Analytics for Maintenance of Transportation in Smart Cities
Cities typically face a wide range of management and maintenance problems. They are complex environments in which digital technologies are more and more pervasive; this digitization of urban environment provided a scope for enriched environment that has c
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1 Introduction The population of cities and the percentage of migration of people toward cities are increasing day by day. As from the report by the UN [1], 54% of the population of the world lives in cities, and the forecasted population will be 66% in 2050 or higher. These cities might face tremendous challenges because of the problems arising due to increased congestion of the people. To maintain the assets of the cities, some part of the problems can be overcome by the use of digitization using the present technologies available to cater the needs. As per the definition of Smart Cities Council, the usage of digital technology embedded across different functions of the city is termed as “smart city.” The main objectives of the smart city include, but are not limited to, the following: • • • • •
Environmental sustainability and efficiency Sustainable homes and buildings Efficient use of resources Efficient and sustainable transportation Better urban planning – livable cities
The necessity of the smart cities is quite multi-faceted because cities themselves act as a platform for all existing technologies and future technologies that are governed by the policies for the betterment of the society. Management of assets
A. Thaduri () • U. Kumar Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] A.K. Verma Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Haugesund, Norway e-mail: [email protected] © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 P.K. Kapur et al. (eds.), Quality, IT and Business Operations, Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-5577-5_7
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is also a difficult task to consider in the case of smart cities. The main reasons for the purpose of smart cities are: • • • • • • •
Growing population Traffic congestion Space – homes and public space Resource management Global warming Aging infrastructure Tighter city budgets
Smart cities are booming around the world though the definitions are more or less similar to the one that is defined above. In a typical smart city, one of the important vertical solutions is transportation and mobility. Transportation is one of the driving areas for growth, mobility, services, and support. For effective and efficient operation of the transportation field, there is a requisite to maintain these assets in a proper condition. Maintenance of these assets is crucial in reducing cost, traffic congestion, inconvenience to the society, etc. One of the interesting aspects in transportation is that the operation not only depends on itself but also depends on the surrounding assets and the people that use these assets. Hence, usage of advanced technologies such as Internet of things (IoTs) and data analytics can be applied for envision of the smart cities. This paper provides an overview of the smart cities and challenges faced by the maintenance of the transportation in smart cities. This paper also focuses on the possibilities of application of data analytics for transportation i
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