Nowadays, many countries are trying to do urban planning based on smart cities or they want to convert existing cities into smart cities
Why Smart Cities?
In the future, due to the urbanization of large number of villagers, the expansion of the population in cities, and the industrial revolution, we will suffer from a lack of resources and the cities will no longer be usable.
For this reason, it seems necessary to make cities smarter and manage energy resources.
What is sustainable smart city? (SSC)
A smart sustainable city uses ICTs to improve people’s quality of life, make urban operations and services more efficient, and boost its competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the economic, social, environmental, and cultural needs of present and future generations
In general, it can be said that a smart city is a collection of smart government, smart technology, smart building, smart transportation, smart planning, smart infrastructure and smart energy.
The following diagram is the PDCA approach that can be used to achieve a smart city:
1.Plan (P): This is the planning phase: A problem is identified. The organization’s employees were asked to submit their questions. The main cause of the problem is found out. Collect and collate data and tools related to problem solving.
2.Do (D): This is the implementation phase: Organize a solution to an identified problem. You need to develop different strategies to solve this problem.
3.Check (C): This is the review phase: review and compare the situation before and after implementation of the solution.
4.Act (A): This is the improvement solution phase: In an ideal world, after the first three phases, all knowledge is available to introduce the new process or the new product on a large scale. The team can now implement well-designed solutions and plan solutions for the next improvement cycle.
According to the ISO standard, smart cities include a series of items, which we introduced below with examples:
1. Culture: For example: the number of books read per 100,000 people.
2. Economy: For example: the number of startups or new jobs that are created annually Or how many percent of the new force is hired in the information and communication technology sector.
3. Education: For example: How many electronic devices such as laptops are there per 1000 people in elementary, middle and high schools?
4. Energy: For example: How much heat and thermal energy do we receive from sewage and municipal waste? How many years are public buildings or street lamps renovated?
5. Health Care: For example: What is the annual number of medical appointments held online per 100,000? Or the use of online applications through sensors that are installed on the body of elderly or sick people informs doctors about the health of people.
6.Housing: For example: What is the percentage of land that has multiple uses?
7. Social conditions: For example: the percentage of public buildings that can be used by disabled people. Or the number of sidewalks equipped with pedestrian signals.
8. Recreation: For example: the percentage of public leisure services that can be booked online.
9.Safety: For example: the percentage of the area of the city that is controlled by smart cameras.
10. Solid Waste: For example: a percentage of the total amount of municipal wastewater that is used for energy production.
11. Telecommunication: For example: the percentage of the city’s population that has access to computer and electrical devices that are equipped with the Internet.
12.Water: For example: the amount of drinking water that is monitored and controlled per 100,000 people
