Explore the Major Trends and Technologies for Smart Cities in 2021

With the emerging technologies in developing countries, the whole world is getting more advanced. Smart city is one of the most trending technologies in the modern era. Smart city means a metropolitan area that can enhance the quality of life by facilitating modern disruptive technologies like IoT, AI, data analytics and more.

According to a report published by Allied Market Research, the smart cities market size is projected to reach $2402.123 billion with a considerable CAGR from 2018 to 2025. North America is currently holding the highest market share for the global smart cities market, owing to significant amount of smart city solutions.

Following are the major smart cities trends:-

• Contactless Technologies: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic led to social distancing, which in turn, gave rise to demand for contactless technologies for public interaction, especially while making public transactions. Digital payments through QR codes, NFC wearable technologies, online ticketing services and more are likely to be continued in the post pandemic era.
• 5G Popularization: Though 5G wireless network has been rolled out in 2019, it is not yet implemented completely in all the countries. 4G wireless technology is still going good in most of the countries. However, it has been estimated that there will be more than two billion subscriptions of 5G network globally over the upcoming five years. Another large scale wireless network is LPWAN which will also have contribution in massive data communications for smart cities in the upcoming years.
• Transportation Sensors: IoT sensors help to detect congestion and bottlenecks in traffic roads by fulling the need of better monitoring, control, and management, thus can make smart cities look more secure and traffic free. 

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• Waste Management Sensors: One of the most important thing in smart city is to manage cities waste efficiently, lower the environmental footprint, and improve the quality of services. There are many smart waste management solution provider in the world who help to tackle the biggest challenges in today’s world of waste management.
• AI Driven Cities: Artificial intelligence is used in public services also. In areas like parking automation, traffic control, and automated fare collection, AI is widely used to reduce congestion and improve safety. Few global car manufacturers are up with next generation AI driven cars in order to stay competitive in the market. Moreover, almost all the offices, universities, and others institution are adopting biometric identification, which is driven by AI technologies.
• Geospatial Technology: This technology is used to detect disasters that can hamper the ecosystem, thereby help to make a city more sustainable and accessible. As per the requirements, this technology is used through solutions in power plants, civil services, transportation, and more.

Likewise, the field of development of smart cities is vast. Asia Pacific region is expected to have the highest growth rate, owing to investments in IT technologies by governments in countries like China, India, Singapore and others. Here, it is worth mentioning that the global smart city market is anticipated to assemble greater prospects in the near future

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