A smart city utilizes digital technologies to enhance performance, reduce costs and resource consumption, and more effectively engage citizens. Key smart sectors include transportation, energy, healthcare, water and waste. An Internet of Things system allows machines and objects to communicate data that can determine their status. Greener buildings will be energy efficient with motion-sensing lights and roof gardens to monitor carbon footprints. Smarter transportation combines car sharing and public transit with mobility-on-demand tools. Smarter healthcare turns data into clinical and business insights for better outcomes. Smart waste, energy and water infrastructure gathers data to effectively manage precious resources. Smart services provide innovative public services through data from urban systems. Building smart cities is crucial for sustainable growth as

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2. CONTENTS
ASMARTCITY
CONNECTIVITY–THE INTERNETOF THINGS
GREENERBUILDINGS
SMARTTRAFFIC
SMARTHEALTHCARE
SMARTWATER,ENERGYANDWASTE
SMARTSERVICES
CONCLUSION

3. A SMART CITY
How DoI Envision aCity of theFuture?ASmartCity…
 A SmartCityThatUsesDigitalTechnologiestoEnhance PerformanceandWellbeing,toReduce Costs
andResourceConsumption,andtoengagemoreEffectivelyandActivelywithitsCitizens.Key'Smart'
SectorsIncludeTransport,Energy,HealthCare,WaterandWaste.A SmartCityShouldbe Able to
RespondFastertoCityandGlobalChallengesThanone Witha Simple'Transactional'Relationship
withitsCitizens.

4. CONNECTIVITY – THE INTERNET OF THINGS(IOT)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is Essentially a System of Machines or Objects Outfitted with Data-Collecting Technologies
so That Those Objects can Communicate with one Another. The Machine-to-Machine Data That is Generated has a
Wide Range of Uses, but is Commonly Seen as a Way to Determine the Health and Status of Things - Inanimate or
Living.
 Smarter Living: Products Around us Are Becoming More Intelligent, Systems that save Time, Energy and Money.
 Change the Behavior of the Inhabitants: Improve Quality of Life and Systems That Save in Emergency.
 Increasing Relevant Use of the Resources with Internet to Tell Us when and where to Save.

5. GREENER BUILDINS
A GreenBuildingReferstoa StructureUsingProcessThatisEnvironmentallyResponsibleandResource-Efficient
ThroughoutaBuilding'sLife-Cycle.
 BuildingsWill Operateas LivingOrganisms:Energy-EfficientAppliancesandMotion-SensingLights,Roof-Top
GardensandCarbonFootprintMonitorstoAllow ResidentstoMonitorthey’reUsageOverTime.
 Executed ParkingProgramthatisEssentialtoEstablishingand MaintainingaHuman-ScaleEnvironmentthat
EmphasizesParkingEfficiencyOverand UnderSupply.
 OutdoorEducationalSpacesFacilitateOutdoorLearning.

6. SMARTTRAFFIC
SmarterTransportSystemsareEncouragingCitiestoEnhance Mobility,ReduceEmissionsandPersonalisethe
UserExperience
 MovingandTravelingWithintheSmartCityCombinesCarSharing,CarpoolingAnd SharedVehicles
WiththeInterconnectednessofTransportationand OtherInfrastructures.
 Mobility-on-DemandandFleet-ManagementToolscan FilltheGapsinPublic Transit.
 SmartRoadswith Sensors witha SeriesofSmartApplicationsThatWill LeadtoaBetterandSaferRoads.

7. SMARTHEALTHCARE
SmarterCareuncoversvaluableinsightsintolifestylechoices, socialdeterminantsandclinical factors,
enablingholisticandindividualizedcaretooptimizeoutcomesandlowercosts
 SmarterApproachtoHealthcareisOnethatTurnsDataIntoClinicalandBusinessInsightsfor
BetterOutcomes.
 InstrumentsProcessesDatawiththoseinsightsinRealTimeforPointofCareDecisionsand
Productivity.
 Patient-Centered,HolisticandProactiveApproachestoDeliverBetterCareExperiences that
EmphasizePreventionand Wellness.

8. SMARTWASTE, ENERGY AND WATER
SmartCitiesuses Waste,EnergyandWaterInfrastructuresthatEnsuresthesePreciousResourcesandthe
EnergyusedtoTransportthemis ManagedEffectively.TheseInfrastructuresareDesignedtoGather
Meaningfuland ActionableDataAbouttheFlow,Pressureand DistributionthroughouttheCity.
 Waste:SmartCitiesReuseasManyProductsasPossibleandRecycle Productssuch asPaper,Glass,Plastic
andMetal.
 Energy:RenewableEnergyResourcethatHaveanOngoingContinuousSourceofSupplysuchasWind
andSolarPowerthatEmitsLessCarbonwhenElectricityisGenerated.
 Water:A SmartCityuses a WaterConservationApproach.

9. SMARTSERVICES
SmartCitiesandTheir CitizensNeedandExpect EffectivePublicServicesthatSmarter,MoreEfficient,
InnovativeandAvailabletoAll.
 StreetLightingandSecurityManagement,VideoSurveillanceandWeatherIntelligenceSystemsLoads
ofAccurate,MeaningfulDatacanbe pulledfromtheManyUrbanSystemsandTurnedintoUseful
InformationandInnovativeServicesforCitizens.
 AsGlobalCompetitionBecomes MoreIntense,SmartCitiesMustIncreasinglyWorktoEnsurea High
QualityofLifefortitsCitizens,MakingtheirCityanAttractiveDestination.
 TheDataCollectedbyaSmartCitycan beAccessedAnyInternetConnectedApplication.

10. CONCLUSION
BuildingCitiesoftheFutureisCrucialforSustainableGlobalGrowth,buttheFinancial,Logisticaland
PoliticalChallengesare Enormous:AlmostHalfoftheWorld'sPopulationCurrentlyLivesinCities,
andby2050thatis ProjectedtoIncreaseto75%.
Citiesofthefuturearelikely tobe shapedbyideas:thathavetheTheme“smarterequalsgreener”.

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