Big Data an opportunity for friendly cities
Lorena Pocatilu
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Economic Informatics and Cybernetics Department Bucharest, Romania
lorena.pocatilu@ie.ase.ro
The use of big data solutions is the biggest opportunity for friendly cities in our years. This happened because we need to access, process and use different data type very fast and big data solutions offers these facilities.
The concept of big data which creating value is not new, and in our age the effective use of da-ta is to becoming the basis element of competition. Cities of our time have always wanted to use correctly and to the real value the information and knowledge in order to make better, smarter, real time, fact-based decisions, this necessity of correct knowledge has fueled the growth of using big data. In this case the big data concept is the most important support for cities’ evolutions. In the world, many cities who are agree that this is true aren't sure how to make the most of it implementation. After a literature review analysis, this paper presents the steps for implement the solutions of big data in the core area of cities.
More and more companies from business and administration are agree that big data is an op-portunity for friendly cities. This paper highlights with examples from all over the world that those areas which use big data have good results. The areas that succeed aren't the ones who have the most data, but the ones who use it best. Big data will fundamentally change the way cities compete and operate. Companies from business and administration that invest in and successfully derive value from their data will have a distinct advantage over their competitors — a performance gap that will continue to grow as more relevant data is generated, emerging technologies and digital channels offer better acquisition and delivery mechanisms, and the technologies that enable faster, easier data analysis continue to develop.
Investment and development are the keys of our cities. This paper presents the impact of the big data solutions and how can use all the facility of this in friendly cities development. Having in view the researches in this area the cities development using big data in accordance with sustainability principles has become an opportunity of this century. An efficient access and use of huge quantity of data through big data solutions and the involvement of citizens in the initi-atives of local communities are the key elements that a city can use to achieve a harmonious development.
The major research of this approach is centered on the necessity of use big data for friendly cities.
2. The first part of the paper introduces the concept of big data
and how this help us to use correctly and to the real value the
information and knowledge in order to make better, smarter,
real time decisions.
The second part describes after a literature review analysis
the steps for implement the solutions of big data in the core
area of cities.
The third part of this paper presents the impact of the big
data solutions and how can use all the facility of this in
friendly cities development.
The fourth part presents the conclusions and underlines the
importance of use big data for friendly cities.
3. The use of big data solutions is the biggest opportunity for
friendly cities in our years.
This happened because we need to access, process and use
different data type very fast and big data solutions offers
these facilities.
Benefit to government Benefit to
private sector
Benefit to
civil society
Increased tax revenues
through increased economic
activity
New business
opportunities for
services / goods
Better informed monitoring
Creation jobs
Reduction in data
transaction costs
Reduced costs for data
transmission and
conversion
New venues for project action:
building tools/applications
Increased service efficiency Better decision-making
based on accurate
information
Increased sustainability
potential through increased
capacity
Transparent Activity Transparence
information
Build a transparent society
Increased GDP Access to information Access to information
Encouraged
entrepreneurship (economic
growth)
Better-skilled workforce
4. The concept of big data which creating value is not new, and
in our age the effective use of data is to becoming the basis
element of competition.
Citizens
Business and
Industry
Government
Non-
governmental
organizations
Figure 1. Big data ecosystem
5. Cities of our time have always wanted to use correctly and to
the real value the information and knowledge in order to
make better, smarter, real time, fact-based decisions, this
necessity of correct knowledge has fueled the growth of using
big data.
In this case the big data concept is the most important
support for cities’ evolutions. In the world, many cities who
are agree that this is true aren't sure how to make the most of
it implementation.
6. After a literature review analysis, this paper presents the
steps for implement the solutions of big data in the core area
of cities.
7. More and more companies from business and administration
are agree that big data is an opportunity for friendly cities.
This paper highlights with examples from all over the world
that those areas which use big data have good results. The
areas that succeed aren't the ones who have the most data,
but the ones who use it best.
Big data will fundamentally change the way cities compete
and operate.
8. Investment and development are the keys of our cities.
This paper presents the impact of the big data solutions and
how can use all the facility of this in friendly cities
development.
The major research of this approach is centered on the
necessity of use big data for friendly cities.
