Smart City Ranchi A New Dimension of Urban Space
Smart City Ranchi A New Dimension of Urban Space
Smart City Ranchi A New Dimension of Urban Space
ABSTRACT
The paper try to analyze the viability and of its citizens and use the information obtained to
sustainability of Ranchi as a ‘Smart City’. At present provide better serviced such as greater automation,
Ranchi has 16.5 lac. Urban population (2011), about intelligent
gent routing and transportation, better
43.14% of the total population of the district. In order monitoring, and better city management.
meet the demands of this rapidly increasing neo
middle class urban population. Ranchi as ‘Smart City’ ‘Smart City’ refers to smart infrastructure for
is a great initiative. The papers illustrate the cur
current environment and social sustainability.
status of Ranchi city and its urban issues along with
the solution in two heads, Area Based Development STUDY AREA
(ABD) and Pan City Project under Smart city Ranchi The study area taken is the capital city of Jharkhand
mission. namely known as ‘Ranchi’. Which is located between
23° 25’Nto 23° 27’N. Latitudeand the longitudinal
Also some of the existing smart cities of the world extension is 85° 20’ E to 85°° 23’E. It has an average
and India have been discussed to understand
nderstand the better height of 643.6M above sea level. It has area of
perspective of the smart city in context of Ranchi. 5,097sq.km. Possesses 3rd rank in area within the
state. The city comprises total population of 2,914,253
Keyword: Smart City, ABD, Pan City Project, Urban, according to 2011 census ranks first among the state
ICT. districts. The Population density is 572person per
square kilometer.sex ratio is as same as of the state
INTRODUCTION 949 female after 1000 males.
The city started becoming ‘smart’ back in 1920, when
the world first automated traffic light were installed in The study area comprises area based development
Houston Texas (USA). In India the concept of smart (ABD) and Pan City development project which is
city is coined out by Indian Prime Minister in June shown in the figure below.
2014.when he announced a plan of 100 smart cities in
India. Cities in the past were built on river banks, they
are now built along highways but in future they will
be built best on availability of ‘Optical Fiber’
networks and next generation infrastructure claimed
by P.M. Narendra Modi.
Social Problem: Slum growth, poor sewage, diseases, Although the problem of out migration in over all
poverty. Jharkhand pre dominants according to economic
survey
rvey of India 2011, 5 million working is population
OBJECTIVES from 2001-2011 migrated outside the state. More than
The paper attempted to analyse how viable and 5% working is population annually migrates to other
effective Ranchi Smart City would be to resolve the states in search of better employment, education, etc.
problem arising in urban space of Ranchi like: the largest proportion of out migration from the state
Congestion, Traffic environment population in flow is from Dhanbad, Lohardaga, Gumla.
of migration, slum and Rehabilitation of displac
displaced
people. However the scenario in Ranchi is different being a
capital city of the state a huge proportion of inflow of
METHODOLOGY migration takes place for the better employment,
In order to analysis the paper we used the secondary education and to enjoy other urban facilities possesby
posse
data obtained from the various sources like data from the city.
official website of Smart City Government of India,
official website of Urban development and Housing
Department. of Jharkhand. Also referred some books
and Journal, Hand book of Ranchi, 2011.
Cooking Fuel: The share of LPG is about 62.96% in Area Based Development (ABD): The main purpose
urban region where as the contribution of the other of ABD is to create of vibrant economy for the city
fuel for cooking is 0.73%, 0.15% and 0.28% of and to address the socio- economic need of the
kerosene, electricity and biogas respectively. resident in the
he core and Ranchi city as whole.
Ireland: In Dublin smart city “parkya” app developed Smart city Ranchi would prove to be a major thrust to
by IBM for fining
ining out the available parking slots. tackle the issues like population congestion , problem
of traffic , slums, civic amnestic problem, pro
Denmark: In Copenhagen smart city the green wave unemployment etc. one of the great thing about
cycling system coordinates traffic light so that cyclist smart city is it will work as economy hub of the city.
who maintain a 20 km/ h travelling speed only see
green traffic light all the way along their commute. REFERENCE
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CRITICISM geospatial-gis-smart-cities
cities-asp
1. Cyber terrorism or even a software bug can crash
the public transport and electricity grid.
2. CCTV constant surveillance prone to misuse by
an authoritarian government.
3. Smart maps, smart metered connection leads to
advertisement spams.
4. People loose communication, family community
values in smart phone with GPS and WiFi.
5. Sense of place is lost, all the streets and shops are
identical like Song do (S. Korea).