SDGs and Smart Cities

11.Creating a community where people can continue to live

Goal 11 is to "To achieve inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements".

Image:Quoted from United Nations Information Centre HP(https://www.unic.or.jp/activities/economic_social_development/sustainable_development/2030agenda/sdgs_logo/sdgs_icon/)


Concrete Challenges that can occur in a city

1.Maintenance and management of infrastructure and buildings and their deterioration
2.Disaster preparedness (Severely:Securing lifelines and making them earthquake-resistant)
3.Disaster preparedness (Softly:Visualization of risks, provision of information on evacuation sites, and business continuity of companies)
4.Measures for vacant land, vacant house and vacant building
5.Elimination of dense urban areas (an urban area crowded with wooden houses)
6.Improving housing quality (Size, cost, and energy conservation)
7.Elimination of traffic congestion
8.Ensuring Traffic Safety
9.Improvement of bicycle usage environment
10.Maintenance of public transport and services
11.Obstruction of landscape
12.Community Communication (community ties)
13.Regional revitalization (New Town, Renovation, and bustling downtown)
14.Pollution Prevention
15.Ensuring the safety of communities (crime prevention)

Above challenges are quoted from MLIT"スマートシティの実現に向けて 【中間とりまとめ】(https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001249774.pdf)"


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