Residential areas are common housing areas where people
reside in small colonies and complexes that are independent and each one is
separately planned. Such areas are usually developed simply with an aim to
provide housing facility to the people. These complexes are unplanned and
consume lot of resources as they are developed by different entities. Smart
cities on the contrary are well-planned massive complexes that are developed
for utilizing resources in a way that they benefit more people as compared to
the ones in residential areas.
Smart cities also offer higher standard of living. They make
living luxurious and convenient by providing good environment and amenities
that are far better than the basic facilities available in residential areas. In
smart cities, resources are directed and utilized in a manner that energy is
saved and there are hardly any power cuts. Everything is managed in a better
manner and every amenity is equally facilitated to every person residing in the smart city, which is not the case in
residential areas.
Benefits of a smart city
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The
term encompasses a vision of an urban space that is ecologically friendly,
technologically integrated and meticulously planned, with a particular reliance
on the use of information technology to improve efficiency.
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In a
smart city, economic development and activity is sustainable and rationally
incremental by virtue of being based on success-oriented market drivers such as
supply and demand. They benefit everybody, including citizens, businesses, the
government and the environment.
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According
to the Smart Cities Council a real time information should be made that will
collect all the data that is collected from sensors – electricity, gas, water,
traffic and other government analytics – is carefully compiled and integrated
into a smart grid and then fed into computers that can focus on making the city
as efficient as possible.
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