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Definition
A city can be defined as ‘smart’ when investments in human and social capital and traditional (transport) and modern (ICT) communication infrastructure fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life, with a wise management of natural resources, through participatory action and engagement. (Caragliu et al. 2009). To Gildo Seisdedos Domínguez, the smart city concept essentially means efficiency. But efficiency based on the intelligent management and integrated ICTs, and active citizen participation. Then implies a new kind of governance, genuine citizen involvement in public policy.

Smart cities can be identified (and ranked) along six main axes or dimensions: These six axes connect with traditional regional and neoclassical theories of urban growth and development. In particular, the axes are based - respectively - on theories of regional competitiveness, transport and ICT economics, natural resources, human and social capital, quality of life, and participation of citizens in the governance of cities.

It insists that smart cities are defined by their innovation and their ability to solve problems and use of ICTs to improve this capacity. The intelligence lies in the ability to solve problems of these communities is linked to technology transfer for when a problem is solved. In this sense, intelligence is an inner quality of any territory, any place, city or region where innovation processes are facilitated by information and communication technologies. What varies is the degree of intelligence, depending on the person, the system of cooperation, and digital infrastructure and tools that a community offers its residents (Komninos 2002).

Prime Minister's Vision
Smart cities is the catchphrase as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government lays the groundwork for his ambitious program aimed at setting up 100 such urban settlements nationwide. Modi's vision for advanced cities that benefit from the latest technology has finally begun to take shape with the Ministry of Urban Development identifying almost all the locations where they will be built as well as existing cities that are to be remodelled on these lines. This done, the ministry has asked the 22 states where the programme will be implemented to send detailed project reports so a final blueprint can be outlined. Describing the scheme, officials of the urban development ministry say they plan to set up seven smart cities each in Gujarat, Kerala, Rajasthan and Karnataka. Modi's constituency Varanasi, they added, is among the six cities identified in Uttar Pradesh for the smart makeover (see graphic for more). Five years A senior ministry official said the government has set 2019 as the deadline to deliver the first three smart cities, all of which will be built as part of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). The DMIC is a project the government aims to build as a 'global manufacturing and trading hub'. These smart cities are Dholera, Shendra-Bidkin and Global City. Overall, seven smart cities will be set up between Delhi and Mumbai under the DMIC project, which is being built in partnership with the government of Japan. There are at least three more industrial corridors along which new cities are being built: Amritsar- Kolkata, Bangalore-Chennai and Chennai-Visakhapatnam. Besides, states have been asked to identify cities along the Amritsar-Kolkata corridor. Intelligent: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision for advanced cities that benefit from the latest technology has finally begun to take shape. Pictured, a Delhi Metro train passes over Gurgaon Rapid Metro trains in the satellite city A master plan is ready for three cities - Punderi, Krishnapatnam and Tumkur - along the Bangalore- Chennai corridor, said an official of the ministry, adding that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had concluded a feasibility study for cities along Chennai-Vizag corridor. The Centre will also invite bids for another project, Shendra-Bidkin industrial zone in Maharashtra, by mid-2015. Much like in the DMIC, the official said foreign assistance would be crucial to the implementation of the project. Several countries, including Singapore, Germany, the UK, US and South Korea have expressed interest in these projects. In fact, during his visit to Japan from August 30 to September 3, Prime Minister Modi is hoping to seal a deal on infrastructural investment for the smart cities initiative, with Japan proposing project development agreements on high-speed railways, more industrial corridors, and road- and rail-links. In the NDA government's maiden Union Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley set aside Rs 500 crore for the setting up of an institution called '3P India'. Apart from other areas, the institution is expected to help streamline public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the smart cities segment, for which the Budget exclusively allocated a Rs 7,060 crore sum. Integrated: Smart cities have an integrated transit system where BRT corridors, such as the one in Delhi (pictured), as well as suburban train networks are linked with pedestrian and cycle lanes for easier travel Smart cities, in the most basic terms, are urban settlements that exploit technology to offer more structured and hospitable living conditions for residents. The infrastructure of a smart city should be equipped with systems aimed at better management of energy resources, water, transport and traffic, safety and security. Information and communication technology (ICT) forms the backbone of such cities. A master plan for ICT infrastructure implementation has been developed by Cisco Systems specifically for Dholera Special Investment Region.