City of the future
ISKANDAR Malaysia (IM) in Johor has been chosen as a Smart City Model for Malaysia and the world.
The selection took place during the first intersession meeting of the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC) in July 2012, in San Jose, the US.
The GSIAC was formed by the Malaysian government and the New York Academy of Sciences in order to drive Malaysia’s effort to accelerate economic development through science, technology and innovation. It serves as an advisory panel to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and is composed of international experts drawn from industry, academic and the public sector.
Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) chief executive officer Datuk Ismail Ibrahim talked with The Star on the topics related to the Smart City project.
Q: What is the definition of a smart city and what does it mean to IM?
A: In line with its strategic pillars, IM’s definition of a smart city is an integration of three basic components: the economy, environment and social aspects.
By combining these components, it will form the basis of becoming a city that performs well focused on six areas — the economy, the environment, governance, mobility, people and the quality of living.
The city is built on the “smart” integration of investments of human and social capital, combining hard and soft infrastructure that fuel sustainable economic development as well as a high quality of life, and wise management of natural resources through good participatory governance.
Often, terminologies and newly coined words create more confusion for the public instead of giving them a better insight on what is being done and will be done in the future...
Smart City is not a new concept to the European countries and our neighbour, Singapore.
The definition might vary from one city to another depending on the priorities in the respective countries.
Not to confuse the public, this is the main reason that IM Smart City framework was developed based on and in line with our three main pillars which are economy, environment and social.
The enhanced and added-value focus points are:
>How we attract economic growth in a smart way — catalytic projects, complementing Singapore and meeting global requirements.
>How we get smart and good buy-in from the public in the things that we want to do and implement, and usage of new channels of communications for the citizens — such as public participation for feedback, utilising our website to reach out to a larger group of people, encouraging the private sector to work together with the public sector in providing infrastructure.
>How can we conserve the environment in a SMART way — to entice the developers/investors to do their part on environment by giving incentives for green technology and infrastructure and introducing green economy and carbon credits.
>How we should plan for smart mobility
~News courtesy of The Star~
ISKANDAR Malaysia (IM) in Johor has been chosen as a Smart City Model for Malaysia and the world.
The selection took place during the first intersession meeting of the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC) in July 2012, in San Jose, the US.
The GSIAC was formed by the Malaysian government and the New York Academy of Sciences in order to drive Malaysia’s effort to accelerate economic development through science, technology and innovation. It serves as an advisory panel to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and is composed of international experts drawn from industry, academic and the public sector.
Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) chief executive officer Datuk Ismail Ibrahim talked with The Star on the topics related to the Smart City project.
Q: What is the definition of a smart city and what does it mean to IM?
A: In line with its strategic pillars, IM’s definition of a smart city is an integration of three basic components: the economy, environment and social aspects.
By combining these components, it will form the basis of becoming a city that performs well focused on six areas — the economy, the environment, governance, mobility, people and the quality of living.
The city is built on the “smart” integration of investments of human and social capital, combining hard and soft infrastructure that fuel sustainable economic development as well as a high quality of life, and wise management of natural resources through good participatory governance.
Often, terminologies and newly coined words create more confusion for the public instead of giving them a better insight on what is being done and will be done in the future...
Smart City is not a new concept to the European countries and our neighbour, Singapore.
The definition might vary from one city to another depending on the priorities in the respective countries.
Not to confuse the public, this is the main reason that IM Smart City framework was developed based on and in line with our three main pillars which are economy, environment and social.
The enhanced and added-value focus points are:
>How we attract economic growth in a smart way — catalytic projects, complementing Singapore and meeting global requirements.
>How we get smart and good buy-in from the public in the things that we want to do and implement, and usage of new channels of communications for the citizens — such as public participation for feedback, utilising our website to reach out to a larger group of people, encouraging the private sector to work together with the public sector in providing infrastructure.
>How can we conserve the environment in a SMART way — to entice the developers/investors to do their part on environment by giving incentives for green technology and infrastructure and introducing green economy and carbon credits.
>How we should plan for smart mobility
~News courtesy of The Star~
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