Usage and Scope of ICT Applications for Sustainable Development of Urban Uttarakhand.

Abstract

Urban development have seen paradigm shift in the last few decades. With the shift, technological evolution with recent development in the field of wired and wireless information communication infrastructure are making cities more sustainable and smarter. Sustainable development objective is to transform our world by 2030, where the all inhabitants benefits from development efforts. The concept of sustainable development in an endeavor to eradicate and improve the issues such as poverty, greenhouse gas emission, climate change, health care service, nutritional requirement, clean energy and building peaceful and inclusive societies. In this paper, we tried to identify the technology with respect to ICT that will help the cities of Uttarakhand to reach the goals of sustainability. We used systematic review process from various research journals, articles and reports to identify potential ICT infrastructure that can support the cities of Uttarakhand to achieve the vision of sustainability. The policy makers and administrators can use this study for successful implementation of ICT technology in the cities of Uttarakhand.