SMART CITY

Constituent parts

public transportation

IT connectivity

water

power supply

sanitation

solid waste management

urban mobility

e-governance

citizen participation

What's going on in a smart city?

The government collect data on daily living

There are systems that can tell when people are smoking in prohibited areas or littering from high-rise housing

With the help of cameras the government monitor crowd density, cleanliness of public spaces and the movements of every locally registered vehicle

In Dubai there is an app which can help you with

vehicle registration

find ATM

report a violation

track visa status

track package

taxi

electric bill

There are smart street lamps (Barcelona) which adapt and dim when there's no movement on the road

Parking sensors : they collect the data about whether the plce is vacant or not

Garbage sensors which are actually compact drop-off containers which have a vacuum network through pipes which sucks up trash below ground

Megacities

Mexico City

Sao Paulo

Cairo

Delhi

Shanghai

Tokyo