The Smart City concept is developing very quickly around the world, because it provides a comprehensive digital environment that improves the efficiency and security of urban systems and reinforces the involvement of citizens in urban development.
This concept is based on the use of geospatial data concerning the urban built environment, the natural environment and urban services;
it aims at developing a comprehensive system that uses geospatial data to enhance the understanding of complex urban systems and to improve the efficiency and security of these systems.
The smart city concept also aims at transforming the ‘silo-based’ management of cities into a ‘shared’ system that involves urban stakeholders in the design, realisation and evaluation of urban projects.
A concrete example on the use of GIS technologies for the development of the “Smart City” concept is the Glasgow city, in Scotland.
In the following video Iain Langlands, Frics GIS Manager, shows us that the Glasgow City Council has a thousand geospatial data sets and how they are used to manage different aspects of their city. The collecting data has the aim to create patterns and chains to show where their weaknesses are and where their strengths are, to take right choises to improve the city services.
Source: GIM International
