Barcelona Smart City： The Heaven on Earth （Internet of Things： Technological God）.docVIP

Barcelona Smart City： The Heaven on Earth （Internet of Things： Technological God） 　　Abstract ：Cities are the most preferable dwelling places， having with better employment opportunities， educational hubs， medical services， recreational facilities， theme parks， and shopping malls etc. Cities are the driving forces for any national economy too. Unfortunately now a days， these cities are producing circa 70% of pollutants， even though they only occupy 2% of surface of the Earth. Public utility services cannot meet the demands of unexpected growth. The filthiness in cities causing decreasing of Quality of Life. In this light our research paper is giving more concentration on necessity of “Smart Cities”， which are the basis for civic centric services. This article is throwing light on Smart Cities and its important roles. The beauty of this manuscript is scribbling “Smart Cities” concepts in pictorially. Moreover this explains on “Barcelona Smart City” using Internet of Things Technologies”. It is a good example in urban paradigm shift. Bracelona is like the heaven on the earth with by providing Quality of Life to all urban citizens. The GOD is Interenet of Things. 　　Keywords：smart cities; Barcelona City; Internet of Things; smart mobility; open access data 　　1 Introduction 　　Urbanisation is one of the most glaring realities of the 21st century. Cities are growing very fast owing to a large scale urbanisation across the world. Kingsley Davis （1962） explained： “Urbanisation is a process of switching from a spread out pattern of human settlements to one of concentration in urban centre” [1]， [2]. In the last two decades， the world has experienced phenomenal levels of urbanization. In the near future， more than half of the world’s population will live in cities， and the number of cities with five to ten million inhabitants will continue to rise. About 60 cities will have more than five million people， including cities such as Mumbai， Karachi， Mexico， Lagos， Shanghai，