Top 10 Smart Cities of Asia-Pacific by 2025
An Overview of the smart city landscape
10-Dec-2015
Asia Pacific
Megatrends
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Asia-Pacific is a frontier of growth, development, and activity having quickly embraced disruptive trends in its journey to grow. This ecosystem depicts an eclectic mix of cities. This research service explores the dynamics, plans, and trends in the developments of smart cities in the Asia-Pacific region. It explores how governments, companies, and citizens contribute to making cities smart. It encapsulates what leaders are doing today to plan smarter cities for tomorrow. While markets such as Japan and South Korea already have fairly intelligent cities, others such as Thailand and Indonesia are slowly setting up smaller projects in governance and citizen services.
Key Findings
Recommendations to City Councils and Governments
Recommendations to Companies in the Private Sector
Key Conclusions and Future Outlook
Research Objectives
Research Scope
Research Methodology
What is Smart?
Global Definition of Smart Cities
Key Parameters That Will Define a Smart City in 2025 and Beyond
Asia-Pacific Smart City Landscape—Disruptive and Dynamic
Drivers and Challenges for Smart Cities in Asia-Pacific
Types of Smart City Projects
Types of Smart Cities in Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific Mature and Emerging Smart Cities Map
Asia-Pacific’s Front Runners in Smart City Development
Comparative Analysis of Smart Cities in Asia
Singapore —An Aspirational Asian Smart City
Smart City Ecosystem and Its Components
Regional Insights
Australia-New Zealand Insights
India Insights
China Insights
Japan Insights
Smart City Business Models in Asia-Pacific
Smart City Funding Models Used in Asia-Pacific
Funding Mechanism Case Study—Songdo Smart City Project
Tangible and Intangible Revenue Models in the Smart City Ecosystem
Main Stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific Smart City Ecosystem
Products and Services Portfolio of Smart City Participants
Smart Cities and Smart City Projects in Asia-Pacific
Smart Energy—Smart Grids and Smart Meters
Fast-Growing Smart Energy Hotspots in the Region
Smart Meters in Asia-Pacific
Hitachi’s Kashiwa-No-Ha Smart City in Japan
Toshiba’s Partnership with Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Tenaga Nasional Smart Meter Technology Roadmap
Hong Kong Energy Saving Plan 2015–2025
Case Study—Mahindra World City, Jaipur India
Case Study—Elements of the Mahindra World City, Jaipur Project
Government ICT Expenditure Fuels Smart City Growth
Communication Service Providers in Asia-Pacific—A Snapshot
IBM—Smarter Cities Solutions
Case Study—IBM Intelligent Operations Centre, Bandung Indonesia
NCS Smart Technology Platform
Seoul’s Pioneering Smart Technology Initiatives
Melbourne—Smart Solutions to Spearhead a Growth Wave
U-City Project, South Korea
Case Study—Smart BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex)
Case Study—Elements of the Smart BKC Project
Case Study—Key Milestones Planned for BKC
Smart Buildings—The Triple Zero Architecture of the Future
Smart Building Projects Overview Asia-Pacific
Songdo International Business District in South Korea
Innovating to Zero—Singapore’s Zero Energy Building (ZEB)
Case Study—GIFT City and Smart Buildings
Case Study—Elements of the GIFT City Project
Case Study—Key Milestones Planned for GIFT City
Smart Mobility—Technology on Wheels
Parking Duck—The Airbnb of Parking Space Solutions
Shanghai—Intelligent Mobility Systems
Smart Traffic Management in Manila, Philippines
Singapore’s Driverless Car Project from SMART
Smart Healthcare—Health in a Greener Economy
Universal Health Coverage Roadmap in Select Asian Nations
Integrated Health Information System in Singapore
Mobile Health in Australia to Drive Smart Agenda
iHealth Labs’ Smart Healthcare Partnership with Xiaomi
National Nursing Robotics Project in Japan
Smart Governance and Smart Security
Seoul’s Smart Complaint Centre
Qlue and CROP—Public Complaint Monitoring in Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur Crime Monitoring Program—A Safe City Initiative
Case Study—Smart Security in Mumbai
Smart Infrastructure—Digital Management of Infrastructure
Sensor Networks Enable Smart Infrastructure in Hong Kong
Tokyo—The Green City
Singapore Smart Nation Plan 2025
Case Study—Lodha Palava and Smart Urban Infrastructure
Case Study—Elements of the Palava Project
Recommendations to City Councils and Governments
Recommendations to City Councils and Governments
Recommendations to Companies in the Private Sector
Key Conclusions and Future Outlook
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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
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