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Smartcities 151210064940
Smartcities 151210064940
Smartcities 151210064940
Smart City
4. Housing for All – The main aim of a smart city is “housing for all”. More
than 70% of the Indian population would be living in cities by 2050. Due to
the rising urbanization, a better standard of living is required. To support this
rising shift, a sustainable model of housing should be developed.
• Data needed for initiatives such as open data platforms and the
integration of health services is not always accessible. This is
mainly due to privacy and security issues or other difficulties such
as the lack of technical knowledge to generate or manipulate data.
For example, the launch of care. data, a database which
integrates data gathered from GPs with hospital medical files
was postponed due to concerns over data privacy and possible
breaches.
• Moreover, the techniques to analyze data, communicate it and
use it are yet to be fully developed and its monetary value is yet
to be understood.
• As a result, councils, businesses and other involved parties do not
fully understand the value and benefits that data can generate,
which makes the business case for releasing it hard to establish.
Barriers in Development of Smart
Cities
• Increasing citizen take up and participation is difficult. Currently,
cities and the private sector are finding it difficult to increase citizen
participation in the smart agenda beyond the committed few. This is
due to some people having limited access to broadband or not having the
skills and confidence to use the internet – especially in low income
communities and among older people.
• With e-services and online consultations becoming more popular, this
creates the risk of social and political exclusion among these groups.
Moreover, people might not have enough information on how the
technology (such as smart meters) can be used or see it as irrelevant to their
daily lives.
• Issues around what kind of data citizens value, whether they
understand the privacy and security implications of sharing their data
and how smart technologies can benefit them are yet to be fully
explored and understood.
"Smart cities are those who manage their resources efficiently.
Traffic, public services and ... increase performance." -
Eduardo Paes
References
• http://www.smartcitieschallenge.in/
• http://smartcitiescouncil.com/
• http://smartcitiesofindia.in/
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