The smart cities cornerstone: urban efficiency

Toda a cidade pode melhorar. Cidades smart começam com sistemas smart que trabalham simultaneamente para benefício dos habitantes e do ambiente. As cidades que conseguem fazer a transição para "smart" serão aquelas que melhoram os seus sistemas críticos ao combinarem uma perspectiva bottom-up centrada nos sistemas com uma top-down centrada na informação. Este documento, apresenta uma perspectiva em 5 passos para converter os nossos centros urbanos em lugares mais eficientes e sustentáveis para vivermos.

Publicado: 16 de abril de 2014 Categoria: Cadernos técnicos

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The smart cities cornerstone: urban efficiency

Publicado: 16 de abril de 2014 · Categoria: Cadernos técnicos

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The Smart City Cornerstone: Urban Efficiency by Charbel Aoun Executive summary Every city can become smarter. Smart cities start with smart systems that work for the benefit of both residents and the environment. The cities that succeed in making the transition to ‘smart’ will be those that improve their critical systems by combining a bottomup, systems-centric approach with a top-down, datacentric one. This paper presents a 5-step approach for converting our urban centres into more efficient and sustainable places to live. The Smart City Cornerstone: Urban Efficiency Introduction In less than 40 years, 70% of the world’s population will reside in our cities. This rapid migration will push both current and future urban centres to their seams and expand industrial and residential infrastructures beyond their breaking points. This eye-opening fact raises important questions that must be considered by cities around the world. Can this growth be done in a sustainable way? Will cities be able to reduce their environmental impact and carbon emissions? Will we be able to meet the sustainability challenges brought on by regulation and the impact of this massive growth? And, will we expand in ways which ensure communities are enjoyable places to live and promote social equality? We can answer affirmatively to these concerns, and re-design our cities with these thoughts in mind. With the movement towards smart cities, the urban centres we live in can become more efficient, livable, and...

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