AR3030 Smart Cities Syllabus:
AR3030 Smart Cities Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES
To give exposure to the concept of smart cities.
To give familiarity to different realms in which smart cities concepts operate in practice.
To give knowledge about case studies relating to smart cities.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SMART CITIES
Origin of the term smart cities. Different interpretations of smart cities. Evolution of the term till today. Overview of smart cities as integrating physical planning effectively with other parameters – economy, infrastructure of various types, energy, climate change, urban governance, social aspects, mobility, quality of life, etc., ICT, GIS and remote sensing as tools to enable smart cities.
UNIT II URBAN PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SMART CITIES
Different types of urban infrastructure – sewage, water, electricity and lighting, mobility of people and goods, parking. Case studies for each as well as for integrated approach.
UNIT III ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS AND SMART CITIES
Smart city concepts and city economy. Urban governance and smart city. Smart city concepts in slum area development. Historic core regeneration/ preservation and smart city. Case studies for each.
UNIT IV ECOLOGY, ENERGY AND SMART CITY
Geography of the city. Ecological aspects. Climate change. Flooding patterns. Energy and Sustainability in cities. Incorporating smart concepts to enhance and mitigate positive and negative effects with respect to these areas. Case studies.
UNIT V SMART CITIES MISSION INDIA
Smart cities in the context of India. Urban projects in India- JNNURM, Smart city mission. Detailed case studies with focus on technology as enabling mechanism.
OUTCOME
Familiarity with the concepts of smart cities.
Knowledge about different domains/ areas in which smart cities can be realised.
Exposure to smart city practices.
TEXTBOOKS
1. Rajeswari Ray, GIS for Smart Cities, Ane Books 2017
2. Binti Singh and Manoj Parmar, Smart City in India, Routledge 2020
3. Mike Barlow and Cornelia Levy-Bencheton, Smart Cities Smart Future, Wiley 2019
4. Charanjit Singh Shah, Redefining Indian Smart and Sustainable Cities, I K International Publishing House 2017
5. Antoine Picon, Smart Cities: A Spatialised Intelligence, Wiley 2015
REFERENCES
1. Mohammad S. Obaidat and Petros Nicopolitidis, Smart Cities and Homes, Morgan Kaufmann 2016.
2. Poonam Sharma, Swati Rajput, Sustainable Smart Cities in India, Springer 2019
3. Ricardo Armentano, Parag Chatterjee et al, The Internet of Things, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis 2018