What makes a smart city smart?
More and more people are moving to cities worldwide. Today, about half of us live in urban areas; by 2050, this will increase to 66% with an extra 2.5 billion city dwellers.
There’s a good reason for this: cities can offer better standards of living at lower costs, as public services can be delivered more efficiently to the larger population.
As skilled workers are located in a concentrated area, there also tend to be...