SMART CITIES:

CONCEPT, CHALLENGES AND PROJECTS

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SMART CITIES: CONCEPT, CHALLENGES AND PROJECTS

1. INTRODUCTION 4. CHALLENGES
4.1 CITY CHALLENGES
2. DEFINITION OF SMART CITY 4.2 ACTION FIELDS AND
2.1 BACKGROUND CHALLENGES
2.2 SMART CITY DEFINITIONS 4.3 SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN CITIES
2.3 SMART CITY WORKING
DEFINITION 5. SMART CITY PROJECTS
2.4 IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART CITY 5.1 RELATION BETWEEN SMART CITY
PROJECTS PROJECTS AND SMART CITIES
2.5 RELATED CONCEPTS 5.2 CLASSIFICATION OF SMART CITY
INITIATIVES
3. ACTION FIELDS 5.3 SITUATION OF SMART CITY
3.1 BACKGROUND PROJECTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
3.2 ACTION FIELDS DEFINITION REGION
3.3 ACTION FIELDS CLASSIFICATION
6. REFERENCES

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SMART CITY DEFINITION

WORKING DEFINITION
A Smart City connects human capital, social capital and ICT
infrastructure in order to address public issues, achieve a sustainable
development and increase the quality of life of its citizens.

SMART CITY GOALS

• Achieve a sustainable development.
• Increase the quality of life of its citizens.
• Improve the efficiency of the existing and new infrastructure.

ICT FACTOR
Use of Information and Communication Technologies as a mean to
achieve its objectives. ICT as tool for the improvement of the city.

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SUSTAINABLE vs
SMART

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MODEL SMART DEVELOPMENT MODEL

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SMART CITY DEFINITION

MAIN ACTORS
• Government and city authorities.
• Public-private partnerships.
• Citizen participation.

SCOPE OF THE SMART CITY

• Effects on the nearby settlements economically and socially connected.
• Expansion to the whole region.
• Regional and interregional networks.

IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART CITY PROJECTS

• Pilot projects.
• Global Smart City strategy + testing projects embraced on it.
• High risk projects with long payback periods.
• Difficulties to have access to traditional financial resources.

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OTHER CITY CONCEPTS

RELATION BETWEEN OTHER CONCEPTS AND THE SMART CITY MODEL

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ACTION FIELDS

• Smart Governance

• Smart Economy

• Smart Mobility

• Smart Environment

• Smart People

• Smart Living

SMART CITY ACTION FIELDS. ICT AS COMMON ENABLER

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SMART CITY AREAS
SMART CITY ACTION FIELDS AND AREAS
SUSTAINABLE CITY SMART CITY
CITY AXES SMART CITY AREAS
ASPECTS ACTION FIELDS
PARTICIPATION
GOVERNANCE TRANSPARENCY
economic INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES
INNOVATION
ECONOMY
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TRAFFIC
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
MOBILITY
ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
environmental HABITAT LOGISTICS
NETWORK AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENT MONITORING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
DIGITAL EDUCATION
PEOPLE
CREATIVITY
social CITIZEN TOURISM & CULTURE
LIVING HEALTH & SAFETY
TECHNOLOGY ACCESIBILITY

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CITY CHALLENGES
CITY CHALLENGES
GOVERNANCE ECONOMY MOBILITY ENVIRONMENT PEOPLE LIVING
Flexible Unemployment Sustainable Energy saving Unemployment Affordable
governance mobility housing
Shrinking cities Shrinking cities Inclusive Shrinking cities Social cohesion Social
mobility cohesion
Combination Economic Multimodal Holistic Poverty Health
of formal and decline public approach to problems
informal transport environmental
government systems and energy
issues
Territorial Territorial Pollution Pollution Ageing Crime rate
cohesion cohesion population
Mono-sectorial Traffic Urban sprawl Social diversity Urban
economy congestion as source of sprawl
innovation
Sustainable Non-car
local mobility
economies
Social diversity
as source of
innovation

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CITY CHALLENGES

24 CITY CHALLENGES

17 one-field challenges
• 5 mobility
• 3 living
• 3 economy
• 2 governance
• 2 people
• 2 environment

7 multi-field challenges

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CITY CHALLENGES
MEDITERRANEAN REGION
Urban population (%)
100%
Algeria
90%
Egypt
80% EU
Israel
70% Jordan
Lebanon
60%
Libya
50% Morocco
Palestine
40% Syria
Tunisia
30% Source
Turkey
World Bank
World
20%
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
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CITY CHALLENGES
MEDITERRANEAN REGION

SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN CITIES CHALLENGES

• Slum proliferation
• Urban violence and insecurity
• Urban poverty
• Climate change effects
• Congestion + pollution
• Lack of public transport
• Water scarcity
• High infrastructure deficits
• Shortage in access to ICT
• Scarcity of resources

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MEDITERRANEAN REGION
Internet users (%)
80%
Source
Algeria
70% World Bank Egypt
(last available)
60% EU
Israel
50% Jordan
Lebanon
40%
Libya
30% Morocco
Palestine
20% Syria
Tunisia
10%
Turkey
World
0%
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
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CITY CHALLENGES
MEDITERRANEAN REGION

HDI Human Development Index (%) – ICT Development Index

95%

90% Sources
HDI: UNDP (2012) EU Israel
85% IDI: ITU (2012)

80%

75%
Tunisia Turkey Lebanon
Algeria
70%
Jordan World
65%
Syria Egypt
60%
Morocco
Palestine and Libya:
55%
no data (IDI)
50%
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
IDI
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CITY CHALLENGES
MEDITERRANEAN REGION

SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN
CITIES CHALLENGES
Providing basic services
looking forward to
future challenges

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SMART CITY PROJECTS
ACTION
AREA SMART CITY INITIATIVE
FIELD
Complaints and suggestions
PARTICIPATION
Participation in decision-making

Open Data
TRANSPARENCY
GOVERNANCE

Municipal transparency
SMART

e-municipality
City Council on social networks

PUBLIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES GIS

Social and City services information

Smart Justice
Innovation Centre
INNOVATION
ECONOMY

e-commerce
SMART

Business centre
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
job-search resource centres

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ACTION
AREA SMART CITY INITIATIVE
FIELD
Variable Traffic Management
TRAFFIC Traffic monitoring
Traffic control
Public Transportation App
Card of Public Transportation
SMART MOBILITY

Intelligent bus stops

PUBLIC TRANSPORT Car sharing
Public bicycles
Electric bus
Tramway
Parking sensors
ICT INFRASTRUCTURE Parking information
NFC payment
LOGISTICS Smart Logistics

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ACTION
AREA SMART CITY INITIATIVE
FIELD
environmental Information and alerts

NETWORK AND ENVIRONMENTAL Containers with sensors

MONITORING
Monitoring distribution networks
SMART ENVIRONMENT

App with incidents

Recharging electric vehicles

Energy efficient in buildings

intelligent Lighting
ENERGY EFFICIENCY Smart grids
Irrigation remote control
Renewables

District heating and cooling

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ACTION
AREA SMART CITY INITIATIVE
FIELD

Centre for learning new technologies

PEOPLE
SMART

DIGITAL EDUCATION
Internet in schools
CREATIVITY Centre for creating apps
event information
TOURISM & CULTURE
tourism app

e-health

accessibility in public places

HEALTH & SAFETY
LIVING
SMART

Telecare
video surveillance

free wifi

TECHNOLOGY ACCESIBILITY optical fibre

citizen card

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“ISTANBUL HARETEK HALINDE” (ISTANBUL IN MOTION)

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IBM RESEARCH CENTRE (HAIFA)

LEAKAGE AND DEMAND FORECASTING

WATER QUALITY
SMARTER WATER PROJECT
HIGH AVAILABILITY

AUTOMATED WATER MANAGEMENT

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HALUZA SMART CITY (PROJECT STAGE)

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NEW CITY-BUILDING PROJECTS

Casa Green Town (MA)

Tunis Smart City (TN)

Smart Village (EG)

Abdali District (JO)

Raoued (TN)

El Jadida (MA)

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E-MUNICIPALITY SERVICES (TOP-DOWN)

TEL AVIV

BURSA

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E-GOVERNMENT (TOP-DOWN)

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MOBILITY PROJECTS
Public Bicycles
NFC

Tramway

Traffic
monitoring
Public
Transport
App
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Energy
efficiency in
buildings

Renewables

Environmental
information and
alerts

Intelligent
lighting
Monitoring
distribution
networks
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MOBILE APP: “BEIRUT ELECTRICITY CUT OFF” (BOTTOM-UP)

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Smart City projects found in South Mediterranean Cities

Weighted Score
9
LIVING
8 PEOPLE
ENVIRONMENT
7
MOBILITY
6 ECONOMY
GOVERNANCE
5

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SMART CITY PROJECTS FOUND IN SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN REGION

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¡THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION!

Andrea Torregrosa
Researcher at TRANSyT UPM

Mario Martín
Researcher at TRANSyT UPM

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