People First Beatriz Corredor Sierra, Director of Institutional Relations, College of Registrars, former Spanish Minister for Housing Rome, 18th May

KEY-CONCEPTS “A smart sustainable city is an innovative city that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) and other means to improve quality of life, efficiency of urban operation and services, and competitiveness, while ensuring that it meets the needs of present and future generations with respect to economic, social, environmental as well as cultural aspects”. (UNECE and ITU, October 2015). The Internet of Things (IoT) is a global infrastructure for the information society, enabling advanced services by interconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on existing and evolving inter-operable information and communication technologies (ITU).

ICTs have a crucial role to play to improve the quality of life for urban residents education health local pollution levels

What might this smart city vision mean for the citizen?

Living in the street Looking at the screen

19th century SSC: Eixample Barcelona

The key-drivers to get a real, touchable and breathable city are the law and the budget

The intervention must include a cross-cutting approach in terms of environmental, social and economic integration (The Toledo Declaration, 2010)

Old M-30 Motorway Current Madrid Rio Riverside Park

Barcelona’s port after Olympic Games Barcelona’s port before Olympic Games

Spanish strategies and laws for sustainable urban and local development 2007 2007 2008 2011 SPANISH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TECHNICAL CODE FOR BUILDING LAND USE ACT STRATEGY OF URBAN AND LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY (EESUL) 2011 2013 2014 2015 SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY ACT REHABILITATION, REFURBISHMENT AND URBAN RENEWAL ACT LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR ENERGY RENOVATION IN THE BUILDING SECTOR LAND USE AND REHABILITATION ACT

“What is the city but the people? True, the people are the city.” W. Shakespeare Coriolanus.

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