16 Nov The digital transformation of smart cities
From the beginning, Barcelona has been part of the movement to build smart cities alongside Singapore, Vienna, San Francisco and Copenhagen.
It is assumed that the evolution of the smart city is never complete, being marked over time by an increase in the ambition and complexity of the project.
Barcelona has thus integrated complementary levels of information, integrated with each other, which improve the city’s relationship with its residents and visitors.
In the various levels of evolution that the city has reached, 5 fundamental areas of activity are identified where the concept of intelligence is revealed:
• Economic development and housing
• Health
• Mobility
• Security
• Public utility services
According to the BISMART edition, 5 pillars can be identified that support Barcelona as a smart city:
1. Citizen connection software
2. Provision of Wifi hotspots
3. Reference technological events
4. Sensorization through the internet of things concept
5. Environment conducive to innovation
According to studies carried out at the moment, each of the 5 pillars assumes its importance in building a more effective city. However, we consider that the first point “Software for connecting citizens”, the integration of monitoring, collection and processing solutions for information, from and for city users in each of these areas, thus proves to be the crucial element for the evolution of the concept of intelligence in Barcelona.
It is exactly on this item that the Municipality has made a strong investment, searching for solutions that help Municipalities in Portugal to achieve better levels of efficiency and intelligence.
At Municípia, with the integrated CityHub.pt solution, we intend to support municipalities that want to implement the best city intelligence principles. The proposed technological solution is evolutionary, responds to a set of existing needs and interconnects information about these same needs in order to create a decision support framework.
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