Future Cities: Ensuring world class civic amenities in urban India

Ind1aTeam:

Sustainable

Towns are India’s

New Future Cities

Cities are responsible for around two thirds of the energy used, 60 percent of all water consumed and 70 percent of all

greenhouse gases produced worldwide.

Are we prepared for their future expansion too...?

Why We need to build more cities in India?

Today the rural sector engages 60% of people in a substinence level and it constitutes only 16% of our GDP. We deliberately resist and

control urban migration because we are too lazy to build cities!

Security

Energy

Transportation

Green

Architecture

Water

Management

Smart grid

infrastructure

Healthcare

Waste

Management

Security

Walkable

Social

Automobile

Independent

Citizen

Congregate

Intelligent

traffic

solutions

Sustainability

Solutions:

“Analytics to

derive new

insights and

uncover trends

before they

become

systemic

issues.”

Use the system of systems to their advantage when

supporting the needs of each citizen

Solar-powered desalination plant can be used to

provide the city's extending water needs.

Piezoelectric powered footpaths & traffic lighting

can ease the load on grids.

Proper Waste management system.

Waste incineration as an additional power source.

Planning & Managing available resources in Eco

friendly way.

Planning Green SustainabilitySustainable development embrace a new objective: Optimize

operations to minimize environmental impact and improve social

outcomes in a manner that also maximizes performance.

Long-term insights based on comprehensive data

analysis, followed up through efficient daily

management, help a city stay vital and safe for its citizens

and businesses.

The creation of a Big Data Store, collecting and analysing

information from previously unconnected databases to

influence future city services and developments and

make it more accessible to more organisations.

Pedestrian plazas/zones/malls. As cities look to reduce carbon

emissions, it's natural to support foot traffic, and even to remove

cars from some areas. In New York, San Francisco, Copenhagen,

Barcelona, and Tokyo, to name just a few, streets and other large

areas have been closed to traffic. The result is a healthier and

happier way to access city shops and services.

Maximising Ambient Energy Harvesting.

Placing solar panels on roof tops.

Metro & Rail vibrations can be used to produce

electricity.

Piezoelectric based pavements can save footpath

electricity!

Combining multiple source of energy for

maximising energy gain i.e. Air + Solar Energy

Centralising all ambient energy harvester placed on

each city building for proper management of power.

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