The strategic components of Area-based development in the Smart Cities Mission are city improvement (retrofitting), city renewal (redevelopment) and city extension (greenfield development) plus a Pan-city initiative in which Smart Solutions are applied covering larger parts of the city. Below are given the descriptions of the three models of Area-based Smart City Development: Retrofitting will…

Some typical features of comprehensive development in Smart Cities are described below. i. Promoting mixed land use in area-based developments — planning for ‘unplanned areas’ containing a range of compatible activities and land uses close to one another in order to make land use more efficient. The States will enable some flexibility in land use…

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) under Smart Cities Mission Some of the frequently asked questions by the States/ Cities and clarifications by MoUD are outlined below: Q 1 – It is difficult to implement water and sewerage projects specific to areas as the large infrastructure needed are generally created for the entire city. How to address…

What is Smart City The first question is what is meant by a ‘smart city’. The answer is, there is no universally accepted definition of a smart city. It means different things to different people. The conceptualization of Smart City, therefore, varies from city to city and country to country, depending on the level of…