I kēlā me kēia lā, e like me ka manaʻo o ka Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), ma kahi o 180.000 mau kānaka e neʻe i kahi kūlanakauhale. Ma kēia helu, ʻo ka wānana, ma ka makahiki 2050, e piʻi ka heluna kanaka o ka honua i 9.000 billion mau kānaka, kahi o 70% e noho ai i nā kikowaena kūlanakauhale. Ma kēia pōʻaiapili, a inā mākou e noʻonoʻo ʻo nā kūlanakauhale nui nā mea hana nui o ka ikehu honua (75% o ka huina) a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo (60%), ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka nui o lākou e hoʻomaka ana e pili. hou, ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau mau ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou, e pane i nā pilikia nui o ka honua i hōʻike ʻia e ka pilikia aniau. ʻO ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus he 'puʻukū' i hōʻike i nā nāwaliwali o ko mākou ʻano o ke ola a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele aupuni a me nā pilikino i koi iā mākou e noʻonoʻo hou i kā mākou kūkulu kūlanakauhale. Pono nā kūlanakauhale o ka wā e hiki mai ana e kū i nā pilikia hou o ka wā e hiki mai ana ma o ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ke ola o ko lākou poʻe kamaʻāina i kahi pōʻaiapili o ka maopopo ʻole. No ka hana ʻana i kēia, pono mākou e hoʻolālā i nā kūlanakauhale kūpaʻa, hiki ke hoʻololi, kūpaʻa a olakino. E hoʻokumu ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona o ke kūlanakauhale hou i kahi ʻāpana o kā lākou kūleʻa ma kahi male naʻauao ma waena o ka ʻenehana a me ka hoʻomau; ʻo ia ka mea a mākou i kapa nui ʻia ʻo Smart Cities a i ʻole Cities 4.0. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā ʻenehana ʻike a kamaʻilio (ICT) a me Big Data i nā lawelawe aupuni e hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻia a hoʻomau, e like me ka hana ʻana o ka ʻoihana kaʻa lehulehu e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka neʻe ʻana, ka hoʻohana pono ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai wai a i ʻole ka ikehu, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole ka ka wehewehe hou ʻana o ka lehulehu. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo nā kūlanakauhale i mākaukau maikaʻi loa e kū i nā hopena a me nā hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ʻo ia ka mea maikaʻi loa e huki i nā talena, nā ʻoihana a me nā hoʻopukapuka. Me ka ʻāpana hoʻomau, ʻike ʻia ka digitalization ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻokaʻawale nui o Smart Cities. Hoʻohui, ʻenehana e hōʻuluʻulu i ka ʻikepili, nā mea ʻike ... akā e kau mau i nā poʻe ma ke kikowaena. Wahi a ka McKinsey Global Institute, ua māhele ʻia kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale akamai i ʻekolu pae. ʻO ka mea mua, he papa me kēia mau mea i ʻōlelo mua ʻia (sensors, connectivity, etc.) e ʻae iā mākou e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili, aia kahi pae ʻelua o ka 'hardware' a me ka 'software' e hoʻokele a nānā iā lākou. ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo nā kamaʻāina ka poʻe protagonists, ʻoiai ʻo lākou, i kākoʻo ʻia e nā ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana, ʻo ia ka mea e mālama i ka pono o kēia mau mea hana akamai. Pono e hoʻokomo ʻia kēia ʻenehana ʻenehana āpau i ka lawelawe o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻāina a me nā kūlanakauhale ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau. Hiki i nā kūlanakauhale akamai a me nā ʻoihana akamai ke hoʻomaikaʻi, no ka laʻana, kā mākou ʻoihana hoʻomaʻemaʻe, ʻike i nā leaks hiki i ka manawa maoli a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai. I ka hihia kūikawā o ka uila ʻulaʻula, ʻo kā lākou hoʻokele kūpono e wehe i ka puka i kahi hoʻohana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kumuwaiwai, aia ka optimization o ke kaulahao waiwai holoʻokoʻa, e hele ana mai ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana ma ka pae hoʻohana home, nā hopena o nā ʻōnaehana kumu kūʻai kūloko a i ʻole. ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kukui ākea ākea i kekahi mau kūlanakauhale. ʻO ka hope loa, i loko o kēia hoʻololi kaiaola a me nā kikohoʻe, ʻo ka male naʻauao ma waena o ka ʻenehana a me ka hoʻomau e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka manawa kūpono e pane aku ai i ka pilikia aniau ma o ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kahi ākea o ka holomua a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana. Akā ʻo ke kūlanakauhale akamai wale nō inā ʻo kāna mau ʻoihana, kāna ʻoihana a me kāna poʻe kamaʻāina ʻo Smart, e kau ana i kahi ʻike hui hou. I ka honua e kū mai ana, ʻaʻole e lanakila ʻia ke kaua o ka wā e hiki mai ana e ka poʻe ikaika loa, akā na ka poʻe e hui pū me ka ulana ʻana i nā hoʻolālā akamai a me nā kuʻikahi.
