Online platform for case studies in smart cities

Currently, the fast rate of population growth in urban areas are putting a big pressure in services supply. In order to fulfil citizens' demands, the cities' operations need to be intelligently optimized. All around the world cities are implementing smart cities initiatives to address this challenge. The development of smart initiatives implies the adoption of solutions that heavily rely on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). These smart solutions are being seen as crucial instruments to achieve more livable and sustainable cities. The urban problems are addressed by means of innovative solutions, which mainly resorting to the use of real-time data analysis technologies to support the decision-making process in city operations. For helping the municipalities who want to develop smart city initiatives in their cities, this paper proposes an online platform, which allows decision-makers and information managers making 3D analysis of case studies around the world. The platform is being developed resorting to OLAP technology.