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Cidades inteligentes: principais rankings e propostas de melhoria para São Luís, Maranhão
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2020-12-11) COSTA, Belisa Souza; BATISTA, Clauderino da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1345689043203622
The concept of smart city has been spread, nowadays, as an adequate place for people to live, where technological resources cooperate with each other to generate well-being, social inclusion and participation of its inhabitants, in addition to the sustainability of the environment, and where there is sustainable growth, monitoring and integration of all infrastructure components; it is up to governments to optimize resources, preventive maintenance, ensuring security, while maximizing their services to citizens. There are international indexes that measure the level of development of cities, using criteria and dimensions that are very similar, although not all indexes use the same criteria and dimensions. Objetives: the present work is configured as an analysis of the main rankings that measure the conditions of the cities and classifies them as to the position between smart cities, aiming at improvement proposals for the city of São Luís, facing the reality of these cities, seeking quality of life, sustainability and respect for the environment. Methods: It uses the city of Curitiba as a national reference, considered first in 2018, in the Connected Smart Cities Ranking, while São Luís was not among the analyzed positions. Results: An intervention plan is proposed in order to make São Luís more competitive in terms of its classification as a smart and sustainable city, in the items urban mobility, environment, health, technology and innovation, and security. These items were consolidated in three strategic lines to organize the proposed interventions: Management x of public administration; Management of basic sanitation in a broad sense; Adequacy of the use of the territory and the relationships between the natural and the built environment, as well as their interferences on mobility in the municipality; in addition to the transversal theme of energy management, as a way of encouraging the generation of jobs and income, reduction of municipal public spending (public lighting, energy spent in the areas of health and education), combined with the application of sustainable practices and environmental sanitation. Conclusion: It was concluded that it is possible to transform São Luís into a smart and sustenaible city, through the proposed intervention plan, with investments and partnerships in order to achieve these goals, improving the quality of life of its inhabitants.