White paper Title:

Alcatel Lucent Getting Smart about Smart Cities - Enterprise Market Analysis

Company Name: Alcatel-Lucent

Abstract:

The world population is moving from rural to urban locations.
Urban populations will grow by an estimated 2.3 billion over
the next 40 years, and as much as 70 percent of the world’s
population will live in cities by 2050. In a general context
where population is increasing sharply and the global climate
is warming, cities consume 75 percent of the world’s energy
and produce 80 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions. At
the same time, the population is ageing: By 2050 the number
of people over the age of 60 is expected to triple and will
outnumber children under 15 for the first time in history.
Many cities around the world are today experiencing the
effect of decentralization, where political responsibilities are
devolved from central government to city leaders. With this
increased responsibility, cities have the power to determine
to a degree their own success, and to find their place in the
national and international competitive environments. Cities are
aware of a pressure to attract economic activity, and this is not
just at the regional and national levels, but more and more at
the city level. In such context, a “Smart City” should leverage
all technological means to ease the life of their citizens, and of
companies that may employ them.

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