Answer to Question #187085 in Management for anshika

Question

The city of Leh is the joint capital & the largest town of the union territory of Ladakh in India. Leh is at an altitude of 3,524 metres (11,562 ft), and is connected via National Highway 1 to Srinagar in the southwest and to Manali in the south via the Leh-Manali Highway. You have been invited as an external IT consultant by Government of India with a mandate to convert Leh into a “Smart City”

a. Which “Smart” city in the world will you choose as a benchmark to emulate some of the best practices of that city into Leh? Provide atleast 3 reasons with brief descriptions behind your choice of choosing that particular city as a benchmark? 

b. Suggest & describe atleast 2 innovative technology enabled services that you will introduce into Leh so that it can be called as a “Smart city”?

Answer 1

Smart City

A smart city is an urban area that uses technology to monitor and collect data about the area hence, efficiently manage the area. The use of ICT is enabled to collect data about the people and assets in the town. Therefore, the city officials can easily manage the city. For a city or a town to become a city, the city must consider the intelligent application of the internet of things (IoT) to engage the citizens in managing the city.

The city of Leh should benchmark on Singapore. The city of Leh should do a benchmark on Singapore because Singapore has advanced in technology over a short time compared to the smartest cities in the world. In addition, Singapore has a rising trend of urban population which is a similar case as the city of Leh. For the city of Leh to effectively manage the rise of its population, then the management should consider a benchmark on Singapore. Moreover, Singapore has some of the best technological advancements, which other cities in the world should emulate.

As a manager of the city of Leh, I will introduce the use of streetlight which dim at night when fewer vehicles are on the road. I will also introduce digital sensors to high crime areas to effectively manage crime in such areas. These sensors can also send preliminary information to the residents concerning an upcoming climate change like drought and flood.