93 Conference Jaokar (2012) What makes a city smart? A People enabler, driven definition of a 'Smart human capital, social Sustainable City' capital, traditional The closer a city behaves to the communication, ethos of the Internet, the smarter it modern is. That means the city is a platform communication, ICT, an enabler for the people. So, economic – empowering people is at the centre development, quality of the perfect storm. of life, natural resource So, what does a Smart Sustainable management, City look like? A city can be participatory defined as smart when investments governance. in human and social capital and traditional (ex-transport) and modern (ex-ICT) communications infrastructure fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life with a wise management of natural resources through participatory governance. 94 Others Seven (7) important elements in Sensor monitoring, World Smart most cases of a smart sustainable Internet connectivity, Capital (2012) city (Source: Xi She): 1) sensible information – sensor sensing the environment ,2) availability, mobile, connectable networking devices visible. – bringing the sensing information to the web, 3) accessible the broader – information of our environment is published on the web, and is accessible to the user on the web, (web), 4) ubiquitous the user can – access information through the web, but more importantly through the use of the mobile (mobile), 5) social the user acquires the – information, and publishes it through his social network (social network), 6) Sharing sharing is – not limited to data but also to the physical object, when some objects are in free status, people can get the notification and use it. (web, mobile), 7) visibility/augmented – to retrofit the physical environment, make the hidden information seen not only through the mobile device by individuals but also with the naked eyes in a more border range like street signs.
93 Conference What makes a city smart? A driven definition of a 'Smart Sustainable City' The closer a city behaves to the ethos of the Internet, the smarter it is. That means the city is a platform – an enabler for the people. So, empowering people is at the centre of the perfect storm. So, what does a Smart Sustainable City look like? A city can be defined as smart when investments in human and social capital and traditional (ex-transport) and modern (ex-ICT) communications infrastructure fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life with a wise management of natural resources through participatory governance. People enabler, human capital, social capital, traditional communication, modern communication, ICT, economic development, quality of life, natural resource management, participatory governance. Jaokar (2012) 94 Others Seven (7) important elements in most cases of a smart sustainable city (Source: Xi She): 1) sensible – sensor sensing the environment ,2) connectable – networking devices bringing the sensing information to the web, 3) accessible – the broader information of our environment is published on the web, and is accessible to the user on the web, (web), 4) ubiquitous – the user can access information through the web, but more importantly through the use of the mobile (mobile), 5) social – the user acquires the information, and publishes it through his social network (social network), 6) Sharing – sharing is not limited to data but also to the physical object, when some objects are in free status, people can get the notification and use it. (web, mobile), 7) visibility/augmented – to retrofit the physical environment, make the hidden information seen not only through the mobile device by individuals but also with the naked eyes in a more border range like street signs. Sensor monitoring, Internet connectivity, information availability, mobile, visible. World Smart Capital (2012)