Open AccessMumbai: A Vision of Smart City for Sustainable Development and Citizen Friendly
Author(s) -
Mr. Shardul P. Gavande
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2022.40254
Subject(s) - crore , lakh , metropolitan area , context (archaeology) , smart city , business , sustainability , government (linguistics) , economic growth , private sector , population , geography , engineering , economics , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , poverty , demography , archaeology , sociology , embedded system , biology , agriculture , internet of things
Mumbai being the largest city of India, capital of Maharashtra and one of the most populous cities in the world with current estimated population of about 12.4 million it is the world’s 37th largest city by Gross Domestic Product (GDP). As of 2019, recent estimates of the economy of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region have ranged from 3.16 lakh crore (US$44 billion) (2019–20 est.) 4.04 lakh crore (US$57 billion) (2019–20 est.) ranking it either the most or second-most productive metro area of India. In the year 2015, a government led by Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) launched a program called "Smart City Mission" in the country to develop 100 smart cities for urban renewal and redevelopment of older system by adding the flavour of new technologies. In the recent budget speech of the Finance Minister in February 2020, the move to set up 5 new smart cities has been proposed which will be developed under the public private partnership (PPP) mode. The main focus to develop smart city is to provide with high end infrastructure, excellent services and access to these services is governed based on connectivity at different levels between the administration and the end user. In context to the Smart Cities Mission, the objective is to bring up the best cities from the country by competing them with each other based on the core infrastructure, standard quality of life to its citizens, a clean sustainable environment and application of 'Smart Solutions'. The research article is the study on Mumbai as an aspiration to become a smart city by focusing on number of aspects of smart cities: smart mobility, smart living, smart healthcare, smart environment, smart citizens, smart government, and smart architecture as well as related technologies and concepts. The Internet of Things plays a major role as building block for transforming cities into smart cities by improving quality, performance and interactivity of urban services, optimize resources and reduce costs. Keywords: Smart City, Sustainable Development, Citizen friendly, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Internet of Things (IoT)