Bhubaneswar: A digital platform to access public open spaces in the state capital is being developed by a team of three Smart City Fellows. The digital platform will help people to find parks and other public spaces in Bhubaneswar.
The proposed App can help the user browse through open spaces like parks, markets, heritage precinct, waterfronts, transit nodes and streets and let him/her rate the quality of the open space as per the benchmarks developed in the database. For example, if from among 10 major parks in the city a park near airport scores 6.5 out of 10 score, then city can know that it needs further improvements, also citizens and visitors can enjoy specific facilities offered there.
A user will use the proposed App to know the scores based on comfort, access, safety, inclusivity, resilience, sustainability, culture and identity, citizen engagement and activities offered in the public space so that he/she can know the facilities offered. Details such as seating arrangement, lighting, drinking water, green cover, toilets, cleanliness, pathways, and shade can be assessed.
The three Smart City Fellows Shubhashweti Sinha, Mansi Naidu and Kirti Kawale, who visited Bhubaneswar city and also explored the public open spaces including the parks, streets, heritage precincts and the Smart City projects involving citizens said “the design and assessment tool for public spaces will not only help in setting a benchmark across the smart cities under the Smart City Mission but the digital interface with citizen feedback and experts’ analysis. This information can be viewed in a geospatial map of all the public open spaces in the city. ’’
The digital platform/App will be fed by inputs from the users so that the assessment would be updated and the new inputs in real-time would be added to improve experiences shared by a new user. The App, once made operational could be customised as per the local needs of any ULB/City/Smart City for benchmarking of their open spaces.
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