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16. Transforming Economy of Calicut to Smart Economy

Authors : C. Mohammed Firoz, T. M. Vinod Kumar

Published in: Smart Economy in Smart Cities

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

Calicut City had a glorious history dating back to twelfth century with a vibrant trade base due to an established trade route connecting Europe and the South Asia thus making it once an internationally acclaimed city. Thus, the city was ruled by many rulers across the globe until India’s independence. Of late, the city lost its global stature due to many reasons, though it still has much aspirations and potential to become one such city. Calicut is fortunate enough to have a reasonably good economic base with mostly employment in tertiary sectors along with service- and IT-based industries. The city is also a destination with a remarkable presence in the international tourist map. The city can boast about being the center for some of the best educational institutes in India. A good portion of the revenue comes from the remittance of expatriate nonresident Keralites along with income from industries, trade and commerce though other sectors like fisheries, and health tourism contributes reasonably well to the economic development of the region. The city and its surroundings have got some of the best socioeconomic profiles with high literacy rates, better female work participation and overall a high HDI, which is comparable with some of the well-developed countries of the world. Further, an analysis is performed based on the six key building blocks of smart city namely smart people, smart economy, smart mobility, smart environment, smart living and smart governance. Based on this analysis, it can be said that Calicut can truly aspire and has all the potentials to become a future smart city.

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Footnotes
1
Samoothiri ( Zamorin): This is the royal title used by the Hindu Nair ruling family of Calicut. They ruled the city from twelfth to nineteenth century.
 
2
Hyder Ali the king of Mysore Kingdom captured Calicut during the period 1766–1792, and later, his son Tippu Sultan ruled the city until British captured the city back.
 
3
Western Ghats is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula.
 
4
Lowland: The lowland regions are gently sloping or level lands, with altitude below sea level to 7.5 m. These areas occupy approximately 10 % of the total area of the state. The midland region, occupying approximately 42 % of the states land mass and is having slightly undulating topography. It has an altitude ranging from 7.5 to 75 m. above mean sea level [14].
 
5
Malayalees are the native Malayalam language speaking people of Kerala.
 
6
Chera Kingdom: A Kingdom which ruled the Southern peninsula of India from third BC onwards.
 
7
Kodungallor, the present name of ‘Cranganore’ was a famous trade centre and city which had its origin before Christ. It is also the place of first mosque in India, built in 629 AD.
 
8
Muzris: It was a one of the greatest sea ports of ancient eastern world and a major urban center currently located in the present-day Kerala which had a history before first century BC.
 
9
Tyndis: Tyndis was a major center of trade, next only to Muziris, during the Chera Kingdom period, possibly located near present day Kadalundi, Calicut City.
 
10
Municipality is a medium size urban administrative unit in the hierarchy of civic administration in India.
 
11
Municipal Corporation or simply corporation is a bigger size administrative unit in the hierarchy of civic administration in India.
 
12
City region constitutes the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation and outgrowth along with the surrounding panchayats of Beypore, Cheruvannur-Nallalam, Elathur, Feroke, Kadalundi, Olavanna and Ramanattukara. This is the boundary kept for the preparations of the master plan.
 
13
‘Vaastu shastra’ is one of the oldest science of planning buildings and settlements based on Hindu religious principles.
 
14
Panchayat is a lower most rural administrative unit in the hierarchy of civic administration in India.
 
15
The Planning Commission of India measures the poverty level based on the recommended nutritional requirements of 2400 calories/person/day in rural areas and 2100 calories/person/day in urban areas. The % population below poverty line is estimated based on a sample survey of the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO).
 
16
Copra is the dried kernel of the coconut used to extract coconut oil.
 
17
NIRDESH (National Institute for Research and Development in Defense Shipbuilding) is the first defense research and development centre in ship building presently undergoing construction in Calicut.
 
18
Based on the data of mospi.nic.in.
 
19
SAARC countries: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an organization of eight countries that are located in South Asia of the subcontinent. The countries include Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Maldives and Pakistan.
 
20
Kottakkal: A small city located approximately 40 km away from Calicut City.
 
21
Ayurveda: A kind of traditional treatment mainly using plants.
 
22
Indian Census defines a person who can just read and write as a literate.
 
23
Other workers as % of working population category shows predominantly tertiary sector employments in transport and communication, trade and commerce, construction, non-household manufacturing, etc. [26].
 
24
Main workers: Those workers who had worked for the major part of the reference period (i.e., 6 months or more) are termed as main workers [26].
 
25
Work participation rate: It is defined as the percentage of total workers (main and marginal) to total population [26].
 
26
e-literacy: One person in every family knows how to use a computer.
 
27
Akshaya centers started to spread e-literacy through Akshaya projects. This is the largest one in India and one of the largest Internet protocol-based wireless networks in the world.
 
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Metadata
Title
Transforming Economy of Calicut to Smart Economy
Authors
C. Mohammed Firoz
T. M. Vinod Kumar
Copyright Year
2017
Publisher
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1610-3_16

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