Internet of Things (Iot) for Smart Cities- The Future Technology Revolution

Abstract

Today the world is becoming connected The number of devices that are connected are increasing day by day Many studies reveal that about 50 billion devices would be connected by 2020 indicating that Internet of things have a very big role to play in the future to come The applications of IoT are immense which include Energy Healthcare and Agriculture to name a few IoT is an emerging technology that works with the integration of many other present day technologies There are many threats to the environment today among them urbanization is one The growing needs of the uraban population across the world are posing a serious threat to the environment We need to act fast and meet these needs by developing technologies that cater the world problems One such solution is to develop a smart world The most important application of IoT is smart cities Smart city represents one of the most promising important and difficult Internet of Things IoT applications In the last few years the smart city concept has played an important role in both scholastic and industry fields with the advancement and operation of various middleware platforms and IoT-based infrastructures This paper talks about the role of IoT in developing smart cities for a smarter world