A Conceptual Framework for Planning and Implementation of Smart Cities

Abstract

In India, each person has a different perception to the question like what is smart city? Some say it is establishing good network of efficient and safe transportation, some express it is in terms of effective management of all government-citizen services like paying utility charges, traffic enforcement, energy consumption and many more by maximizing digitalization process. Few others believe that smart city facility will enable government to create more transparent policies related to citizen services. Few more perceive smart city with IOT (Internet of Things) and infrastructure communication technology. Most of the urban planner conceive smart city as implementation of sustainable solution through technology. India’s urban population is set to increase one million a month up to coming four decades which is the most massive shift to urbanization in world history this century. In this paper, efforts have been made to conceptualize smart city for India with existing competitiveness around the global smart city. Indian cities are relatively young and culturally diverse, as such a realization of smart city possess many challenges which are very new for policy makers. This study focuses on review of the exhaustive research on the smart city