This document discusses key concepts related to smart cities including their dimensions, drivers, technology needs, services, and players. It describes how smart cities aim to efficiently deliver services to citizens using technology and attitudes to improve areas like mobility, energy efficiency, healthcare, education and more. The document outlines a four layer technology model for smart cities incorporating data collection, transmission, storage, analysis and platforms. It also examines some issues for smart cities regarding data propriety, security and privacy.

1. Curs Smart Cities
Associació Catalana d’Enginyers de Telecomunicació – ACET-març
2014

2. Session 1.- Smart City Concepts
Index
The idea
The dimensions
Drivers and relations
Technology model
The services
The players
Issues

3. City Services / Urban Services. The needs
(1 of 2)
Water supply & draining, 100% capillarity
Energy distribution
Electricity, 100% capillarity
Fuel distribution clusters
Food supply & waste collection
Food distribution clusters
Waste collection clusters

4. City Services / Urban Services. The needs
(2 of 2)
Security (police & firemen & ambulances)
Health clusters (hospitals, health centers …)
Education clusters (schools, universities …)
Mobility management (by feet, by bike, by car)
Cultural clusters (theaters, cinemas, museums,
libraries, auditoria…)
Social needs

5. The Name “Smart City”
Is it a new concept?
Is it a new brand?
Is it a fashion?
Is it a “renaming” of an old concept?

6. Smart City Essentials
Technology
Attitudes

7. Smart City Assets
Hard infrastructure, “physical capital”
Social infrastructure, knowledge
communication, “intellectual capital”

8. Smart City Axes (or Dimensions)
Smart Economy
Smart Governance
Smart Environment
Smart People
Smart Mobility
Smart Living

9. Smart City Drivers
Efficacy in delivering services
Efficiency in management of resources
Transparency in communication & participation,
Engagement in democracy

10. Smart City cross-relations
Technology for the efficient management of the city
(mobility, parking, lighting, waste, environment ...)
Attitudes & technology for the efficient & transparent
management of services to citizens (e-health, e-government)
Attitudes for social & political engagement for e-democracy

11. Technology Needs for Smart Cities
Data collection
Data transmission
Data storage
Data analysis
Data platforms

12. Technology Specifics for Smart Cities
Internet of Things
Big Data
Open Data
Cloud computing

13. The 4 layer technology model
 D.- Applications and services (infinite)
C.- Platform (transversality & city operating system)
- Asset management
- Big data processing
- Interface to other platforms
- Interface to apps
 B.- Communications
- MAN Metropolitan Area Network (Wi-Fi, 3G, LTE ....)
- WLAN, Wireless Local Area Network (zig bee protocols)
 A.- Information gathering subsystem
- Sensors & other information gathering

14. The Smart City Services
a) Resource-linked Services
Urban Mobility
Transport
Energy efficiency,
Waste management
Environmental sustainability
Infrastructures & Facilities management

15. The Smart City Services
b) Personal Services
Public Security,
Governance & Participation
E-Health Services,
Education Services,
Culture & Arts Services
Tourisme Services
E-Commerce

16. Smart City Players
Citizens (final users)
Administrations (responsible)
Urban service operators (executors, big
contractors)
Solution providers (technology innovators)

17. Solution Providers
Integrators
Apps makers
Device makers

18. Vertical Solutions
Parking facilities management
Mobility management
Solid waste management
Energy management
Water management (in & out)
Lighting management
Environment management
Citizen participation & engagement pushing

19. Smart City Issues
Propriety of Data
Security
Privacy

20. Thank you
ramon.palacio@gmail.com
march 2014