Study goals
This article aims to provide a vision of the use of Smart Cities for strategic development in search of providing improvement in the sustainability of Brazil through scientific research and exploratory survey that show both the knowledge of society before smart cities, and how it generated benefits indispensable to cities over the years, thus concluding that this technology is really the best solution to be planned and used today, and thus can generate a beneficial change in the way of life of future society.
Relevance / originality
The high demand for people seeking to live near urban centers because of a better profession and education, generated a process of development of cities in an accelerated and unplanned way, causing certain actions taken to affect the environment, the economy and society. Through the intelligent city model that is part of Industry 4.0, it is possible to analyze the best ways to solve these dilemmas in the management of natural resources and consequently, improve the quality of life of the inhabitants who live there and attract the attention of tourists, thus generating an increase in the economy.
Methodology / approach
In order to carry out the present article, an exploratory survey was prepared in the Survey model, which involves the collection of information by means of individuals about themselves or about the organizations to which they belong, according to Forza (2002). The aspects considered for the study of the level of understanding and acceptance of individuals before the Internet of Things.
Main results
With the results of the Survey, it was found that only 33.6% of respondents claim to know the term Industry 4.0, among the respondents the predominant type of occupation or profession was others with 43.64% with this we can relate the high percentage of ignorance on the part of respondents in internet of things, considering that the area of work of respondents can influence the responses. On the other hand, 61.3% of the interviewees believe that the Internet of Things can be used in several services, from security services to garbage collection. A curious point was that 29.4% of respondents did not expect an evolution in technology with the use of IOT in the coming years. The dissertation questions pointed out that 78% of respondents do not feel safe to use IOT, reporting the invasion of hackers and data hijacking through the connection, as justifications the respondents report that the insecurity is due to lack of information and knowledge of the system that has total connection to the Internet.
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Theoretical / methodological contributions
In order to develop a Smart City project, we need to first understand the local community, the type of public that frequents the city, habits, cultures and perception of the population in relation to the project to be developed, this helps during the development because the company responsible for executing the project is able to develop technologies that the community will actually use. In addition, it is extremely important to explain to local people how the project will work, using marketing strategies so that the community supports and does not reject the idea.
Social / management contributions
In relation to the sustainability theme, the smart city would be the most recommended, because in addition to helping with the environment provides safety and quality of life to users who use, due to the integration of sensors and management systems in order to find ways to improve air quality, correct consumption of water, monitor the disposal and correct disposal of waste.
The projects aimed at the implementation of Smart Cities has been a form of better management in several countries and are already being carried out in various places in the world.