Exploring the role of smart cities in shaping sustainable urban development in India
By: Bandyopadhyay, Saswat
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Publisher: New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2022Edition: Vol.19(2), Apr-June.Description: 47-53p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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ITPI journalSummary: In response to massive urbanization challenge, a mission to build 100 smart cities
was launched in 2014, covering 100 smart cities. However, after seven years since its
inception, Indian smart cities are struggling to show any meaningful impacts on the
ground. The mission has come under severe criticism due to its lack of core focus, for
harbouring superfluous ideas without much back-end research and innovation and for its
mission condition to create a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for project implementation.
As a result, at the end of its mission period, it is unclear whether the mission would be
continued in near future. This paper argues that, considering this massive gap in demand
and supply of basic services, human and financial resources, Indian cities are left with
very little choices, but to pro-actively explore the opportunities of applying digital
technologies for optimization of urban systems and processes. Instead of focussing on
several areas, the future version of this mission should entirely focus on the core urban
challenges such as urban planning and land management, resilient service delivery and
minimizing the externalities.
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In response to massive urbanization challenge, a mission to build 100 smart cities
was launched in 2014, covering 100 smart cities. However, after seven years since its
inception, Indian smart cities are struggling to show any meaningful impacts on the
ground. The mission has come under severe criticism due to its lack of core focus, for
harbouring superfluous ideas without much back-end research and innovation and for its
mission condition to create a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for project implementation.
As a result, at the end of its mission period, it is unclear whether the mission would be
continued in near future. This paper argues that, considering this massive gap in demand
and supply of basic services, human and financial resources, Indian cities are left with
very little choices, but to pro-actively explore the opportunities of applying digital
technologies for optimization of urban systems and processes. Instead of focussing on
several areas, the future version of this mission should entirely focus on the core urban
challenges such as urban planning and land management, resilient service delivery and
minimizing the externalities.
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