META MIND GLOBAL CORPORATION
META MIND GLOBAL CORPORATION
EXPERTISE
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SMART CITY
MMGC has participated in several Smart City initiatives involving diverse industry sectors in multiple countries. We have extensive experience working with several grant-making, financing, and aid organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, US Trade and Development Agency and others to promote Smart City initiatives across the world.
MMGC has participated in several Smart City initiatives involving diverse industry sectors in multiple countries. We have extensive experience working with several grant-making, financing, and aid organizations including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, US Trade and Development Agency and others to promote Smart City initiatives across the world.
A Smart City is a municipality that makes use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to boost administrative effectiveness, disseminate information to the general public, and enhance the quality of government services as well as the welfare of the citizens. More specifically, a smart city is a technologically advanced urban area that uses different types of electronic methods and sensors to collect specific data. Information gained from that data is used to manage assets, resources and services efficiently; in return, that data is used to improve operations across the city. This includes data collected from citizens, devices, buildings and assets that is processed and analyzed to monitor and manage traffic and transportation systems, power plants, utilities, water supply networks, waste, criminal investigations, information systems, schools, libraries, hospitals, and other community services. Smart cities are defined as smart both in the ways in which their governments harness technology as well as in how they monitor, analyze, plan, and govern the city.
A Smart City is a municipality that makes use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to boost administrative effectiveness, disseminate information to the general public, and enhance the quality of government services as well as the welfare of the citizens. More specifically, a smart city is a technologically advanced urban area that uses different types of electronic methods and sensors to collect specific data. Information gained from that data is used to manage assets, resources and services efficiently; in return, that data is used to improve operations across the city. This includes data collected from citizens, devices, buildings and assets that is processed and analyzed to monitor and manage traffic and transportation systems, power plants, utilities, water supply networks, waste, criminal investigations, information systems, schools, libraries, hospitals, and other community services. Smart cities are defined as smart both in the ways in which their governments harness technology as well as in how they monitor, analyze, plan, and govern the city.
ICT is used to enhance quality, performance and interactivity of urban services, to reduce costs and resource consumption and to increase contact between citizens and government. Smart city applications are developed to manage urban flows and allow for real-time responses. A smart city may therefore be more prepared to respond to challenges than one with a conventional "transactional" relationship with its citizens. In smart cities, the sharing of data is not limited to the city itself but also includes businesses, citizens and other third parties that can benefit from various uses of that data. Sharing data from different systems and sectors creates opportunities for increased understanding and economic benefits.
ICT is used to enhance quality, performance and interactivity of urban services, to reduce costs and resource consumption and to increase contact between citizens and government. Smart city applications are developed to manage urban flows and allow for real-time responses. A smart city may therefore be more prepared to respond to challenges than one with a conventional "transactional" relationship with its citizens. In smart cities, the sharing of data is not limited to the city itself but also includes businesses, citizens and other third parties that can benefit from various uses of that data. Sharing data from different systems and sectors creates opportunities for increased understanding and economic benefits.
