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The following is a list of cities that have implemented smart city initiatives, organized by continent and then alphabetically.. The Institute for Management Development and Singapore University of Technology and Design rank cities in the Smart City Index according to technological, economic and human criteria (e.g., the quality of life, the environment and inclusiveness).
The second strategy involves increasing their gas generation. The 2013 South Africa Integrated Resource Plan Update (IRP) projected that 800 MW of co-generation, 2.37 GW of combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) and 3.9 GW of open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) would be built by 2030. [4]
In Germany, a project called SMARTinfeld won the Land of Ideas award in the Smart Communities category in 2023. By using LoRaWAN IoT technology, the village of Martinfeld behind the project has made many typical smart city applications suitable for a smart village. The use of LoRaWAN is justified by the fact that the technology has an enormous ...
The Jasper Solar Energy Project (or Jasper PV Project) is a 96 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station, located 120 km west of Kimberley, in South Africa's Northern Cape. Construction of the project was completed in October 2014 and it is fully operational to power up to 80,000 homes.
The project aims to create seven smart cities distributed along the backbone of the freight corridor between Delhi and Mumbai. [citation needed] Dholera SIR: Gujarat: Planned: Before 2040 (proj.) Part of India's Smart Cities Mission. [citation needed] Gujarat International Finance Tec-City: Gujarat: 2007: In progress: 2025 (proj.) $20 billion
Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). [5] In 2017, the city's Gross Domestic Product reached ZAR 63.8 billion, [6] [7] [8] accounting for 21.1% of the GDP of the North West Province, and 1.28% of the GDP of South Africa.
Smart city applications manage urban flows and allow for real-time responses. [15] A smart city may be more prepared to respond to challenges than one with a conventional "transactional" relationship with its citizens. [16] [17] Yet, the term is open to many interpretations. [18] Many cities have already adopted some sort of smart city technology.
SDG 11 addresses slums, human settlement management and planning, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and urban economies. Prior to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, Millennium Development Goal 7, target 4, called for efforts to achieve a "significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers" by 2020.