Dr Geoffrey Orsak What is a Smart City Many definitions of a Smart City commonalities Improving quality of life of citizens Improving city efficiency Relying on data and leveraging technology especially Information Communication Technologies throughout the city ID: 531356
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Smart Cities
Dr. Geoffrey OrsakSlide2
What is a Smart City?
Many definitions of a Smart City:
commonalities?
Improving quality of life of citizens
Improving city efficiency
Relying on data, and leveraging technology, especially Information Communication Technologies throughout the city A Smart City is an efficient data driven enterprise that uses technology to improve city functions while increasing the quality of life for citizens. Slide3
Benefits of being
a Smart C
ity
?
60% of the worlds population is forecasted to live in cities by 2050.
The smart city industry is projected to be a $400 billion market by 2020.600 cities around the globe expected to generate 60% of the world's GDP by 2025.Cities will experience an increasing strain on their resources as the urban population grows. Practical use of ICTs and other smart city technologies looks to proactively find and prevent social and economic issues caused by urban density. Slide4Slide5
Elements of a Smart City Project
Governance
How does the project relate to participation
Human Capital
To people
EnvironmentTo natural resources and sustainabilityLiving
To quality of life
Economy
To competitiveness
Topics for Discussion Today
Infrastructure
Public Safety
Sustainable Development
Data Analytics
How do these topics fit into the elements of a Smart CitySlide6
#
SmartColumbus
The #
SmartColumbus
campaign is built around using technology to improve five areas:
access to jobstourism (connected visitors)logisticsconnecting citizens
sustainable transportation
Just awarded $40M of funding from Department of Transportation
Raised $81M of private and in-kind funding
City contributed $19M
Smart Corridor to Provide Access to Jobs
Additional system wide service information via smart phone apps.
Add Mobileye technology to COTA buses (system wide).
Install Smart intersection technology on corridor to enhance Mobileye Self-Driving vehicles servicing Easton Office/Shopping Park addressing first and last mile connection issue from transit center
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Smart City: Kansas City
Using advances in technology to change the way cities work
Goals of Smart City Initiative
to improve the delivery of City services
to enhance the citizen experience
to support entrepreneurship and economic development
Kansas City’s Smart City Corridor
2 mile-long street car route
One of the first economic development projects credited to the City’s modern streetcar.
Residents will now have free access to cutting-edge technologies
Free public Wi-Fi
Smart streetlights
Smart traffic signals
Interactive kiosksSlide9Slide10
Other Smart Cities
National
Chicago, IL
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
San Francisco, CASeattle, WA InternationalBarcelona, SpainSingaporeSeoul, KoreaVancouver, CanadaMedellin, ColumbiaSlide11
Becoming a Smart City
Identify citizen centric issues to resolve.
Develop a plan with key partners and stakeholders.
Find solutions that address multiple issues.
Collect and use data to improve technologies benefiting citizens.
Collaboration is vital:Utilize university research Create public-private-industry partnershipsCultivate citizen participation and buy-in Slide12
Resources
Jason Doss Flickr Account
Grote, Dora;
No need to wonder where streetcar is: Kiosks now offer tracker maps,
July 11, 2016;
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2016/07/11/kansas-city-streetcar-kiosks-tracker-maps.htmlMaddox, Teena; Smart cities: The smart person's guide, May 12, 2016, http://www.techrepublic.com/article/smart-cities-the-smart-persons-guide/City of Kansas City, Mo, Kansas City launches world’s most connected Smart City, http://kcmo.gov/news/2016/kansas-city-launches-world-most-connected-smart-city/The City of Columbus, #SmartColumbus, https://www.columbus.gov/smartcolumbus/ Albino, Vito; Berardi, Umberto; Dangelico, Rosa Maria; Smart Cities: Definitions, Dimensions, Performance, and Initiatives, Journal of Urban Technology, 2015, Vol.22, No.1, 3-21,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2014.942092