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MISC 160 - Smart Cities: Methodology and Guidelines
Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
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MISC 160 | 28 October 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
MISC 160 | 02 December 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
Course Description
Since 75% of worldwide energy production is consumed by cities while they are responsible for 80% of the world’s CO2emissions, the need for a more progressive and resource-efficient alternative without compromising for high quality of life is present. One of the suggested solutions is Smart Cities. Some of the seeds of today’s smart cities began as early as the 1980s. Today, a good number of cities are turning smart around the globe. In this course, participants will know about the process of making a city smart, and the challenges ahead of this huge project.
Course Objectives
- Understanding the concept of a Smart City
- Tackling the problems found in big cities
- Estimating the budget of such huge project
- Promoting social and technological innovations and linking existing infrastructures
- Securing economic competitiveness and quality of life in urban areas
Who Should Attend?
- City planners
- Managers
- Executives
- Financial investors
- Government leaders
- Policymakers
- Students and professionals interested in the concept of smart cities
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Introduction to Smart cities
- Who makes a city smart?
- Why to turn smart: outcomes and benefits
- Where it can be applied
- Smart City Framework: objectives, indicators, components and content
- Challenges
- Climate change
- Urbanization
- Scarce resources
Day 2
- Where to start
- Stakeholder roles
- The process of selection of Smart Cities
- Reference standardization and aggregation
- Applications of fuzzy logic for evaluating smart cities
Day 3
- Smart city planning guidelines
- Smart Cities key components
- Smart Economy
- Smart Mobility
- Smart Governance
- Smart Living
- Smart People
- Smart Environment
Day 4
- Pioneering projects
- Case studies
- Smart energy research
- Industrial estate liesing
Day 5
- Financing of Smart Cities
- Raising awareness
- Privacy concerns
- Citizens as data collectors