(Escher, "Inverso")
En un artículo anterior detallábamos que la Ciudad Inteligente (CI) posee conocimientos y destrezas técnicas al igual que humanas. Una parte esencial de esa inteligencia es la presencia de estándares y normas aplicadas a todas las funciones propias del ayuntamiento, tanto en su manejo de personal como en las funciones básicas y extraordinarias que realiza. 
El estándar es una norma, una regla, un parámetro que se aplica consistentemente para una función determinada. Por ejemplo, construction of a road means that standards are applied to the width of the road (where transit vehicles), to the curb (along which pedestrians) and to the curb (which separates the two and provides running water) . Let's say the standard is that the road is 6 meters wide, allowing adequate passage of vehicles in both directions, while the sidewalk should have a meter wide at least. If we look streets and sidewalks of Las Terrenas we realize there are no standards, because in some parts or not there are sidewalks and other walkways (or streets) are four, five or six feet wide.
The absence of standards in the management of public space that allowed people to build their houses without taking into account the common access, leaving many dead simple parts. Today, when the city has grown so much the lack of adequate streets and sidewalks is an unsuitable condition for the progress of the city and for the safety of pedestrians and pedestrians. Moreover, the absence of these same standards made people placed water pipes, lines electric, cable, telephone and drainage on all sides which creates tremendous headache if willing to enhance existing practices to the level of national or international standards.
Standards are set by the associations of experts on a given subject, taking into account high levels of implementation, proven practices, low maintenance costs and the ultimate goal of a better quality of life for beneficiaries. So engineers' associations made the standards for construction, hydraulic engineering associations set standards for pipes and water flow, plastic surgeons set the standards for certain types of surgeries and educators provide the content and standards for a given grade level . The goal is to make things better, more durable, low maintenance costs, effective in their functions and save time and money while providing adequate service. Within the framework of a smart city that means more, better with fewer resources.
In the case of a living space, such as a municipality, it is important to have standards for services and for its growth because the absence of these creates chaos and a loss quality of life. A management lacking in "intelligence" is good at collecting the taxes but not in implementation of appropriate standards, resulting in that each does what is best for their interests, such as construction of buildings without parking lots, disrespect the free passage of pedestrians, to destroy the public to the private build properly unreconstructed it destroyed.
The slightest disrespect for the standards of municipal services and practices has led to the community of Las Terrenas remains disorganized chaos there is a free multi-services, and practices and live mired in uncertainty and stand on a pump time as it relates to the minimum levels of quality of life.
What to do First, I propose a freeze on all municipal activity which does not apply the standards set nationally. Second, I believe it essential that the human and technical personnel municipality receives essential skills that can apply the standards in their respective areas, although the ideal is to employ people with technical skills and proven. Third, establish a technical mitigation plan and improvement in the worst conditions a way of trying to repair the damage done by this administration and previous so that, say, ten years from Las Terrenas to be a city at the national and international standards. Who knows, we could become a model city someday.
there "for cities global indicators" which help measure and monitor the performance of cities but not standardized yet. What if there are descriptions or "indicators" of what constitutes "good performance" and "quality of living."
To get to where we should be is urgent to establish a standards-based management and appropriate standards , derived from a municipal strategic plan, not subject to political whim, economic or medalaganario-called "leaders" municipal.
