Sharing Cities Site London

The capital city of the United Kingdom unveiled the Smart London Plan in 2011. The Smart London Board is the city mayor’s top line-up of academics, business representatives, infrastructure providers, and ICT and energy companies. It helps the Greater London Authority to shape and implement its strategy for how to apply technology to all areas of city policy (transport, energy, social and infrastructure policy). Smart technology and city data are becoming increasingly prominent in the urban planning discourse. The London Infrastructure Plan 2050 focuses on how technology and data can influence the future design and efficient operation of the city’s assets, and how the related regulatory and market issues should be tackled. In parallel, it has developed the London DataStore, a hub for the city’s growing ecosystem, which has generated numerous examples of how data can be used to manage and plan city operations.

The Greenwich demonstrator area is one of the most strategic locations in London. It stretches along the riverfront – from Maritime Greenwich, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, to Greenwich Peninsula – and spreads over 516 Ha. The site includes visitor attractions such as the O2 Arena, a new business start-up district, existing and new residential sites, and considerable water frontage.