PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE–
More than half the world's population lives in cities, and the
percentage is growing rapidly. According to McKinsey, in China alone
350m people – more than the current population of the United States –
will move to cities by 2030. To accommodate the millions migrating to
cities in search of the coveted middle-class urban life, Brazil, China,
and India are raising new cities from dust. Meanwhile, countries like
Sweden, UAE, Russia, South Korea and Portugal are also building
new cities as magnets for talent and innovation, and the economic growth
that they bring. Cities, not nations, now compete for people, ideas and
capital, and increasingly, a city's "smartness" is becoming a major
selling point.
Many municipalities around the world are exploring the Smart City
concept as a way to make themselves better places to live, work, and
grow. Smart City solutions are therefore leveraging IT not only to
deliver higher quality citizen services more efficiently, but also to
affect behavior change in government workers, city businesses, and
citizens so cities can develop more sustainably.
A city becomes "smart" when all parts of its infrastructure and
government services are digitally connected and optimized. The city's
intelligent infrastructure is powered by three key technologies that
share environment and citizen data constantly: sensors, the cloud and
smart interfaces. Key-characteristics of Smart Cities therefore are:
smart economy, smart mobility, smart governance, smart environment,
smart living, smart people. In a Smart City, the usage is centered on a
networked infrastructure to improve economic and political efficiency
and enable social, cultural and urban development. Infrastructure means
business services, housing, leisure and lifestyle services linked to
ICTs, ie mobile and fixed phones, satellite TVs, computer networks,
e-commerce, internet services, thus bringing the idea of a wired city as
the main development model and of connectivity as a self-fertilizing
source of growth.
Technologies are available for implementing smart city solutions:
pervasive wireless and broadband connections, advanced analytics
software, intelligent sensors. The profusion of mobile devices and the
use of social media can be integrated by vendors to provide solutions
for city governments.
More specifically, wireless sensor networks are the major component
supporting the creation of Smart Cities. Thanks to a distributed network
of intelligent sensor nodes, a wide range of parameters can be measured
for a more efficient management of the city and data are delivered
wirelessly and in real-time to the citizens or the appropriate
authorities.
All communication-based technology (NFC, RFID, Wi-Fi, Buetooth… are
mobilized in Smart Cities projects and programs, especially for
maximizing transportation efficiency, reducing traffic delays, cutting
fuel waste and carbon emissions.
The main services delivered within the city are: Public safety,
transportation (connected cars and public transports, utilities
(electricity, water and gas distribution, healthcare…
Among a wide range of initiatives, some emblematic Smart Cities 'under
progress' can be pointed out:
- , enabling urban
functions and services such e-Administration, traffic, crime
prevention, fire prevention and home-networking, with major experiment
in the 'new Songdo City' to be launched in 2014 - , the most emblematic French initiative featuring Smart
Cities, has been launched in Nice in May 2010. Based on a combination
of smart phones and NFC technology, the Citizy application is
gathering telcos, banks, transit system companies and a wide range of
service providers. - city program in the Netherlands,
addressing mainly sustainability in living and mobility
There is a huge and diverse market for ICT-based smart city initiatives
and a wide range of solutions are mushrooming around the world. This
trend is general as modernization is a common obligation for cities
dealing with complex issues such as population growth, climate change,
and resource limitations.
According toABI Research, the global market for technologies
that feed into and support Smart City programs and projects are expected
to grow on a global basis from $8 billion in 2010 to exceed $39 billion
in 2016, accounting for $116 billion in cumulative spending during that
period.
Different studies, performed by major consultancy companies share the
same conclusion: Smart Cities will have a brilliant future, especially
with application opportunities generated by NFC-based exchanges and
transactions.
In the heart of Paris and its 46 partner cities, , the
largest electric public car-sharing service in the world, foreshadows
the next urban revolution: the generalization of interconnected, low
environmental impact devices. Autolib also represents an organizational
and technological challenge successfully met thanks to s
contribution on the project's main strands, such as intelligent
communication between vehicles, rental stations and on-board computers,
call center management, Customer billing, Vehicle/Station load
balancing, web front and back offices as well as the mobile applications
associated with the service.
will show a next-generation traffic management system based
on its (automotive telematics on-board
unit platform. The on-board unit contains a GPS receiver that
wirelessly collects, with optimal privacy, real time traffic data and
feeds it via mobile data link to a back office. Currently tested in
Singapore, such comprehensive mobility concepts provide a cost-efficient
solution that will allow people in smart cities to optimally use and
combine all means of transport – including public transport, taxi,
individual transport means and car sharing.
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The CARTES 2012 show, taking
place from 6 to 8 November at the Parc des Expositions in Paris-Nord
Villepinte, is the world’s leading event in smart technologies for
security, payment, identification and mobility. With 143 countries
represented, 450 exhibitors and 140 conferences with international
experts, CARTES 2012 is an essential trade show for all the players in
this highly dynamic market. This year, for its 27th edition, CARTES 2012
is putting the spotlight on India.
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