ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a comprehensive 6-layer framework for smart cities in terms of urban information systems incorporating the multiple layers specifying various tasks from sensing to cloud services and providing adequate services to the people. It considers five major aspects of smart cities, namely, smart healthcare, smart traffic management, smart home, smart grid, noise, and air pollution monitoring. The ultimate aim of smart city is to provide the adequate services to society by best utilizing the resources and generate a cost effective solution of the traditional problem in healthcare, environment, etc. The use of Internet of Things (IoT) is to make a smart city more connected, as IoT is mainly concerned with the connecting of every object and equipment over the Internet with the help of sensor and actuator technology. The use of information and communications technologies to make the urban city services and monitoring more aware, interactive, managed and efficient makes it a smart city.
