What is a smart city? What could be a strategy that makes your city smarter?

Raymond Versteegh

Movement Entrepreneur

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Develop and implement a smart cities strategy

“a broad, integrated approach to improving the efficiency of city operations, the quality of life for its citizens, and growing the local economy.” – Boyd Cohen @ http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680538/what-exactly-is-a-smart-city

• Step 1: Create a Vision with Citizen Engagement.

• Step 2: Develop Baselines, Set Targets, and Choose Indicators.

• Step 3: Go Lean

Greenest City 2020 Action Plan

Vancouver

To become the greenest city in the world, City staff are working with Council, residents, businesses, other organizations, and all levels of government to implement the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan.

Greenest City 2020 Action Plan

Goals of the Action Plan

The Action Plan is divided into ten goal areas, each with a specific 2020 target.

Together, these address three overarching areas of focus:

• Carbon

• Waste

• Ecosystems

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Citizen engagementRange of software and mobile tools to engage and

communicate citizens in a dialog about city projects

Develop and implement a smart cities strategy

a broad, integrated approach to improving the efficiency of city operations, the quality of life for its citizens, and growing the local economy.

• Step 1: Create a Vision with Citizen Engagement.

• Step 2: Develop Baselines, Set Targets, and Choose Indicators.

• Step 3: Go Lean

Smart Mobility in Copenhagen

Baseline: Set cycling goals in 2002

Target indicator; 50% of all trips to school and work by 2015

In 2009: Achieved 37% already

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Integrated ICT

Integrated ICT

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Develop and implement a smart cities strategy

a broad, integrated approach to improving the efficiency of city operations, the quality of life for its citizens, and growing the local economy.

• Step 1: Create a Vision with Citizen Engagement.

• Step 2: Develop Baselines, Set Targets, and Choose Indicators.

• Step 3: Go Lean

Toronto – Doing both

pilot charging station program at a cost of $65,000 to the city

to start with a pilot project as a way to get feedback on their hypothesis

it needs to snag some early wins while also building plans for longer-term actions.

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Smart City Wheel

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• Smart Living

• Smart Mobility

• Smart People

• Smart Economy

• Smart Envinronment

• Smart Government

By Boyd Cohen