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Scenarios for a Digital Thermi. 2 nd Futures Workshop Li ège, 11 th October 2006 Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos URENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece. What is a Digital City. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Scenarios for a Digital Thermi2nd Futures WorkshopLiège, 11th October 2006
Panagiotis TsarchopoulosURENIO Research Unit – Municipality of Thermi, Greece
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What is a Digital City
A connected city that combines broadband communications infrastructure; flexible, service-oriented computing infrastructure; and innovative services to meet the needs of governments and their employees, citizens and businesses.
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An Example
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Benefits for the city
Government agencies will improve the efficiency of services while decreasing costs
Democracy will be enhancedCitizens will be more satisfied with
government services as well as with their community life
Businesses can be more competitive and profitable
Working models can be more flexible The “image” of the Municipality and Region
will be improved
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Layers of a Digital City
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1. Communication infrastructure
Wire or Wireless network
Fibber optics, DSL, ISDN, etc
WiFi, WiMAX, 3G MAN
Private or public network
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2. Computing Infrastructure
Security system (data, users)
Spatial data (GIS/LBS)
SOA, SOE, SOI, etc.
eForms
RFID, sensors, smart objects
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3. Application Layer
e-Government, e-Procurement e-Commerce, e-business e-Health (telemedicine) e-Learning (distance learning) Traffic management, e-ticketing, etc. Public safety, video surveillance Land management Asset management Promotion & culture (e-tourism)
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Applications – A variety of new options
HTMLCSS
Javascript
User InterfaceAJAX Based Interface
PresentationLevel
PHP.NETJ2EESOAP
Application Servere- services
ControlLevel
DBXML
Data Bases & XMLFor data storage
DataLevel
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Municipality of Thermi
15 km far from the centre of Thessaloniki Covers an area of 100.200 acres 16.546 inhabitants (2001 census), +76, 2%
from previous census (1991) National Centre of Agricultural Development,
Faculties of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Technological Park of Thessaloniki, Centre for the Diffusion of Technology and Science, “Macedonia” Airport, a lot of private schools, etc.
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Scenario Building
From the above mentioned options hundreds of possible scenarios can be developed
Different communication choices
Different computing choices
Different application choices
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One Possible Scenario
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Broadband City’s Network
Fiber Optics, 3G, WiMAX, WiFi Mess, Cable/DSL, WiFi
Digital Democracy§ Information about activities &
projects§ Council’s meetings live and on
demand through the Internet§ On-line discussion forum§ On-line polls
Digital Governance§ Information about services and procedures§ Οn-line certificates
Digital
Entrepreneurship§ On-line business tools§ e-marketplace
Promotion and Culture§ Digital map§ Virtual tour§ Cultural information
Information§ Targeting residents and businesses§ Selected sectors of interest§ Users’ personal distribution channels
(blogs)
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Timescale
5 Years
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Selection of indicators
Municipality’s needs and future directions Technical feasibility Commercial viability Existing circumstances (infrastructures,
human resources, etc) Total cost and financing opportunities Medium and long term effects …
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Implementation Steps
FUTURREG Toolkit – Scenario Building
Thank you very much for your attention