Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Seoul were identified as top smart cities in Asia. Tokyo focuses on renewable energy and earthquake preparedness. It aims for 80% of households to have smart meters by 2020. Hong Kong leads in areas like transportation, healthcare, security, and technology usage. It plans to double public WiFi spots and provide digital identities for citizens. Seoul has had high broadband penetration since the 1990s and aims to be a top 5 global city. It provides free public WiFi and uses taxi GPS data for traffic information. The report discusses the importance of smart cities for India, highlighting projects like GIFT City and Dholera, and how smart education and renewable energy can help India develop.

1. PROJECT REPORT
Submitted to: Submitted by:
Prof. Harsha kestur Vikas Pasricha
Director, RIMS FORE School of Management
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2. 3 Top SMART Cities of Asia
1.Tokyo
Reasons-
 Focus on electricity/energy
Many smart city projects in Japan are focused on renewing social infrastructures
through ICT. Amongst infrastructures, introduction of smart grids is the priority.
When the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) occurred on 11 March 2011;
however, the concept of smart city went through a paradigm shift. Due to the
shortage of electricity which followed right after the Fukushima nuclear accident,
smart city has become clear and present necessity. The feed-in tariff (FIT) system
is introduced form July 2012 to expand renewable energy generations .
Demonstration phase for smart city is almost over. Smart technologies are there.
Within five years’ time, 80% of households are expected to have smart meters
 Tokyo has created a SMART City model in which houses, buildings and communities
control their own energy. This Model makes the amount of energy used by office
buildings and houses more visible to the users and popularize energy Management
systems that makes it possible to efficiently control Energy.
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3.  100% Completion of Seismic Retrofitting-
The Tokyo is well prepared against collapse of facilities and infrastructure in the event of
major earthquake which will accelerate initiatives for seismic resistance through the
creation of a system unique to Tokyo in which buildings display a mark signifying their
quake resistance.
 Raise crisis awareness among residents by using local hazard maps and holding
information sessions featuring disaster-management experts and others.
 To cite an example of smart meter, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) plans
to install 17 million units of smart meter for homes by 2018 and bidding will start
by October 2012. Where the market is under construction, there is a chance for
market entry.
 The capacity of child daycare services will be enhanced to accommodate 70,000 more
children. This will include the establishment of centers inside train stations, and will
resolve the issue of large numbers of children placed on the waiting list for entry.
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4.  Support municipalities in their efforts to resolve the issue of children on the waiting list
for daycare, focusing on the age group from 0 to 2 years old. Secure staff to work in
childcare by encouraging people who hold qualifications as childcare workers to return
to work.
2.Hong Kong
Reasons-
 Hong Kong leads in Mass Transit, Public HealthCare, Public Security and Technology. It
uses Technology to enable the integration of key resources for its citizens.
 Hong kong which is world-class in ICT infrastructure, which supports one of the highest
global broadband Penetration levels, plus countless examples of Smart Technology from
its Smart Card i.e Octopus Card, Smart ID and soon it is going to have Health Card also
 Business Media Group placed Hong Kong at 9th Smart City of the World in the year 2013
and 2nd in Asia after Tokyo. Hong Kong is known as Smart City just because for its Risk
and Suitability of Location-as data Centers are seen as a key pillar for any Smart City.
 Hong Kong’s Latest technology blueprint, government Digital 21 Strategyis Underpinned
by its “Smarter Hong Kong, Smarter Living” Agenda. Hong Kong is planning to spend a
lot on its budget with doubling the Number of WI-FI hotspots with complete on-time
limited- free access to 20000 by the end of 2014, with the wider use of IT Technologies
and big Data Analytics.
 Other key goals: further digitizing government and actively implementing paperless
solutions; a digital identity for all citizens to eable things like e-health records, and
making all government information released fot public consumption machine-readable
in digital formats in 2015.
 Rapid IT development means swift access to worldwide information. Capacity in
information processing and analysis has become a key component of the competitive
edge of modern large enterprises. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in all sectors
also stand to benefit from making use of IT for greater efficiency. Hong Kong's IT
infrastructure is well developed. Today, 97 per cent of households are able to access
broadband services, and 83 per cent make use of these services. With 10 000 Wi-Fi
hotspots offered by Government and commercial sector, Hong Kong has one of highest
concentrations of hotspots in the world. We also have a high mobile phone penetration
rate of 237 per cent.
 Making all government information released for public consumption machine-readable
in digital formats from next year onwards to provide more opportunities for the
business sector. Currently, Public Sector Information available for free access covers
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5. real-time data such as road traffic information, geo-referenced public facility data,
property market statistics, population census statistics, etc.
 Realization of sustainable society is the driving force behind us to participate in the
water and sewage projects in Hong Kong where we are on the Government List of
Approved Suppliers of Materials & Specialist Contractors for Public Works for water
treatment, sewage treatment, and pumping station. Furthermore, we are exploring the
business opportunities of other clean technology like solar power in an effort to reduce
the greenhouse gas emission in addition to what we have been doing for Clean
Development Mechanism.
 Due to global warming issue, we have been implementing the business of Smart
Community in Hong Kong by providing advanced green technologies, equipment, and
control systems to transports and buildings in order to turn Hong Kong into a green city.
 A Smart Community with low carbon emissions with Wi-Fi hotspots and efficient
Communication Line with Proper Infrastructure and Proper System of Administration.
3. Seoul
 Seoul has been successful in using broadband internet since late 1990s. Seoul has
topped in the UN-supported Rutgers Global E-Governance Survey since 2003. It can be
proudly said that Seoul has the highest internet competitiveness in terms of broadband
internet penetration, mobile service usage, level of online services, and other
categories.
 By 2015, Seoul will become a city that best applies Smart technologies, through which
we will make reality our slogan, ‘Seoul, a city of happy citizens and a city beloved by the
world!’
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6.  in a policy perspective, one of the most important strategic goals of Seoul is to become
top 5 competitive city in the world. Smart Seoul 2015 is a new IT strategy designed to
support Seoul’s effort to enhance its competitiveness.
 WiFi at public places, or administrative WiFi, is provided to citizens for free as it will be
installed by Seoul using its own communication networks and budget as opposed to
commercial WiFi installed by private mobile network operators. It will enable citizens to
have easy access to public services, life information, leisure activities, and on-site work
using public services and other leisure activities using smart phones and tablet PCs.
 In 2012, however, the city's 25,000 taxis introduced a touchcard payment system using
GPS technology, effectively giving Seoul the real-time traffic information it had long
craved at a fraction of the cost. "A smart city can now use smart technology and solve
problems without changing the city infrastructure".
IMPORTANCE OF SMART CITIES FOR INDIA
 GIFT
 GIFT City will have a command centre with information and communication
technology (ICT) infrastructure spread across the city which will manage
everyday chores like traffic movement.
 A 50:50 joint venture between a state government undertaking
and Infrastructure leasing and Financial Services (ILFS) Limited, GIFT city was
planned as a global financial and IT services hub spread over 886 acres
near Ahmedabad airport and is expected to create a million direct and
indirect jobs. The first phase of the project is functioning with one of the two
centres already up and running while the second is under construction.
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7.  Dholera
 The SIR is the node in Gujarat for the proposed Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)
between Delhi and Mumbai covering a total length of 1,483 km and passing
through six states. DSIR is being developed by Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor
Development Corporation Limited (DMICDC) with Gujarat Infrastructure
Development Board (GIDB) as the nodal agency. It falls within limits of the
Ahmedabad district and comprises of an area of 920 sq km spread across 22
villages.
 DSIR was notified in 2009 as a special investment region (SIR) under the Gujarat
Special Investment Region Act. This was the first SIR of its kind in India which is
proposed to be developed with an objective to provide for establishment,
operation, regulation and management of large size investment regions and
industrial areas in Gujarat and to specially enable their development as global
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8. hubs of economic activity supported by world class infrastructure, premium civic
amenities, centers of excellence and proactive policy framework.
 DSIR will include clusters of electronics, high tech and emerging technologies,
pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, heavy engineering, automobile and auto
ancillary industries, general manufacturing, metals and metallurgical products,
agro and food processing, IT/ITES along with tourism and education sectors.
 Dholera is all set to become one of the first smart cities of India. The city, out of
which, 540 sq km area will see a huge development and townships are expected
to be ready by end of this decade, is to be developed in six phases – the first
phase of which is about 150 sq km and the construction work could potentially
start within a year. As a smart city, like those in the western countries, real time
control and governance of Dholera city over a period of time too will be possible
from a command or control room.
 SMART Cities has a very much relevance for any country. A country likes India who is
on a developing stage from the last 3 decades and whose GDP Growth Rate is
stagnant or declining from the last decade needs to have some of the SMART Cities
in their Country. SMART City must have a industry hub where there is everything
from Special Economic Zones to Export Processing Units where there is a Single
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9. Window Clearance is given to the companies who needs to get a license without
any red tapism and bureaucracy. There must be 100 or atleast 51% FDI is allowed
through automatic Routes to expand the countries wide reach by allowing other
countries to participate in our country. SMART Cities needs to have Smart Buildings
by protecting environment and protecting it from hazards.
 SMART Cities must use solar lights in their panel as these LEDs and CFLs pollute our
environment. There must be Public Buses available 24*7 hours so that people
doesn’t use their own vehicles for travelling for any shorter route.
Relevance of project
 This project has very much relevance for me as being a part of country like India
who growth has become stagnant and by seeing other countries getting
developed by having such a spontaneous Infrastructure and going to moom and
trying to find that is their life or we can set our own habitat and we are still
struggling. This project has given me a platform to raise my point as living in a
Democratic Country to express my points that Why Having SMART City in a
country is that Much important. We have seen our ASIAN Members like Japan,
South Kore, Hong Kong, Dubai and many others are already having or trying to
develop SMART Cities by the end of 2015. Why not WE?
 We are having everything form the stable government to proper Infrastructure
to Cultivated as well as barren land lying idle of no Use. We have to make it
useable in an efficient manner. We are having well staked Doctors, enginners,
Chartereds but still we not global and able to develop ourselves. There is a need
of rigid rules and strict action against corrupted people. This Project has let me
know and do research a lot about how economics play a major Role in making a
country Developed.
 SMART Cities needs to have everything to act and look like a SMART City. From the
infrastructure point of view, Cheap labor, usage of Land in an Efficient Manner having
proper conveyance facility. Well developed Hospitals in Every SMART City according to
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10. Population and most importantly Proper Sanitation facility along with SMART Schools to
make new generation SMART from the beginning. So that our future of a country will be
in bright hands and they will it to such a big height that we will be again renowned with
the name of “ SONE KI CHIDIA”.
SMART EDUCATION
 Samsung Smart School
These mobile educational solution enables your students and teachers to benefit from a
broad range of education-related information on their mobile device. They include up-to-
date school information, access to crucial learning resources and real -time
attendance and participation trackers, all of which serve to increase your students'
engagement and performance. Communication links between institutions and students
can be established, helping to create a more interactive learning environment. By
improving relations and increasing flexibility between students and teachers, these
solutions can have a positive impact on a wide variety of institutions.
Control the Teaching Environment
The monitoring and controlling feature of the Samsung Smart School allows teachers to keep
constant track of a wide variety of educational content on their students screens. This ensures
that every child is referring to the same information and is not distracted by irrelevant material
from elsewhere. By monitoring the flow of content to their students' devices with this intuitive
technology, teaching staff can increase concentration, maintain discipline and teach more
flexibly in an enhanced and interactive environment.
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11. Monitoring & Screen Share
The screen-sharing feature of the Samsung Smart School can help school meet the
technological demands of the 21st-century classroom by creating a uniquely interactive
learning environment. A broad range of learning support materials can be shared in real time
between teachers’ tablet or PC screen and students' devices, increasing staff's control of
content and enhancing students engagement. This solution ensures that all students have the
relevant subject matter discussed in class in front of them at every point, allowing them to
learn more efficiently and creatively than ever.
Dynamic Interaction to Engage Pupils
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12. The Samsung Smart School solution enables the instant sharing of screen content from
teachers’ tablet or PC screen to E-board and students’ personal devices. It gives staff greater
control over their classroom, increasing student engagement and ensuring a more efficient
transfer of materials to students. This solution facilitates the development of an interactive
learning environment by offering dynamic Question & Answer sess ions, and helps teachers
monitor class attendance and participation, allowing them to work more independently and
flexibly.
Real-time Question & Answer
The real-time Question & Answer feature that is integrated into the Samsung Smart School
engages students in a simple and direct manner. Students can write a question on their device
which will then appear on their classmates' screens as well as on the E-Board. Teachers are able
to answer the question at an appropriate time in the lesson, either orally or in written form.
This response is in turn recorded in real time and displayed to all their students, serving to
increase concentration and encourage participation.
Benefits
• Students can learn in a fun, creative and interactive manner • The solution brings an
enhanced learning environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to participate • The
Question & Answer tool gives students the opportunity to seek support during lessons .
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13. CONCLUSION
 Today in the 21st Century it is the IT phase going on and with the advancement of
technologies and Rapid Sophistication of People in Urban Areas there is a need to make
cities SMART to conserve Energy and resources for a long period of time. So one
initiative in which San Carlos Calif has taken an initiative that with the help of Mobile
Apps along with Sensors to implement Smart Parking Solutions they can keep a track of
Parking Space nearby the Place or Shop where they want to track their Vehicle.
 Another way is that our cities are connecting hospitals to expand medical services via
TELEMEDICINE this program help the patients to avoid long journeys and wait time and
with the help of internet Doctor can diagnose Patients Problem.
 SMART Countries of Asia has been using Renewable Resources as in India there is a
scarcity of resources and it will be exhausted at some point of time. So India has to use
renewable sources of energy as for Cooking purpose we have to use Solar cookers and
Solar heaters which reduces our Consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and
increases our dependence on Solar Power Plants to generate Electricity. This Reduction
in usage of LPG will reduce our dependence on foreign countries and improve our
balance of payment position and shift it in favorable direction and making it profitable
for the country.
 SMART Education which is the signal of Development and growth prospects in the
country by using ICT Methods as India has to use Smart Technology Methods as Said By
SAMSUNG to take an Initiative from the Secondary Schools so that their Brain get
sharped from the very first day to compete and survive in this competitive world and for
getting admission in reputed universities.
 SMART Cities must have Public Transport facility available at short distances in the form
of Buses and Metros or even rapid metros so that People avoid using their own vehicles
to go for any domestic work and even office work as it reduces our dependence on
personal vehicles which reduces our consumption and dependence on foreign country
for Petrol and diesel and most importantly it protect our environment from destruction
and does not lead to Deforestation.
 Big Industrialists must set up their plants in rural areas where there is Barren Land to
provide employment to people living nearby that plant in the form of skilled and
unskilled jobs and even whatever be the polluted waste get extracted it must be
destroyed there. Not like as in Jamshedpur which is the hub of Steel Plants due to the
destructive gases which get out from these plants has damaged the whole environment
and polluted the whole Air of that area and as atleast 30% of people living there are
suffering from cancer i.e a deadly disease which is even incurable at most point of time.
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