The document discusses smart city design principles. It defines a smart city as one that uses technology to improve quality of life for residents while addressing modern needs. India's Smart Cities Mission aims to make 100 cities smart by 2023 to drive economic growth. Design plays a pivotal role by making cities livable and enhancing residents' quality of life through architecture and urban planning. Smart city design principles can be applied to sustainability, privacy/safety, transportation, connectivity, and governance.

1. Smart City Design Principles

2. What Is A Smart City?
o A viable solution to address and upgrade the cities in
sync with present-day requirements
o Uses technological advances as a tool to improve the
quality of life of inhabitants
o The Government of India has undertaken an initiative
called ‘Smart Cities Mission’
o The purpose of the mission is to -
§ Make 100 cities ‘smart’ by 2023
§ Drive economic growth

3. Smart
City
Smart
People
Smart
Mobility
Smart
Living
Smart
Governance
Smart
Economy
Smart
Environment

4. Role Of Design In Smart Cities
o Design plays a pivotal role in the development of smart cities.
o Architecture and urban planning aid in -
§ Making cities liveable
§ Enhancing the quality of life of its residents
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5. Smart City Design Principles Extend To
o Proper visualization
o Planning
o Designing
o Implementation
o Maintenance
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6. Where Smart City Design Principles
Can Be Applied
o Sustainability
o Privacy and Safety
o Transport and Traffic Management
o Connectivity and Information Accessibility
o Governance and Community Building

7. Sustainability
The design of amenities in a smart city should
reduce carbon footprints and mitigate the
adverse effects of climate change.
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8. Privacy and Safety
The construction of safe and secure buildings
and public spaces necessitates an integrated
design process entailing the collaborative
approach of a team of designers.
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9. Transport and Traffic
Management
The role of design is imperative in ensuring
accessibility, safety, multi-modal integration, and
investment in complementary urban spatial
developments.
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10. Connectivity and
Information Accessibility
The design of information technologies should
be geared to provide wide accessibility with
no or minimal cost to residents.
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11. Governance and Community Building
Design plays a vital role in developing
products, methodologies, and mechanisms to
ensure efficient management.
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12. Smart City Design Principles Should
o Empower the local community at the grassroots
o Encourage their participation in the development process
o Foster an inclusive ecosystem
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13. Designing Smart
Cities
While designing the infrastructures of smart cities,
we need to design them in context with an
understanding of the environment.
Understanding of
environment
Interactive
elements of
environment
Smart City
Infrastructure

14. Smart City
Architecture

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