SMART CITY
INITIATIVES IN
TAMIL NADU
A SITE
LANNING
SUBTOPICS:
• What is a Smart City?
• Importance of GIS and
site analysis in planning
• Infrastructure
improvements and
sustainability factors
Smart City Initiatives in Tamil Nadu: A Site
Planning
Perspective
Tamil Nadu's Smart City initiatives, from a site
planning perspective, focus on improving livability,
sustainability, and efficiency through smart
solutions like smart roads, digital infrastructure,
and integrated systems, aiming to create world-
class, inclusive, and resilient cities.
What is a Smart City?
A smart city is a city that uses technology
to improve services and solve problems. It's
built on the idea of integrating people,
technology, and processes.
Importance of GIS and site analysis in
planning?
GIS and site analysis are crucial in planning as they
provide tools for visualizing, analysing, and under-
standing spatial data, enabling informed decisions
about land use, infrastructure, and environmental
impacts.
Infrastructure improvements and sustainability
factors
Tamil Nadu is investing in both hard and soft
infrastructure, emphasizing sustainability
through initiatives like renewable energy,
green infrastructure, and climate change
adaptation, while also focusing on social
inclusivity and human development
Coimbatore - Smart City Vision
statement:
Coimbatore will be an inclusive, secure,
effectively governed and well-planned global
metropolis that offers universal, affordable to best-
in-class civic services and efficient transit
orientation while fostering a dynamic and vibrant
economy, nurturing a clean, green, resilient and
sustainable environment and striving to provide
the highest quality of living standards for a
progressive, diverse and talented populace.
Some typical features of comprehensive
development in Smart Cities:
• Promoting mixed land use in area based
developments-planning for 'unplanned areas'
• Housing and inclusiveness
• Creating walkable localities
• Preserving and developing open spaces
• Making governance citizen-friendly and cost
effective
• Giving an identity to the city
• . Apply Smart Solutions to infrastructure and
services in area-based development in order
By
srirsam