Smart cities, as they are known in the world, have become a fundamental pillar of the orderly development of countries. They have six dimensions of work, namely a) Government, b) People, c) Quality of life, d) Mobility, e) Environment, f) Economy. Within them, there is a synergy that allows all efforts to be focused on increasing and improving the population’s standard of living.

Let’s look at some simple aspects of each of these dimensions that are aimed at helping residents’ daily lives. In the environment axis, there are tools that enable online visualization of environmental pollution, CO2, particles, sulfur, among others, compared to the overall standard. At the same time, it enables visualization in web applications or mobile devices of the status of waste collection, waste treatment plans, among others. This creates statistics that allow the community to assess the performance of governments. For example, we can know how many days in a row we have been victims of CO2 pollution and based on that we can take appropriate action with industrial companies, state or municipal transport agencies, vehicle inspection equipment, among others. Or simply know which day the collection service has not been performed, or if schedules have changed due to traffic or other reasons.

If we talk about mobility as one of the dimensions of smart cities, this will allow us to implement tools that promote alternative means of transport, for example bicycles, the condition of pick-up and delivery stations, car rental, electric motorcycles, among others. They also allow us the online status of traffic lights, traffic density, traffic projections, among other things. As we can see, each of them is related to the application of information technologies, computer applications and even the Internet of Things in more developed cities. For the country, the cameras of the national ECU911 system could be supplied with intelligence or resources that enable facial recognition and link to criminal databases. In this way, relevant information could be generated to improve the country’s security.

With the exception of a few cities in the country, small municipalities are focused on being able to keep up with wages and budgeting for local festivals as a tourism strategy. This reality needs to change, there needs to be a master plan that governs all GADMES to migrate towards sustainable platforms that focus on public welfare. We must leave this unfortunate reality of the impossibility of paying arrears by implementing self-sustaining projects in the event that the state loses its ability to meet its obligations. Ecuador must urgently change its legal regulatory framework and its master plans in every area, since they do not correspond to the current reality. (OR)