smart city

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  • Rhymes: -ɪti

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smart city (plural smart cities)

  1. A municipality that uses information and communications technology, such as electronic sensors, to increase efficiency and improve the quality of services.
    • 2019, T.M. Vinod Kumar, Smart Environment for Smart Cities, Springer, →ISBN, page 437:
      So, if we are to recognize the entire city to be a living entity, just like a smart human being, a smart city would also require constant monitoring of its health. Just like a human being using a smart band or a smart watch to sense his/her vital parameters such as temperature, blood pressure, glucose, heart rate, lipid profile, Vitamins[sic] etc. the smart city may also require several thousand sensors installed in its arteries and touch points to sense its vital organs.

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