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Thematic Consultation on Smart Cities in Asia and the Pacific Thematic consultation on Smart Cities in Asia and the Pacific 10 July 2018 Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore Curt Garrigan Chief, Sustainable Urban Development Section, ESCAP The Future of Asia and Pacific Cities 2019: Urban Opportunities to deliver the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 120° 135° 150° 165° 180° 165° 150° 135° ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION Anchorage 60° FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RUSSIAN UNITED STATES United Nations ESCAP FEDERATION Bering Sea OF AMERICA Sea of Okhotsk Moscow ds Astana Sakhalin Islan Aleutian KAZAKHSTAN Ulaanbaatar . • Is Part of the UN Secretariat l ri GE MONGOLIA u OR Caspian K 45° G 45° I Vladivostok Black Sea A Sea Almaty UZ AZERBAIJAN BEK Hokkaido Istanbul T'bilisi IS Tashkent Sapporo Baku TA Bishkek N KYRGYZSTAN DEM. PEOPLE'S Yerevan TURKMEN P'yongyang － Ankara A I TAJIKISTAN Beijing 53 member States, 9 associate members, from REP. OF KOREA Ashgabat ST Honshu R A TURKEY N Dushanbe M Seoul E - AN Jammu Incheon Tokyo JAPAN NI Tehran ST CHINA A NI and A - u REP. OF Chiba NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN Mediterranean H Kabul Kashmir d Osaka ISLAMIC REPUBLIC n Turkey to Tonga G a KOREA Sea d Shikoku OF F - m hu A N a NEPAL p Wuhan b th Shanghai Kyushu P A - m 30 IRAN a a i 30 ° e T h ° r S - m K BHUTAN East . s I la T Is ia K s n A I New Delhi China u G P y H ulf Karachi k aw G Sea u aiia ul LAO y n R f of Dhaka Guangzhou R Is e Oman BANGLADESH P.D.R. la d Taiwan nd s S M Hong Kong, China e MYANMAR a Northern a • c ESCAP covers the world’s most populous Hanoi ao INDIA , China Mariana Mumbai Naypyitaw Vientiane Philippine Hyderabad Luzon Islands THAILAND South China Sea Saipan 15° Manila 15° Bangkok Bay of IA VIET NAM PHILIPPINES Hagåtña ESCAP HQ D Sea Guam region – two thirds of humanity Arabian Sea BO Bengal AM MARSHALL C nh Pe ISLANDS Colombo m Mindanao Koror Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte Phno BRUNEI Palikir SRI LANKA PALAU Majuro Northern Line MALDIVES DARUSSALAM Bandar Seri Begawan Male Celebes FEDERATED STATES Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA Islands S Sea OF MICRONESIA u Tarawa m Gilbert Is. KIRIBATI Equator 0° Members: a SINGAPORE 0° te Sulawesi NAURU Yaren • Afghanistan Nauru r Phoenix Is. Based in Bangkok, with 4 subregional offices a PAPUA Southern Line Armenia INDONESIA Nepal Islands Jakarta NEW GUINEA SOLOMON Australia Netherlands ISLANDS TUVALU Surabaya French Marquesas Azerbaijan New Zealand Bogor Dili Port Moresby Funafuti Tokelau Is. Bangladesh Java TIMOR- Arafura Sea Honiara Polynesia Is. Pakistan LESTE American Bhutan SAMOA Tu Palau Apia Samoa amo Brunei Darussalam Papua New Guinea Coral Sea Pago Pago tu A • 15° rch 15° ESCAP fosters: Cambodia ip Philippines Port-Vila FIJI Papeete el China ag Republic of Korea VANUATU Niue o Suva Alofi So Democratic People's Republic of Korea Russian Federation ci New Avarua ety Federated States of Micronesia Samoa Nuku'alofa Is. Caledonia Tu Fiji Singapore Nouméa TONGA C bu － oo ai I regional cooperation through an s k France Solomon Islands AUSTRALIA I . Pitcairn sla Georgia Sri Lanka nds India 30° Tajikistan 30° intergovernmental platform to promote social and Indonesia Thailand Perth Islamic Republic of Iran Timor-Leste Sydney SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN Japan Tonga Canberra Kazakhstan Turkey Melbourne Tasman Sea Auckland economic development Kiribati Turkmenistan North Island Kyrgyzstan Tuvalu NEW ZEALAND Lao People's Democratic Republic United Kingdom Tasmania Wellington Malaysia United States of America ESCAP Headquarters, Regional or sub-regional offices － 45° Maldives Uzbekistan 45° normative, analytical, and technical cooperation South Island Marshall Islands Vanuatu Mongolia Viet Nam Myanmar The boundaries and names shown and the designations used at the regional level Associate members: on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. American Samoa Guam 0 1000 2000 3000 km Commonwealth of the Hong Kong, China Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. Northern Mariana Islands Macao, China The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been －a platform for South‐South dialogue and exchange Cook Islands New Caledonia agreed upon by the parties. 0 1000 2000 mi 60° French Polynesia Niue 60° of practices 30° 45° 60° 75° 90° 105° 120° 135° 150° 165° 180° 165° 150° 135° Map No. 3974 Rev. 18 UNITED NATIONS Department of Field Support August 2014 Cartographic Section • Interdisciplinary expertise from urban to environmental issues, to energy, science and technology, trade and transport The outlook for Asia and Pacific cities • Asia‐Pacific is rapidly urbanizing • this high urban growth has been accompanied by widening social and economic inequality and environmental degradation • the sustainability of Asia‐Pacific’s cities will determine both the future of the region and the prospects for shared prosperity for all • it is a source of optimism that Asia‐Pacific is where many of the innovations, especially in smart technologies, are being explored The 2030 Agenda and cities Cities well positioned for the implementation of Global Development Agendas Source: Otto, UN Environment, Cities Unit What are the effective means of implementation of the global agendas at the local municipal level to achieve sustainable urbanization? The FutureThe State of Asia and Pacific Cities 2019: Urban Opportunities to deliver the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development To create a ‘possibility space’ to re‐imagine the future of built/natural environments in Asia‐Pacific cities, with the aim to further support the localization and implementation of global sustainability agendas, and guide the development of prosperous, resilient, and inclusive cities for all A moment of opportunity for Asia‐Pacific cities • decisions made now will have long‐term impacts, and Asia‐Pacific cities have an opportunity to set themselves on more sustainable and inclusive trajectories • for example, most urban infrastructure investments, especially environmental ones, are capital intensive and long‐term －e.g. water and sewer mains need to be replaced once in 30 years • poor investment choices can create a lock‐in effect and increase the challenge to establish sustainable development trajectories, especially in the energy sector • will be a major Report on cities in the Asia‐Pacific region • will be a policy advocacy Report for national and local governments in the region • will provide a conceptual framework to localize the global agendas in Asia‐Pacific cities • will critically assess and provide knowledge and best practices of the means of implementation across a range of urban sustainability areas • will be launched at, and inform the thematic areas and structure of, the 7th Asia‐Pacific Urban Forum during Q3 2019 – Introduction 1. The Future of Urban Governance and Capacities for Resilience 2. The Future of Urban Finance 3. The Future of Smart Urban Data and Technologies 4. The Future of Urban/Territorial Planning – Conclusion Selection of themes was influenced by: • the ESCAP – UN‐Habitat Regional Partners Forum held in November 2017 • the Regional Report for Habitat III Chapter 3 The Future of Smart Urban Data and Technologies an approach where 'Smart' provides the means to realizing the end goal of equitable and sustainable cities transportation governance and energy administration buildings water Smart Cities disaster education warning and response public waste safety management Examples of Smart City initiatives in Asia‐Pacific • Republic of Korea －Songdo International Business City is the largest private real estate venture ever and is set to cost around US$ 33 billion －has the highest number of Internet of Things devices per capita • China －has about 500 Smart City pilot projects, the highest number in the world, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou －over 90% of China’s provinces and municipalities have listed Internet of Things as a important industry in their development plans • Japan －accelerated deployment after the 2011 Fukushima disaster －focus on smart energy systems and disaster resilience －emphasize building up from the micro as opposed to bolstering the macro‐grid • ASEAN Smart Cities Network －26 initial pilot cities －First ASEAN initiative to engage directly with cities －Facilitating Smart City Action Plans Internet users in Asia‐Pacific (combined mobile and landline) 50% 47% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Chapter 3 The Future of Smart Urban Data and Technologies • what are the new policy and project options to strengthen systems for Smart City initiatives, improve public service delivery, increase public satisfaction and strengthen democratic and participatory processes? • what private sector initiatives/actions and national level policies can drive Smart City initiatives? • how can cities close the technical capacity and skills gaps to be able to make decisions on which technologies are appropriate for their contexts, and to be able to implement and run Smart systems? • how can municipal governments reduce the digital divide? • what kinds of data to cities require for Smart City initiatives, and how can they collect it? • how can cities ensure that data is used transparently, accountably, and securely, and that citizens’ rights to privacy and political activity are respected? • what are the trade‐offs or intersections between investments in Smart City initiatives and the large numbers of people employed in the informal sector in Asia‐Pacific cities? 120° 135° 150° 165° 180° 165° 150° 135° ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION Anchorage 60° FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RUSSIAN UNITED STATES FEDERATION Bering Sea OF AMERICA Sea of Okhotsk Moscow ds Astana Sakhalin Islan Aleutian KAZAKHSTAN Ulaanbaatar . Is l ri GE MONGOLIA u OR Caspian K 45° G 45° I Vladivostok Black Sea A Sea Almaty UZ AZERBAIJAN BEK Hokkaido Istanbul T'bilisi IS Tashkent Sapporo Baku TA Bishkek* KYRGYZSTAN URKM N DEM.
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