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Implementing ITU-T International Standards to Shape Smart Sustainable Cities – The Case of Dubai

Police Eye: The service is used to report any suspicious activity, easily, by locating the reported
location/area, on the map. Utilizing this service, users can contribute to the security of Dubai.
Dubai Police board: This platform has all of Dubai Police smart applications. It can be used without
logging into the applications

Box 9 – Dubai Civil Defence- City Dashboard (Smart Dubai Government, 2016)

In order to achieve the vision of His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice
President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to
transform the city of Dubai to a Smart City, Dubai
Civil Defence has launched many smart applications
to alter the way services are provided to their
customers and the public. Dubai Civil Defence has
now added another new service to its smart services
offering by launching "Dubai Life Safety Dashboards”. These dashboards provide reliable and
accurate information to the Dubai Civil Defence operations and the building owners.

The Dubai Life Safety Dashboards provides Dubai Civil Defence access to real-time and historical
information related to their KPIs and operational data, allowing them to make optimum use of their
assets and services, and also to make the most efficient use of their time. By pulling together data
from major data sources including links to a variety of existing applications — the Dubai Life Safety
Dashboards provides interactive data visualizations to Dubai Civil Defence.
City Dashboard provides the user with the information at a city level regarding Dubai’s Life Safety.

3.4.6. Dimension 6: Physical infrastructure
Dubai has prospered due to solid investment in transportation, telecommunications, energy,
and industrial infrastructure. International businesses are attracted to Dubai’s network of
industrial areas including: business parks, specialized free zones of international distinction, a
world class seaport, a major international airport, a cargo village, a modern highway network,
state-of-the-art telecommunications, and reliable power and utilities. These services and
entities aim to deliver efficient services throughout the Emirate (Government of Dubai, 2015).

Infrastructure in Dubai is managed by different entities, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
for transportation and mobility, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) for water and
electricity infrastructure and Dubai Municipality (DM) for urban development infrastructure.

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