Dubai smart city

Dubai smart city

1. City designed: Dubai has long asserted its role as the country's economic driver and technological hub. In transiting from an oil-based industry, Dubai aims to reinvent itself by harnessing creativity and innovation to develop a strong creativity-led economy. The city is engaged to build a comprehensive strategy through a systemic approach that fully acknowledges and values design, innovation and creativity, not only for economic growth, but also for social progress and urban quality of life enhancement.

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2. What technology the city has implemented: I foster an ecosystem for innovation and future-proof business models. The city boasts a thriving community of start-up incubators and accelerators, as well as regulatory sandbox schemes for developing and testing new tech business models. Dubai ranks first globally in foreign direct investment and technology transfer in the artificial intelligence and robotics sectors. The emirate also has a progressive government agenda that is creating an experimental testbed for concepts in a real environment, including Hyperloop technologies and flying manned transport.

3. Dubai environmental benefits: Environmental problems in Dubai are caused by the exploitation of natural resources, rapid population growth, and high demand for energy. The continued rise in temperature caused by global warming contributes to water scarcity, drought, rising sea levels, and aridity in the UAE.

4. How people living and benefits: Living in Dubai has many benefits for British expats. With an attractive climate for impressive job opportunities, Dubai is a popular location for many families and individuals, with an estimated 240,000 Brits already established in Dubai, it is clearly a popular place to reside. Dubai attracts expats from all over the world, with more than 200,000 new arrivals every year. While some may find the cost of accommodation expensive, the large supply of attractive housing units, high salaries and low taxes motivate many people to move to Dubai and live the expat lifestyle. In fact, only 15% of the city's residents are Emiratis; the rest are immigrant and expatriate workers.

   • The Pros
     • Any income you earn in Dubai is not subject to tax. This means that your annual income is not affected by tax deductions. This is one of the main reasons people seek employment opportunities in Dubai as earning potential is much greater.
       • The cost of operating a car in Dubai is inexpensive thanks to the incredibly cheap price of petrol. Taxi fares are also cheap, and the government is also making a major investment in improving public transportation.
         • Of course, Dubai boasts glorious weather for most of the year. However, during the summer months from June to September, the heat can get intense and uncomfortable. With highs of 41℃ and lows of 30℃ during July and August, Dubai’s weather can be difficult to live and work in.

5. Negative facts of that smart city: It is difficult to maintain those living standards that Dubai has and a disadvantage is that it competes with other countries and can surpass it because they already have knowledge of how to manage their implementations.

6. In order to maintain the city’s economic prosperity and make Dubai a role model for public transport in the region, the transportation infrastructure of the city has been given priority by the visionary leadership of the Emirate. Hence, to deal with all surface transportation issues, in November 2005 the government of Dubai established an independent government body named Roads and Transport Authority. RTA is responsible for all surface transport systems in Dubai, including planning and integration of transport systems, licensing of drivers and vehicles, and transport policies and legislations. RTA has a flat structure to streamline the decision-making process. The structure is based on an agency model principle. There are three corporate-level sectors (Strategy and Corporate Governance; Corporate Administration Support Services; and Corporate Technical Support Services) and five operational agencies Traffic and Roads Agency; Public Transport Agency; Rail Agency; Licensing Agency.

   • Advantages
     • • Managing traffic congestion
       • • Providing reliable and affordable public transport
         • • Improving transportation safety
           • • Discouraging the use of cars and encouraging the use of public transport.
             • • Providing access to passengers with special needs

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