The ambitious project of #SmartCity is
mainly an amalgamation of growth and development. The existing city framework
needs either changes to fit the bill of smart city or a new complete city need
to be built from a scratch. In this connotation, two words are often used
‘Retrofitting’ and ‘Redevelopment’ and not everyone is well versed with its
meaning. The entire concept of smart city kind of revolves or rather has
emerged because of these two mother concepts.
Retrofitting:
The crux of this idea is to re-built the existing
city area to achieve smart objectives. So that it becomes more efficient and
liveable. With the aid of the citizen consultation, an area of 500 acres will
be identified and depending on the existing level of infrastructure services in
the identified area and the vision of the residents, the cities will prepare a
strategic plan to become smart. Most of the structures would remain intact, so
a large number of smart applications will be packed into the retrofitted smart
city. This strategy may also be completed in a shorter period, leading to its
replication in another part of the city.
Redevelopment: A complete new creation of
city power packed with modern infrastructure and informative communication
technology. Redevelopment envisages an area of more than 50 acres, identified
by Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in consultation with citizens. For instance, a new
layout plan of the identified area will be prepared with mixed landuse, higher
FSI and high ground coverage. The best examples of redevelopment are the Saifee
Burhani Upliftment Project in Mumbai (also called the Bhendi Bazaar Project)
and the redevelopment of East Kidwai Nagar in New Delhi being undertaken by the
National Building Construction Corporation.
Other related term are Greenfield Development which
will introduce most of the Smart Solutions in a previously vacant area (more
than 250 acres) using innovative planning, plan financing and plan
implementation tools with provision for affordable housing, especially for the
poor. The other term is Pan City;
its development envisages application of selected Smart Solutions to the
existing citywide infrastructure.
The common linking in all the terms are
Infrastructure, Technology and Citizen Consultation. So it’s a request to
people of Indore to come forward and share their views, reviews and contribute
in the making of #IndoreSmartCity at fb.com/IndoreSmartCityOfficial
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