As city dwellers use the Internet to make smarter, more informed choices, cities become smarter, too.
This was the key finding of the Ericsson ConsumerLab report released on Monday.
The study, “"Smart Citizens: How the internet facilitates smart choices in city life," covers nine cities worldwide - Beijing, Delhi, London, New York, Paris, Rome, São Paulo, Stockholm and Tokyo - and explores different concepts that will enable people to take a more proactive and participatory role in city life, from digital health monitoring to interactive road navigation and social bike and car sharing.
The report noted that 76 percent of those surveyed want sensors in public spaces that let them know what areas are crowded and best avoided, 70 percent want to compare energy use with neighbors in order to optimize their behavior, 66 percent want to have real-time control of drinking water quality
“Citizens want to use their smartphones to alleviate concerns with health, communication with authorities and urban traffic,” the report added.
Moreover, 48 percent would make daily use of a posture sensor, 29 percent would use a unified biometric ID to access public services every day, 74 percent want both interactive street signs and bike/car sharing.
"Citizens want current players to Internet-enable their services. This means, for example, that city authorities are expected to provide ICT services related to traffic, public services and water quality,” said Michael Björn, Head of Research at Ericsson ConsumerLab.
"Interestingly, for all the concepts tested, citizens who live in the central parts of the cities are more interested in the concepts than those who live in suburbs,” he added. Also, the young and full time workers are those with the overall highest predicted daily use of the concepts, and the ones who will most actively push cities to grow smarter," he added.
The report acknowledges that the idea of smart citizens make smart cities is an intriguing concept, however, it also predicts a future where “behaviors, efficient processes and smarter social norms are turning people into smarter citizens and also developing the place they inhabit.
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บทความเรื่อง Smart citizens make smart cities
This was the key finding of the Ericsson ConsumerLab report released on Monday.
The study, “"Smart Citizens: How the internet facilitates smart choices in city life," covers nine cities worldwide - Beijing, Delhi, London, New York, Paris, Rome, São Paulo, Stockholm and Tokyo - and explores different concepts that will enable people to take a more proactive and participatory role in city life, from digital health monitoring to interactive road navigation and social bike and car sharing.
The report noted that 76 percent of those surveyed want sensors in public spaces that let them know what areas are crowded and best avoided, 70 percent want to compare energy use with neighbors in order to optimize their behavior, 66 percent want to have real-time control of drinking water quality
“Citizens want to use their smartphones to alleviate concerns with health, communication with authorities and urban traffic,” the report added.
Moreover, 48 percent would make daily use of a posture sensor, 29 percent would use a unified biometric ID to access public services every day, 74 percent want both interactive street signs and bike/car sharing.
"Citizens want current players to Internet-enable their services. This means, for example, that city authorities are expected to provide ICT services related to traffic, public services and water quality,” said Michael Björn, Head of Research at Ericsson ConsumerLab.
"Interestingly, for all the concepts tested, citizens who live in the central parts of the cities are more interested in the concepts than those who live in suburbs,” he added. Also, the young and full time workers are those with the overall highest predicted daily use of the concepts, and the ones who will most actively push cities to grow smarter," he added.
The report acknowledges that the idea of smart citizens make smart cities is an intriguing concept, however, it also predicts a future where “behaviors, efficient processes and smarter social norms are turning people into smarter citizens and also developing the place they inhabit.
Credit : http://enterpriseinnovation.net/article/smart-citizens-make-smart-cities-1129665088