The Dean of the Center for Urban and Regional Planning for Graduate Studies participated in a scientific workshop organized by the National Security Advisory in cooperation with the College of Engineering at the University of Baghdad, entitled (Geospatial Technologies in the Establishment and Management of Smart Cities), in the presence of the Dean of the College of Engineering, Professor Dr. Ghassan Hamid, and a number of instructors and lecturers from Iraqi and Arab universities.
Alwan presented a research entitled (Cities of tomorrow.. Sustainable Smart Cities), in which he defined smart cities as cities that anticipate the future in terms of economy, society and services and aim to provide a digital environment that is environmentally friendly and stimulates creativity. These cities work to implement work and conduct activities based on the spatial dimension of all activities using information systems (IT) technologies that provide a smart economy according to the vision of the European Union, referring to the United Nations report that confirms that 70% of the world’s population will settle in city centers by 2050, thus highlighting the importance of working according to the concepts of smart cities due to the rapid growth of cities in developing countries and the increasing rates of migration from rural to urban areas. He also referred to the most important smart cities in the world such as New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Barcelona, in addition to Dubai, which has become the most present in the Middle East in the world of smart cities since it began in 2013 to transform into a smart city whose service facilities are managed through smart, interconnected electronic systems.
It is noteworthy that the workshop included two sessions, in which various research papers were presented on geospatial technologies, investing in artificial intelligence technologies in agriculture, and developing green spaces by enhancing sustainable planning, in addition to discussing the development of information and communication technology to achieve sustainable development.
