Getting help from technology Listen to the document and take notes about:
1) The components of a smart city (a component = un/une composant(e))
2) The problems smart cities tackle (to tackle a problem = traiter un problème)
3) The goal of city officials (a city official = un responsable municipal)
4) The problem of smart cities
Then give your opinion about smart cities: pros and cons (les “pour" et les "contre")

A smart city is a framework, predominantly composed of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), to develop, deploy, and promote sustainable development practices to address growing urbanization challenges.

A big part of this ICT framework is essentially an intelligent network of connected objects and machines that transmit data using wireless technology and the cloud.

Cloud-based IoT applications receive, analyze, and manage data in real-time to help municipalities, enterprises, and citizens make better decisions that improve quality of life.

Citizens engage with smart city ecosystems in various ways using smartphones and mobile devices and connected cars and homes. Pairing devices and data with a city’s physical infrastructure and services can cut costs and improve sustainability.

Communities can improve energy distribution, streamline trash collection, decrease traffic congestion, and even improve air quality with help from the IoT.For instance,

Connected traffic lights receive data from sensors and cars adjusting light cadence and timing to respond to real-time traffic, reducing road congestion.

Connected cars can communicate with parking meters and electric vehicle (EV)charging docks and direct drivers to the nearest available spot.

Smart garbage cans automatically send data to waste management companies and schedule pick-up as needed versus on a pre-planned schedule.

And citizens’ smartphone becomes their mobile driver’s license and ID card with digital credentials, which speeds and simplifies access to the city and local government services.

Together, these smart city technologies are optimizing infrastructure, mobility, public services, and utilities.Urbanization is a non-ending phenomenon.

Today, 54% of people worldwide live in cities, a proportion that’s expected to reach 66% by 2050.

Combined with the overall population growth, urbanization will add another 2.5 billion people to cities over the next three decades.

Environmental, social, and economic sustainability is a must to keep pace with this rapid expansion that is taxing our cities’ resources.

One hundred ninety-three countries have agreed upon the agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in September 2015 at the United Nations.

But we all know how centralized decisions and actions can take time, and the clock is ticking.

The good news?

Citizens and local authorities are certainly more agile to launch swift initiatives, and smart city technology is paramount to success and meeting these goals.

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option a is correct

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