What are the benefits of a smart city?

Four aspects: comprehensive material connection, full integration, encouraging innovation and coordinated operation. That is, intelligent sensing equipment connects urban public facilities into a network, the Internet of Things and Internet systems are fully integrated, the government and enterprises carry out innovative applications of technology and business on the basis of intelligent infrastructure, and all key systems and participants in the city cooperate harmoniously and efficiently.

"Smart City from the Perspective of Innovation 2.0" emphasizes that smart city not only emphasizes the application of new generation information technologies such as Internet of Things and cloud computing, but also emphasizes people-oriented, collaborative, open and user-involved innovation 2.0, and defines smart city as a city form supported by new generation information technology in knowledge society and under the environment of next generation innovation (innovation 2.0).

Smart cities, based on comprehensive and thorough perception, ubiquitous interconnection of broadband and application of intelligent integration, build an institutional environment and ecology conducive to innovation, realize people-oriented sustainable innovation characterized by user innovation, open innovation, mass innovation and collaborative innovation, shape the public value of cities, create unique life value for every citizen, and realize the sustainable development of cities and regions.

Therefore, the four characteristics of a smart city can be summarized as follows: comprehensive perception, ubiquitous broadband interconnection, intelligent integrated application and people-oriented sustainable innovation. Some scholars also believe that smart cities should be reflected in the six indicators of Vienna University's evaluation of large and medium-sized cities in Europe, namely, smart economy, smart transportation, smart environment, smart residents, smart life and smart management.

Platform technology

Smart cities can promote the sustainable development of cities and achieve a good balance between development and environmental protection, thus creating a "smart environment".

In urban planning, through the network and remote monitoring technology, the government can comprehensively grasp and analyze the data of urban weather conditions, resource utilization degree and road traffic conditions, so as to adjust and make good use of community resources, realize energy conservation and emission reduction, reduce "environmental footprint" and enhance environmental sustainability.

Public transport management and monitoring and electronic road pricing system can be applied to areas with heavy traffic, which will help to improve and alleviate the problem of road congestion and practice "intelligent flow". Public traffic management and monitoring can provide real-time data for car owners, prevent car owners from driving into congested sections and improve urban traffic efficiency.

Electronic road pricing system adopts the "user pays" principle to reduce unnecessary traffic demand, thus improving regional traffic congestion and air quality.