4th ITU Green Standards Week

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4th ITU Green Standards Week
Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities Working
Group 1

• Sekhar Kondepudi, WG1 Coordinator,ITU-T Focus
  Group on Smart Sustainable Cities (FG SSC)
• September 24 2014
• Beijing

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ITU Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities

• The focus group has four (4) main thrusts or
  working groups
• WG1 - ICT Role, Definition Roadmap for Smart
  Sustainable Cities
• WG2 - ICT Infrastructure
• WG3 - Standardization gaps, KPIs and metrics
• WG4 - Policy positioning (communications,
  liaisons and members)

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Working group 1

• 1. ICT role roadmap for Smart Sustainable
  Cities

WG1 coordinator Sekhar Kondepudi (National
University of Singapore)

• Plan and deliverables
• Technical report on overview of SSC and the role
  of ICT
• Technical report on definitions and attributes of
  a SSC
• Roadmap for SSC implementation.

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Topics
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Planet of Cities
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Megacities over Time
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TR1/WG1 Technical report on overview of smart
sustainable cities and the role of ICT
Objective To provide an overview of a SSC and establish what the role of ICT is in relation to such an urban environment.
Highlights Sourced over 100 definitions and descriptors for smart sustainable cities from academia, government, corporations, non-profits, SDOs etc Detailed analysis of different key words and attributes.
Important dates Approval to be sought at the next FG SSC meeting 13-16 October 2014
Document fg-ssc-0029-r6
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6 main pivots for a Smart Sustainable City
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Primary Tenets of a Smart Sustainable City
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Examples of Smart Sustainable City Verticals
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Role of ICT in a Smart Sustainable City
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Summary Overview of Smart Sustainable Cities and
the Role of ICT
Key indicators can be segmented by considering a SSC through the following lenses Sustainability Quality of Life Urban / City Intelligence or Smartness 8 infrastructure and related service elements Real Estate Buildings Industry Manufacturing Utilities / Energy Waste, Water Air Management Physical Safety Security Healthcare Education Mobility Transportation
4 core themes for a SSC Society / People Economy Environment Sustainability Governance ICT Infrastructure as a glue and includes Networking Infrastructure Software Applications Cloud Computing / Data Platform Internet Of Things / Access Devices
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TR2/WG1 Technical report on definitions and
attributes of a smart sustainable city
Objective To provide a basis for understanding the most common features of SSC.
Highlights Analyses over 120 different definitions of SSC Makes a proposal for a comprehensive definition for SSC as part of the work conducted by WG1.
Important dates Approval to be sought at the next FG SSC meeting 13-16 October 2014
Document fg-ssc-0100-r4
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Sample Definitions ( 120 in Report)
Source Definition Keywords
Hitachi. "Smart City Overview." Smart Cities Hitachi. Hitachi, Web. Last Accessed 9 Feb. 2014. http//www.hitachi.com/products/smartcity/vision/concept/overview.html . Hitachi's vision for the Smart Sustainable City seeks to achieve concern for the global environment and lifestyle safety and convenience through the coordination of infrastructure. Smart Sustainable Cities realized through the coordination of infrastructures consist of two infrastructure layers that support consumers' lifestyles together with the urban management infrastructure that links these together using IT. Coordinated infrastructure,lifestyle safety,lifestyle convenience,urban infrastructure,IT
Meijer, Albert, and Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar. "Governing the Smart City Scaling-Up the Search for Socio-Techno Synergy." T EGPA 2013 (Edinburgh, September) Permanent Study Group on E-Government, 2013, Web. Last Accessed 8 Feb. 2014. https//www.scss.tcd.ie/disciplines/information_systems/egpa/docs/2013/BolivarMeijer.pdf We believe a city to be smart when investments in human and social capital and traditional (transport) and modern (ICT) communication infrastructure fuel sustainable economic growth and a high quality of life, with a wise management of natural resources, through participatory governance. ICTHigh quality of life,Natural resource management,Participatory governance,Transport infrastructure,Communication infrastructure,Economic growth,Sustainability
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Logical Groupings and Occurrence
Category Occurrence
Quality of Life Lifestyle 6
Infrastructure Services 18
ICT, Communication, Intelligence, Information 26
People, Citizens, Society 11
Environment Sustainability 16
Governance, Management Administration 9
Economy Financials 8
Mobility 5
Total 100
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Criteria

• Smart
• Living
• People
• Environment Sustainability
• Governance
• Mobility
• Economy

• ICT / Communication / Intelligence / Information
• Infrastructure Services
• Environment / Sustainable
• People / Citizens / Society
• Quality of Life / Lifestyle
• Governance / Management / Administration
• Economy / Resources
• Mobility
• Efficiency
• Improving / adaptable / flexible

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30 Key Words / Terms

• ICT
• Adaptable
• Reliable
• Scaleable
• Accessible
• Security
• Safe
• Resilient
• Economic
• Growth
• Standard of Living
• Employment
• Citizens
• Well Being
• Medical

• Welfare
• Physical Safety
• Education
• Environmental
• Physical Services Infrastructure
• Transportation Mobility
• Water
• Utilities Energy
• Telecommunications
• Manufacturing
• Natural Man Made Disasters
• Regulatory Compliance
• Governance
• Policies Processes
• Standardized

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FG-SSC Agreed Definition of a Smart Sustainable
City
Agreed definition of SSC A smart sustainable
city is an innovative city that uses information
and communication technologies (ICTs) and other
means to improve quality of life, efficiency of
urban operation and services, and
competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the
needs of present and future generations with
respect to economic, social and environmental
aspects.
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TR3/WG1 Roadmap for smart sustainable cities
implementation
Objective To give municipalities and interested stakeholders a general overview to apply SSC concepts to their cities To present a guide for the implementation of SSC based on an intensive use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).
Scope It is intended to be as general and inclusive as possible, so it can be of used by any city in the world whether its size or location, both in developed and developing countries The concepts and definitions presented in this document are in alignment with the rest of technical reports produced by the FG SSC.
Highlights Includes the definition, attributes and technical specifications for a SSC Proposes a vision for SSC implementation.
Important dates Approval to be sought in December 2014
Document fg-ssc-0184
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Objectives

• Foster the design and implementation of Smart
  Sustainable Cities (SSC) by suggesting a five
  stage roadmap to action that can be followed by
  any municipality interested in utilising ICTs as
  enablers of urban transformation.

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Guiding Framework Becoming a Smart Sustainable
city
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SSC roadmap Stages of Action
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Key Considerations for SSC Roadmap Implementation

• Implement tools/methods to measure SSC progress
• Avoid silos and fragmentation within/between SSC
• Address existing connectivity gaps
• Foster inclusiveness and citizen engagement
• Improve information sharing in the SSC field
• Integrate energy consumption goals
• Identify new business strategies/funding sources
• Foster new SSC expertise

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4th ITU Green Standards Week

• ITU-T and Climate Changeitu.int/ITU-T/climatechan
  ge
• Focus Group on Smart Sustainable
  Citiesitu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ssc/
• Symposia Events on ICTs and Climate
  Changeitu.int/ITU-T/worksem/climatechange

• tsbfgssc_at_itu.int
• sekhar.kondepudi_at_nus.edu.sg