As a new Smart City, citizens in Surat will be able to access real-time data on city services through a combination of cloud technology, mobile applications, data analytics and social networks.
New approaches to governance and citizen services are being driven by dramatic demographic shifts. The world’s population is increasingly concentrating in urban centers.
The CityNext Team recently caught up with James McConnell, the Assistant Commissioner for Strategic Data at the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM), to ask a few questions about the agency’s new big data solution. Here’s what he had to say.