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Smart City Applications Built on Big Data Technologies and Secure IoT
Smart City Applications Built on Big Data Technologies and Secure IoT

Author(s): Carmen Rotună, Carmen Elena Cîrnu, Dragoș Smada, Alexandru Gheorghiță
Subject(s): Media studies, Business Economy / Management, Government/Political systems, Rural and urban sociology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Asociaţia de Cooperare Cultural-Educaţională Suceava
Keywords: Smart City; Big Data; IoT; City Development; Smart Governance;

Summary/Abstract: Smart city represents an emerging topic because efficient city management is beneficial for both government and private sector businesses. IoT envisions to connect billions of sensors to the Internet and expects to use them for efficient and effective resource management in Smart Cities. An organisation collects data analyses it and uses the results as an input for decision making processes. The paper provides an overview of the smart city concept relying on IoT and Big Data technologies, an overview on Smart City development in Romania and describes four Smart City national solutions. Their benefits are efficient resource utilization, increased quality of life, higher levels of transparency and openness towards citizens. A smart city uses digital technologies or information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance quality and performance of urban services to make lives of citizens better. It becomes easier to navigate for visitors, and more serendipitous for locals. City officials and municipal governments are provided with a completely new way to connect with citizens and visitors and a city that is more connected to its people works and feels better.

  • Issue Year: 6/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 0-0
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English