This ability to maintain skilled workers is accomplished by anticipating and accommodating shifts in business needs, skills, local population, and demographics to offer economic opportunities. A city with free flowing traffic – identifies and manages congestion actively. This demand is accomplished by making various forms of transport (such as road, air, rail, and bus) cost effective and efficient. 51 Corporate IBM defines a smarter city as one Information, IBM Smarter City that makes optimal use of all the operations, resources, Assessment Tool interconnected information optimize. (2009) available today to better understand and control its operations and optimize the use of limited resources. 52 Corporate Smart cities: Innovative urban Innovation, urban, Fujitsu (2014) developments that leverage ICT for ICT, energy, the management of natural energy community, consumption at the community technology, level and other technologies to environment, living. balance environmental stewardship with comfortable living. 53 Corporate Cities are a complex and dynamic Smart economy, SAP (2014) – Derived system. According to SAP, there good government, from video are eight (8) fundamental factors open society, global that determine what defines a attractiveness, human sustainable city: and social capital, infrastructure, Smart economy Long-term • – knowledge, prosperity, innovation, technology. entrepreneurs, and social business models. Good government High • – performance. Open society. • Resilience and sustainability • – being clean and green. Global attractiveness. • Human and social capital. • World-class financial expertise. • Excellent infrastructure • – physical and soft infrastructure (technology, research and knowledge).
This ability to maintain skilled workers is accomplished by anticipating and accommodating shifts in business needs, skills, local population, and demographics to offer economic opportunities. – A city with free flowing traffic identifies and manages congestion actively. This demand is accomplished by making various forms of transport (such as road, air, rail, and bus) cost effective and efficient. 51 Corporate IBM defines a smarter city as one that makes optimal use of all the interconnected information available today to better understand and control its operations and optimize the use of limited resources. Information, operations, resources, optimize. IBM Smarter City Assessment Tool (2009) 52 Corporate Smart cities: Innovative urban developments that leverage ICT for the management of natural energy consumption at the community level and other technologies to balance environmental stewardship with comfortable living. Innovation, urban, ICT, energy, community, technology, environment, living. Fujitsu (2014) 53 Corporate – Derived from video Cities are a complex and dynamic system. According to SAP, there are eight (8) fundamental factors that determine what defines a sustainable city: • Smart economy – Long-term prosperity, innovation, entrepreneurs, and social business models. • Good government – High performance. • Open society. • Resilience and sustainability – being clean and green. • Global attractiveness. • Human and social capital. • World-class financial expertise. • Excellent infrastructure – physical and soft infrastructure (technology, research and knowledge). Smart economy, good government, open society, global attractiveness, human and social capital, infrastructure, knowledge, technology. SAP (2014)
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