This document discusses smart cities and smart villages, and compares the cities of Bangalore and Dharnai. It argues that while smart cities can promote development, overfocusing on cities risks overcrowding and environmental harm. Instead, the creation of smart villages that provide education, healthcare and infrastructure is needed to foster inclusive rural development and reduce migration to cities. Smart villages would strengthen rural communities while also benefiting cities by controlling overpopulation and protecting the environment. Overall, the document concludes that smart villages are as important as smart cities for balanced economic growth.
This document discusses smart cities and smart villages, and compares the cities of Bangalore and Dharnai. It argues that while smart cities can promote development, overfocusing on cities risks overcrowding and environmental harm. Instead, the creation of smart villages that provide education, healthcare and infrastructure is needed to foster inclusive rural development and reduce migration to cities. Smart villages would strengthen rural communities while also benefiting cities by controlling overpopulation and protecting the environment. Overall, the document concludes that smart villages are as important as smart cities for balanced economic growth.
This document discusses smart cities and smart villages, and compares the cities of Bangalore and Dharnai. It argues that while smart cities can promote development, overfocusing on cities risks overcrowding and environmental harm. Instead, the creation of smart villages that provide education, healthcare and infrastructure is needed to foster inclusive rural development and reduce migration to cities. Smart villages would strengthen rural communities while also benefiting cities by controlling overpopulation and protecting the environment. Overall, the document concludes that smart villages are as important as smart cities for balanced economic growth.
This document discusses smart cities and smart villages, and compares the cities of Bangalore and Dharnai. It argues that while smart cities can promote development, overfocusing on cities risks overcrowding and environmental harm. Instead, the creation of smart villages that provide education, healthcare and infrastructure is needed to foster inclusive rural development and reduce migration to cities. Smart villages would strengthen rural communities while also benefiting cities by controlling overpopulation and protecting the environment. Overall, the document concludes that smart villages are as important as smart cities for balanced economic growth.
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SMART CITIES OR
SMART VILLAGES - WHAT DO WE NEED? An Insight Into Smart Cities What Are Smart Cities? Why Do We Need Smart Cities?
A smart city is an intelligent city that integrates Good infrastructure
digital technologies into its networks, services and infrastructure. Promotes development It means smart “urban” transportation networks, Housing for All upgraded water supply and waste disposal facilities and more efficient ways to light and heat buildings. Provides employment
2 Concept Of Smart Villages
╸ The basic concept of smart village is to collect community
efforts and strength of people from various streams and integrate it with information technology to provide benefits to the rural community. ╸ Smart Villages enable the provision of good education, healthcare, access to clean water, sanitation and nutrition.
3 Bangalore – A Case Study Bangalore is widely regarded as the “Silicon Valley of India” because of its role as the nation's leading IT exporter. Bangalore Smart City has both area-based and pan-city development projects. They are about road construction, retrofitting of buildings, transit hubs, market development, command and control centers, and lake development. Just 23% of the smart city projects have been completed so far. However, according to Vinayak Sugur, there are no projects in tendering stage and all the ongoing projects are works in progress.
] 4 A Comparative Analysis - Dharnai Dharnai is the first village in India to be fully solar powered. It allows children to study even beyond the daylight hours and lifts the restriction on women to cook before it is dark. Moreover, women in Dharnai can now venture out after it is dark due to the street lights. Residents of Dharnai had been using diesel-based generators and hazardous fuel like cow dung to meet the electricity requirement for decades, which were both costly and unhealthy. Since the launch of Greenpeace’s solar-powered 100 kilowatt micro-grid in 2014, quality electricity is being provided to more than 2,400 people living in this village in Jehanabad district.
5 6 “ “To remove poverty .we have to
strengthen the poor.
7 Overall Decrease In Poverty And Increase In Development
╸ About 70 per cent Indians live in rural areas: 2011 Census report ╸ For ‘inclusive’ development, the Government must focus on them. ╸ We must give top priority to the development of ‘smart villages’ — preserving the sustainability of villages will positively impact cities in the long run.
8 78,000,000 of all domestic migrants, move from rural to urban India, main reason being lack of amenities and opportunities.
9 Controlling Overcrowding In Cities
Numerous examples from all over the world confirm that
. overcrowding in cities brings about some severe environmental problems, like pollution. Pollution in turn causes serious illnesses amongst people. If the concept of smart villages is focused upon, overcrowding in cities can be reduced as the people will get all the necessary facilities in the village itself.
10 11 Reducing Environmental Harm
Unwanted technological saturation in cities will increase standards
but degrade the environment. Whereas, in villages, where there is a dire need of technological advancements, they will prove to be beneficial for all. There will be increase in contribution to global environment instead of the opposite happening.
12 Smart Villages Are Need Of The Hour From this, it can be concluded that Smart Cities can bring improvement if done properly. However, in creating an economic balance, it is necessary to focus on creation of Smart Villages to foster overall growth and development.
