Management of Government Infrastructure in Smart Cities
Today, about 4.5 billion of the world’s population live in cities. This trend is expected to continue, with urban populations increasing to more than double their current size by 2050, roughly 7 in 10 urban people.[1] shaping and building livable, sustainable, and inclusive urban areas; Sustainability is one of the most important priorities for sustainable development that leads to prosperity and an improvement in the quality of life. Urbanization is a defining trend over the next few years[2]. By 2050, more than 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas.
[1] https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/urbandevelopment/overview
[2] https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/iot/inspired/smart-cities
Establishing cities of the urban future requires a comprehensive and radical shift in the need to engage in ways of thinking, the importance of employing technology and innovation in the urban context, as well as working in new ways that meet the needs of the smart city. These factors are digital and smart government, smart city management, digital infrastructure, data management and analysis, innovative partnerships with the private sector, and financing.
through the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies; Cities save energy by embedding sensors in their street lights as a network of smart meters that make it easier for utility companies to monitor resource consumption in real-time to balance supply and demand. Citizens have support tools that make it easier for them to navigate cities and search for and find opportunities. Citizens gradually learn from their past decisions and thus develop skills to improve their daily decision-making.
Smart city solutions provide real-time decision-making, analytics, and monitoring tools to enhance public safety. Sensors and surveillance cameras are spread across the city, and the data from them is aggregated to predict crime scenes. One of the main advantages of the IoT is that it allows government officials to access a huge amount of valuable information using IoT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Blockchain technologies, information, and data are analyzed accurately and correctly. Thus, technology enables city officials to make more effective decisions for citizens’ needs and to manage their infrastructure in an integrated manner[3].
[3] https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/industry/government/resources/smart-cities
By extending video surveillance (AI) applications beyond security with smart analytics, this technology has several benefits for the police; Operators can perform a forensic review of footage to find suspects, conduct a similar search for a missing person, or use pedestrian heat maps to help locate any properties on a busy street such as drug dens. Law enforcement can also create distinctive properties using AI techniques; Receive notifications to identify congestion and traffic hotspots as they form, license plate alerts for photos on your digital watchlist, and even recognize faces in real-time and prosecute lawbreakers. By proactively detecting and responding to congestion, cities can maintain public order and safety before accidents occur. Another important application for many cities is to raise awareness of unexpected situations and disturbances, in particular, thus preventing crimes because smart city solutions create a safer environment for citizens by reducing crime rates.
The underlying technologies and innovations that underpin any smart city initiative are often the simplest aspects. The failures of smart cities are often due to a lack of leadership and technical expertise, difficulties in achieving behavioral change, organizational culture, and individual focus on technology in contrast to the reality and needs of users and the desired results of smart transformation. Experienced smart city professionals can reduce or eliminate these risks.
