Smart cities in Asia

30 October 2012 Geoff Zeiss

I blogged recently about the impressive renewable electric power, smart grid, smart buildings and net zero energy building initiatives in Asia.   According to BSRIA, there are many smart city initiatives also underway in Asia.

Songdo IDB in Korea and Fujisawa in Japan are two smart cities already under development. China has 36 smart cities in development and a low carbon model city in Tianjin.  Singapore plans to become a smart nation by 2015.  Iskandar is Malaysia’s first smart city. 

Two of these I am acquainted with because I visited the planning office for the DMIC the last time I was in India and  I met with several people involved with the Songdo project quite a few years ago in Korea.

Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor

In India the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)is intended to be a smart city.  The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is a huge US$ 90 billion project 1,483 km in length between Delhi and Mumbai.  The objective of the DMIC is to create a base for economic development by providing  access to the best state-of-the-art infrastructure.

Everything about this project is on a massive scale. This project includes nine large Industrial zones of about 200-250 km2., a high speed freight line, three ports, six airports and a 4000 MW power plant.  An influence region of 150 km on either side of the freight line comprises the DMIC.


Songdo map_masterplanSongdo IDB

Songdo IBD is much smaller scale and has very different objectives.  It is a completely new city, being built from scratch on 1,500 acres of reclaimed land along Incheon’s waterfront.  Songdo represents a serious attempt to create a sustainable, liveable city.  The city will be the first LEED certified district in Korea and the
largest project outside North America to be included in the LEED ND
(Neighborhood Development) Pilot Program.

Songdo has been under development for quite a while. The first phase opened in August 2009. 

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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