Global Smart Cities Outlook and Forecasts 2014 - 2019

DUBLIN, Apr. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --Research and Markets

(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/pz3shv/smart_cities) has announced the addition of the "Smart Cities: Global Outlook and Forecasts 2014 - 2019" report to their offering.

A large percentage of the global population lives in an urban environment, a rapidly accelerating trend that is taxing the resources and management capabilities of city governments. In addition, the enhanced mobility of modern society has created extreme competition between cities to attract skilled residents, corporations, and jobs.

Smart Cities are much more than just an effort by sovereign nations to modernize their infrastructure - they are a focal point for growth drivers in several key ICT areas including: M2M/IoT, Connected Devices, Broadband Wireless, Cloud Computing, Big Data and Analytics. Smart City developments are causing many technologies and solutions to integrate with convergence seen across with many resource areas including energy, water, sanitation, and other essential services.

There are many technologies involved in support of Smart Cities. Systems and resources are intertwined as mobility, communications, energy, water, platforms, monitoring/control, performance management, predictability and forecasting all merge together. This convergence is being realized first in a few leading industries such as home entertainment and automobiles.

It is forecasted that growth in certain related solutions and services areas will realize a blistering pace such as Connected Car Systems, which are expected to see growth of 67% CAGR from 2014 through 2019. All purchases of this report includes time with an expert analyst who will help you link key findings in the report to the business issues you're addressing. This needs to be used within three months of purchasing the report.

Report Benefits:

- Smart City forecasts 2014 - 2019
- Identify opportunities for ICT vendors
- Identify the market drivers for Smart Cities
- Understand the technologies supporting Smart Cities
- Understand the impact of Smart Cities on ICT evolution

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Introduction
2.1 What Is Smart City
2.2 Market Drivers For Smart Cities
2.3 Smart City Supporting Technologies
2.4 Smart Cities And The Internet Of Things (Iot)

3. Smart City Planning
3.1 Urban Development
3.2 Utilities And Smart Grids
3.3 Telecom Infrastructure

4. Smart City Companies And Solutions
4.1 ABB
4.2 Accenture
4.3 Alcatel Lucent
4.4 Cisco Systems
4.5 Cubic
4.6 Honeywell
4.7 IBM
4.8 Intel
4.9 Oracle
4.10 Siemens AG

5. Smart City Impact On Industry Verticals
5.1 Telecom And Smart Home
5.2 Energy Management
5.3 Industrial Automation
5.4 Transportation
5.5 Security

6. Global Smart City Investment, Planning And Projects
6.1 Asia Pacific
6.2 Europe
6.3 North America
6.4 South America

7. Market Outlook And Forecasting
7.1 Global Metropolitan Growth And Smart City Investments
7.2 Smart Home Revenue 2014 - 2019
7.3 Connected Consumer Devices 2014 - 2019
7.4 Forecasting The Internet Of Things (Iot) In The Smart City Impact

8. Conclusions And Recommendations
8.1 Ecosystem Impact
8.2 Need For Citizen Engagement And Technology Collaboration
8.3 Constituent Collaboration
8.4 Final Conclusions

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