Patashala9, What is a Smart City?
A 'smart city' (also smarter city) is an urban region that is highly advanced in terms of overall infrastructure, sustainable realestate, communications and market viability. The smart city approach will merge urban planning, governance, ecology, environment, infrastructure and information technology to ensure that benefits of technology reach every.Neighborhood and improve the quality of lives of citizens and government, It is a city where information technology is the principal infrastructure and the basis for providing essential services to residents. There are many technological platforms involved, including but not limited to automated sensor networks and data centers.
Digital technologies enhance performance and well being, to reduce costs and resource consumption, and also to engage more effectively and actively with its citizens.Key 'smart' sectors include transport, energy, health care, water and waste. A smart city should be able to respond faster to city and global challenges then one with a simple 'transactional' relationship with its citizens that is evolved on success-oriented market drivers such as supply and demand.