The Sustainable City & ICT

Published by	IDATE
Published	February, 2009	Product code	75986
Content info	50 pages
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Introduction

Abstract

In light of the central challenges and issues that cities are currently facing, this report examines the role that ICT can play in the development of the sustainable city. The analysis draws on examples of eco-Towns, digital cities and high-tech cities. The report identifies new ICT services that apply to the major urban functions and analyses the positioning of the main players.

Key questions

" How do eco-Towns projects incorporate ICT?
" How do digital city projects meet the goals of sustainable urban development?
" Which ICT infrastructure and services can help achieve sustainable urban development?
" What is the positioning of the leading ICT industry players involved in the development of the sustainable city?
" What are some recommended approaches to integrating ICT in a sustainable city project?

Case Studies in Asia, in Europe and in the Middle East.

1. The Sustainable City:Parameters and Issues

1.1 The sustainable city concept
1.2 The sustainable digital city
1.3 ICT' s role in the sustainable city

2. Sustainable Cities and Digital Cities

2.1 In Europe
- The eco-neighbourhoods of northern Europe
- BedZed (the UK)
- Hammarby Sjostad (Sweden)
- Vauban Forum (Germany)
- Vesterbro (Denmark)
- National initiatives
- Eco-towns (England)
- Ecopolis (France)
2.2 In Asia
- South Korea
- Newsongdo City
- Seoul
- Busan
- Japan
- Osaka
- China
- Dongtan
- Singapore
2.3 In the Middle East
- Masdar (Abu Dhabi)
- Dubai Internet City (Dubai)

3. Digital Sevices applied to Sustainable Urban Development

3.1 Housing
- Home automation & telemetry
- Building accessibility
3.2 Urban mobility
- e-payment and e-ticketing
- Managing multimodal data on public transport
- Managing urban traffic
- Car pooling
- Car sharing
- Teleworking
3.3 Home healthcare systems
- Teleassistance and telemonitoring at home and when travelling
  - Home automation sensors
  - Telehealth and telemedicine networks
  - Hospitalisation at home
4.4 Public services
- Managing public lighting and public heating
- Managing the roadways
- GIS
- Managing garbage collection
- Managing air quality
- Tele-procedures and e-government
3.5 Culture, leisure and tourism
- Live event information and booking online
- Digital audio guides
- Virtual exhibitions
3.6 Social and community life
- Web forums and other community-centric sites
- Blogs
- Web 2.0 social networks
3.7 Governance
- e-participation
- e-voting
- online scorecard