Changing Spaces in Smart City: A Case Study of Pune Municipal Corporation

By : Virendra Nagarale , Piyush Telang

Page No: 278-290

Abstract
The cities all around the world are facing numerous problems in terms of infrastructure. A rapid increase in urban population playing key role to produce complex problems and deterioration of basic functionality of services in the cities. To make city liveable there is a need for stable solutions to the problems like, inefficient urban mobility and public transport, lack of good governance, poor quality of life, difficulty in waste management etc. Smart City Mission in India aims at developing cities in such a way that will enhance the skills of people and improve quality of life while simultaneously building a smart infrastructure. There are six major components that strengthens the base of smart city i.e. Smart People, Smart Environment, Smart Economy, Smart Living, Smart Mobility and Smart Governance. Each of these components comprises social, environmental, technological and economic aspects. The positive progress of these components makes smart city more liveable to its citizens. Hence it is important to seek the overall progress and permeability of these components. Pune city is one of the nine selected cities for Smart City Mission in Maharashtra state. The population of Pune city was 1.14 million in 1971, 3.75 million in 2001 and increased substantially to 5.05 million in 2011 therefore making it second most populated city in Maharashtra State. This increasing trend ultimately stressing the available resources and services in the city. Pune Municipal Corporation is divided into 15 administrative and 144 electoral wards. This paper focuses on the six major components of smart city which are mentioned at the beginning. For this, the case study of Ghole Road administrative ward in PMC is taken into consideration. Ghole Road Administrative ward consist of 11 electoral wards and the total population was 1,98,286 in 2001 and 1,71,678 in 2011 residing in 39,001 households. As compared to the population distribution the services are not sufficient for example, Property Tax Pay offices and Maha e-Suvidha Centers are 12 and 6 respectively. To know the status of smart city components and available services the questionnaire survey has been conducted throughout the wards. The responses are recorded, analyzed and on the basis of that the concluding remarks are made.

Authors :
Virendra Nagarale : Prof, Dept. of Geography, SNDT Women's University, Pune Campus, Karve Road, Pune 411 038.
Piyush Telang : Research Associate, ICSSR Project,Dept. of Geography, SNDT Women's University,Pune Campus.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2020.40.02.6