Amir DUHAIR, University of Jijel, Algeria
The challenges and risks that threaten human societies across the world, are increasing dramatically over time, which necessitates the search for innovative technical solutions that enable us to identify expected risks and effectively manage crises and emergencies.
Smart cities are considered one of the modern planning models through which the foundations and pre-requisites and standards can be set that guarantee the safety of the population and infrastructure, in order to face various emergency situations, whether caused by natural or human factors.
Smart cities, when planning and designing infrastructure, must take into account the geographical nature of the place, the natural challenges and the anticipated risks that could threaten the safety of residents. This is done by linking the various city management and administration systems with modern digital technologies and devices that enable the effective management of all parts of the city.
This research paper attempts to apply the principles of smart cities to the city of Jijel in Algeria, through means and mechanisms that enable the city to deal with risks that affect infrastructure and the safety of the population, whether they are natural such as floods and earthquakes, or human such as health sector management and civil protection and improve the speed of response to deal with Traffic jams and road accidents.
This can be achieved by: connecting the city's infrastructure with sensors to control the gas and water networks; activate multi-source, centralized emergency systems; develop multiple scenarios to predict emergencies and how to manage them at the time of occurrence.
Mots clés : Emergency Situations|Geographic Information Systems|Remote Sensing|smart city|Urban risk
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