Smart Cities: IoT and digital technology delivers better quality of life

Today, smart cities are moving beyond trial and error and using resources such as IoT and digital technology to deliver not only a better quality of life, but also make our urban spaces more efficient, convenient, safer and liveable.

IoT, which makes up the very core of a smart city, use technologies to improve the lives of its citizens and the environment. It also helps diminish the digital divide and thrive and innovate.

Smart cities are now using resources such as IoT and digital technology to deliver not only a better quality of life, but also to make our urban spaces more liveable.

Most cities in India are not equipped to deal with the burgeoning population’s pressure on infrastructure and services. This has brought to fore the need for cities to invest in IoT devices, services and solutions.

IoT presents an opportunity to reshape delivery and foster an efficient management of physical infrastructure assets. With a multitude of devices getting internet-enabled and accessible, IoT offers unprecedented potential to remotely monitor control infrastructure and analytics.

Smart cities work in different ways on various countries of the world; there is no one template for it, it is about how you utilise technology, social media and cyber-security.

The idea of a smart city is what we think the future will look like – cities where buildings are lost in the clouds or networked devices linked together by the Internet of Things (IoT).

The smart city concept is still evolving in India and though it shows much promise, adopting a one-size-fits-all approach could prove to be futile.

Questions & Answers

Question.
Part A: The city of Mysuru is one of the cleanest cities of India and is in close driving distance from Bengaluru, the IT hub. You have been invited as an external IT consultant by Government of India with the mandate to convert Mysuru into a “Smart City”. Which “Smart City” in the world will you choose as a benchmark to emulate some of the best practices of that city into Mysore? Provide at least three reasons with brief descriptions behind your choice of choosing that particular city as a benchmark?
Part B: Suggest and describe at least two innovative technology enabled services that you will introduce into Mysuru so that it can be called as a Smart City?

Question. The concept of the “smart city” has recently been introduced as a strategic device to encompass modern urban production factors in a common framework and, in particular, to highlight the importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the last 20 years for enhancing the competitive profile of a city. The demand for smart cities has increased in recent years.

a. In order to meet the demand of a smart city project in a country like India, with the help of any smart city project, describe some of the key elements for such smart cities.

b. Mention the importance of smart cities and challenges in managing smart cities.

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