Smart Cities and Communities: Achieving Smart Urban Growth

1. It’s Smart to know Where
Place - Technology - People

2. Design
More than half the worlds
population lives in a city

3. Design
More than half the worlds
population lives in a city
By the year 2050, that figure will
rise to nearly 70 percent (WHO)

4. Design
More than half the worlds
population lives in a city
By the year 2050, that figure will
rise to nearly 70 percent (WHO)
What does this mean for people living in those cities?What does this mean for people living in those cities?

5. Design
More than half the worlds
population lives in a city
By the year 2050, that figure will
rise to nearly 70 percent (WHO)
What does this mean for people living in those cities?What does this mean for people living in those cities?
And what does this mean for the government
agencies and businesses providing services?

6. Place

8. A Lidar Map of Salford
• Or one from the DEFRA Forum

9. A Relief Map of the UK

10. A Sat Nav Map of Salford

11. Slide of a data table

12. Animation of a spreadsheet dragged onto a map

13. An Asset Map for Somewhere

14. A Crime Hotspot Map

15. A Political Boundaries Map

16. Analysis maps combining some data

18. Technology

20. Image of an Asset
• (eg a lamppost with an asset tag on it or similar)

21. Image of a mobile device
• (with a map UI on the mobile screen?)

22. Image: ANPR Camera

23. Image of wearable tech
• (eg Health Alarm)

26. To leverage the potential we need
data from many sources, contextual
information, real time filtering and
intuitive visualisations.

28. People

30. Smart Communites
geohub.lacity.org

31. It’s Smart to know Where
Place - Technology - People