Reportlinker Adds The Sustainable City & ICT
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NEW YORK--(Business Wire)-- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Reportlinker Adds The Sustainable City & ICT http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128097/Reportlinker-Adds-The-Sustainable-City--ICT.html In light of the central challenges and issues that cities are currently facing, this report examines the role that ICT can play in the development of the sustainable city. The analysis draws on examples of eco-Towns, digital cities and high-tech cities. The report identifies new ICT services that apply to the major urban functions and analyses the positioning of the main players. Key questions How do eco-Towns projects incorporate ICT? How do digital city projects meet the goals of sustainable urban development? Which ICT infrastructure and services can help achieve sustainable urban development? What is the positioning of the leading ICT industry players involved in the development of the sustainable city? What are some recommended approaches to integrating ICT in a sustainable city project? 1. The Sustainable City: Parameters and Issues 1.1 The sustainable city concept 1.2 The sustainable digital city 1.3 ICT`s role in the sustainable city 2. Sustainable Cities and Digital Cities 2.1 In Europe The econeighbourhoods of northern Europe BedZed (the UK) Hammarby Sjöstad (Sweden) Vauban Forum (Germany) Vesterbro (Denmark) National initiatives Ecotowns (England) Ecopolis (France) 2.2 In Asia South Korea Newsongdo City Seoul Busan Japan Osaka China Dongtan Singapore 2.3 In the Middle East Masdar (Abu Dhabi) Dubai Internet City (Dubai) 3. Digital Sevices applied to Sustainable Urban Development 3.1 Housing Home automation & telemetry Building accessibility 3.2 Urban mobility epayment and eticketing Managing multimodal data on public transport Managing urban traffic Car pooling Car sharing Teleworking 3.3 Home healthcare systems Teleassistance and telemonitoring at home and when travelling Home automation sensors Telehealth and telemedicine networks Hospitalisation at home 4.4 Public services Managing public lighting and public heating Managing the roadways GIS Managing garbage collection Managing air quality Teleprocedures and egovernment 3.5 Culture, leisure and tourism Live event information and booking online Digital audio guides Virtual exhibitions 3.6 Social and community life Web forums and other communitycentric sites Blogs Web 2.0 social networks 3.7 Governance eparticipation evoting online scorecard 4. ICT Players` Positioning 4.1 Telecom operators BT Vodafone Telefónica 4.2 Equipment manufacturers Cisco Intel 5. Three ICTbased Approaches to Sustainable Urban Development 5.1 The citizencentric sustainable city 5.2 The sustainable city based on urban management 5.3 The sustainable city as technological showcase To order this report: Reportlinker Adds The Sustainable City & ICT http://www.reportlinker.com/p0128097/Reportlinker-Adds-The-Sustainable-City--ICT.html More market research reports here! Reportlinker Nicolas: nbo@reportlinker.com US: (805)-652-2626 Intl: +1 805-652-2626 Copyright Business Wire 2009
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