Smart Cities

N S SUDEEP SHIVA RAO

Electronics and Communication Engineering
Vivekananda College of Engineering &
Technology
Table of contents
i] Defination of Smart City.
ii]Case Study of smartest nation.
iii]Advantages of Smart city.
iv] Disadvantage of Smart city.
v]Basic needs to make a city smart.
vi]Main Goals of Smart City.
Defination of Smart City
A smart City uses Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to
improve operational efficiency,share information with the public and provide a
better quality of government and Citizen Welfare.
 Singapore-The Smartest Nation
While The Rest of the world is living in 2023,Singapore Seems to be in 2123.
Why Singapore?
•Hiring Robotic Police
•Self Driving Cars(Launched the first "Robot-Taxi's")
•Farms that maintains itself through Artificial intelligence
•Smart Waste management services.(Incineration Facility)
 Advantages of smart Cities
•Effective decision-making based on data.
•Creation of safer communities.
•Improved urban transportation.
•Improving the environment through various systems.
•Optimization of time in hospital and public service lines.
•Evolution towards the Internet of Things (IoT).
•Implementation of new business opportunities.
•Creation of services that respond more effectively to the needs of citizens.
•Automatic and efficient urban management.•
•Reduction of both economic and natural input costs.
 Disadvantage of Smart cities
•Significant capital investment in technology is required.
•There is a dependence on technology service companies.
•Real estate becomes more expensive, as it is more difficult to build and execute.
•Larger technological gaps open up between Smart Cities and other cities.
•Considerable increase in electronic waste.
•Urban areas tend to be more expensive to live-in.
Main Goals of a Smart city
•Optimize city functions
•Promote economic growth
•Improving quality of life
•Improves Transportation
•Efficient public utilities