Smart City Infrastructure

10Technological Dimension of a Smart City

Laxmi Kumari Pathak^1†, Shalini Mahato^1*† and Soni Sweta²

¹Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Amity Institute of Information Technology, Amity University, Jharkhand, India

²Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Amity School of Technology, Amity University, Mumbai, India

Abstract

In this era of development, people from rural areas are moving to toward cities in a huge number. The increasing population in cities and the fast rate of urbanization are now forcing the cities to switch to smart cities. In smart city, Information Technology is performing a huge responsibility in building smart cities and the implementation is supported by Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT). Purpose of smart city is to create a smarter city in terms of sustainability, efficiency, and living conditions. The chapter discusses about the mechanisms that makes a city smart. The chapter also discusses about the different dimension of smart city, the problem domain along with the various challenges faced in smart city development. Generally, there are numerous problems in any city, such as improper waste management, pollution, traffic congestion, outdated homes, huge energy consumption, and wastage of electricity that can be dealt through smart city.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI), smart city, big data, Internet of Things (IoT), sensors

10.1 Introduction

Smart cities help to efficiently manage ...