Exploring the Potential of Smart City In Kota Bharu

Abstract

World has evolved to incorporate information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance the quality of life. Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, smart applications and industrial revolution 4.0 have emerged and become part of today's world. Smart city is part of the revolution makes use of the smart technologies to improve the quality of life and performance of urban services such as transportation, public infrastructure and utilities. Malaysia is also taking this advantage to strengthen the infrastructure and connectivity concentrating in green technology, innovation, industrial development and city info structure. Kelantan state government has taken several initiatives to support the smart city implementation in Kota Bharu. Unfortunately, the progress of the initiatives seems to be quite slow compared to other cities in Malaysia. This conceptual paper discusses smart city concept in Malaysia and other countries as well. Kelantan state government may refer to this paper to set up policies regarding the development of Kota Bharu smart city. Generic architecture will be explained thoroughly in this paper. This paper highlights several critical success factors (CSFs) that determine the successful implementation of smart city project. Several examples of smart city applications will also be described.

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“…This layer provides assistance to the users. It operates applications that use IoT, for example, smart homes, grid distribution, smart transport, weather forecasting, etc., and intelligent health [317]. As this layer is directly connected to the end-users, the satisfaction of users may increase with the improvement of services provided.…”