Application of GIS in Smart City

Abstract

A smart city is a metropolis which integrates information and communication technology (ICT), to boost its operational effectiveness to disseminate information to the general public and enhance the standard of public services as well as the welfare of its residents. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, cities replaced rural areas as the primary place where people lived. With the fact paced growth of population, urbanization too is growing by leaps and bounds. The rapid urbanization led to emergence of the concept of “sustainable urban development”. The challenges caused by fast urbanization and population increase in cities necessitated urgent need to modernize existing cities into Smart cities. GIS (Geographical Information System) along with technologies like computer science, information technology, remote sensing, advance multimedia, is playing a vital role in creation of sustainable urban cities. This study explores the role of GIS to enable various stakeholders to access the status of resources across the key areas of smart city initiatives and how it assists in urban planning in developing sustainable urban cities.