The use of smart remote sensing technologies in the development of master plans of cities on the example of the city of Basra

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to use remote sensing data for developing smart technology in oil cities, Basra city as study area. Smart city is one of smart technology governments need to implement in oil cities to give suitable solution for audience such as easy transportation access between cities. The planning problem in oil production areas of Iraq, which is carried out on the territories of the cities is the lack of balanced policies aimed at their development, taking into account on the one hand, areas disturbed by petroleum activities on the other areas of the existing development in the settlement in other hand. Urban use of the areas disturbed by oil production requires right science-based decisions associated with the development of quantitative methods of accounting and evaluation of territorial-construction resource (TCR) in a particular urban territory. Success smart city in Basra city needs hardware, software, remote sensing data and users, network and good understanding of how smart technology working on. This research defined the required steps and roles to develop smart city technology in Basra city as one of Iraqi oil cities territories.