Security and resilience
· Safer and more secure neighbourhoods are designed.
· Sensors allow potential threats to be monitored and dealt with
at an early stage.
· Integrated city systems allow speedier recovery from disaster
impacts.
Sustainable cities and places
· Sustainable places have environmental benefits that include a
lower carbon footprint and energy savings.
Melbourne, Canada
Carbon emissions dropped by 40% with energy efficient
measures in public buildings.
Cape Town, South Africa
About 6,500 t of carbon per year were saved by re-fitting solar
water heaters and efficient lighting into low-income housing.
This cut respiratory illnesses by 75%.
· Improving services (education, health and security) adds social
value and improves quality of life.
· Empowering citizens with information helps them make better
informed decisions.
· In sustainable cities, neighbourhoods are more efficiently
managed.
· ICT-enabled energy efficiency could translate to
more than
600 billion
of savings for public and
private sectors through
2030
worldwide.
· Around
15%
savings on emissions are expected
through ICT-enabled energy efficiency by
2020.
· The smart cities market is estimated at a value of
$526.3 billion
, with a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of
14.2%
between
2011 and 2016.
· Access to public data is estimated to be worth
27 billion
in the EU.
· The global integrated cities solutions market is
valued at
£200 billion
by
2030,
with an estimated
global infrastructure investment of
£25 trillion
required over the next
20 years
worldwide.
Sources: IBM:
- "How smart is your city?"
- Future Cities UK: "Innovating for cities"
In particular, African, Asian and Middle-Eastern cities; e.g.,
Rabat, Jakarta and Johannesburg reveal great potential for
developing such strategies.
Rebranding cities
· This implies putting cities on the world map as world-class
technological leaders.
· This would highlight the city's competitive edge, and attract
further flows of investments, visitors and residents in a
virtuous cycle.
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