Technological Influences over Factors for Sustainability of Smart Cities

Purpose: Emerging technologies have completely revolutionizedthe world and helpedpeople getting connected to each other than ever before. Due to rise in population andurbanization, transformation of cities into Smart Cities is a necessity which can befulfilled through Internet of Things and other emerging technologies.Although the paper describes the kind of support given by emerging technologies tothe development and measurements of smart cities worldwide, it gives emphasis tothe infrastructural development and service deliveries of smart urban development inIndia based on its own standards.Design Methodology/Approach: This research work was based on secondary data.The secondary data was collected from various journals, newspapers and annualreports such as World Population Review and World Economic Forum etc.The methodology for this research work was [4] –Parameters for measurement of smart cities development were set. For establishmentof these parameters, 37 different journals, newspaper articles and annual reports werestudied. These parameters are shown in Figure 4.Establishmentof elaboratedsectionsforparameterizing Indiansmart citiesdevelopmentwas done and 12 essential parameters were established which are shown in Table 1 andTable 2.Analysis of major contribution and influence of emerging technologiesfor developmentof smart cities was done. It is shown in table 3.Critical analysis of measurement of Delhi as a smart city based on secondary datawas done.Finally, a conclusion for smart urban planning, based on the above steps, wasconstructed.Findings: At the end critical analysis of Delhi as a smart city was done based onthe same parameters of measurements. Rapid urbanisation in India has impacted thedevelopment of the capital city very negatively. The improvement needs public decisionmakers, policy officials, technology developers and citizens of India to not only lookfor increasing infrastructure of the cities but also make policies for improvement ofenvironmental sustainability and quality of life.Originality Value: This research work is original.Paper Type: Theme Based Paper