Your City of the Future – Challenges and Opportunities

Start Date :
Jul 20, 2018
Last Date :
Jul 27, 2018
18:00 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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Together, let’s make our cities better. Make your voice heard! Citizens are the drivers of change for any city. We want to know the most pressing problems you and your city are ...

Together, let’s make our cities better. Make your voice heard! Citizens are the drivers of change for any city. We want to know the most pressing problems you and your city are facing related to the following four main sectors.After we receive your responses, a series of smart city hackathons will be conducted to put our best minds to solving relevant problems using technology:

1.Urban mobility—Moving you, your family, and your belongings: What challenges and frustrations do you face in getting around your city? What issues do you face when walking, biking, taking public transit, or parking in your city? What are the biggest barriers to affordable, accessible, efficient, and safe transportation in your city?

2.Solid waste management—Handling your garbage, your recycling, and your compost: What challenges and frustrations do you face in dealing with garbage, recycling, and compost in your city? What are issues behind collection, segregation, and waste disposal? What are the barriers to sustainable, efficient, and effective solid waste management in your city?

3.Water supply—Distributing water from the source to you: What challenges and frustrations do you face in accessing water for drinking, cooking, and washing in your city? Is the water supply available at an individual household level? What are the barriers to ample, uninterrupted, and safe water supply in your city?

4.Citizen safety and security—Protecting you by preventing crime, danger, and disaster: What challenges and frustrations do you face in moving confidently and without stress around your city? What issues do residents—in particular women, children, and senior citizens—in your city face when it comes to safety? What are the barriers to reliable, prompt, and effective security services in your city?

Please use #UrbanMobility to provide your inputs on Urban Mobility. Similarly use #SolidWasteManagement, #WaterSupply, #CitizenSafetyandSecurity for providing inputs on respective area

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