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Bharat Book Bureau presents the new report, on "Smart cities". Using a broad range of digital project models of various scales and exploring the different themes surrounding smart cities, this report looks at the issues facing urban centers that are increasingly seen as areas of open innovation.

Digital technology behind the smart city

Smart cities, and the digital technology behind them, hold much promise and offer interesting opportunities for new markets, services and practices to the cities’ stakeholders. Using a broad range of digital project models of various scales and exploring the different themes surrounding smart cities, this report looks at the issues facing urban centers that are increasingly seen as areas of open innovation.

Report key questions

• Beyond trends, what role does digital technology actually perform in the changing strategies of cities?

• How do the three key interconnected tiers of physical architecture, information systems and applications fit together?

• How should information systems evolve to meet the dual challenge of achieving better interoperability and dealing with increasing volumes of data?

• How will the various functions of the digital city be taken into account: governance, the environment, mobility, the economy and quality of life?

• How will this new market be structured around the key stakeholders: equipment manufacturers, IT & IT services, telco operators, utility providers?

Table of contents

1. Executive Summary

2. Methodology

3. The "city" behind the development issue

3.1. An urbanized global population

3.2. The smart city: A response to the urban development issue

4. A technical infrastructure that encourages distribution of application services

4.1. Physical architecture

4.1.1. The convergence of telecommunication networks

5. The applications used to create value in the smart city

5.1. Smart governance: Modernization of the political system

5.1.1. Modernization of city...