisticssmart citiesFoodInformation that enables cities to be better managed, more resource efficient and maintain high quality of life.WasteImage: Arup smart cities

7. Technology as driver of changeDRAFTReference ShaSpa and Digital Strom ArchitectureArup Instrumenting Resource Systemshttp://www.istockphoto.com/

8. Big dataThe instrumentation of utilities, transport and public spaces will create large and valuable data set.

9. Financing smart citiesThe macroeconomic argument for smart cities is clear, but how will stakeholders invest.

10. city basics

11. Specific Feedbacktransparent propertieslow2No HelsinkiArup / Experentia Low2No

12. smart mobilitySFPark, San Francisco

13. real time environmentUrban EcoMap, City of San Francisco/Cisco

14. citizen 2.0AcrossAir, Londonhttp://www.acrossair.com/

15. civic-scale smart meterThe CLOUD, LondonExample for WOW factor

16. Open dataLondon Datastorehttp://data.london.gov.uk/

17. dynamic utilitiesenergy – water - waste