Smart cities – what/how?

‘Smart Cities’ have become a synonym to modern city development. Governments and private institutions across the globe eyes on the opportunities for value creation. Whilst technologies and data provided the opportunity to reshape our cities, fundamental changes cannot be driven if the value creation is to spin around the old ideologies – one that depends on driving numeric growth and the subsequent development trends that essentially succeeds those qualities.

Today, we have the opportunity to re-shape our cities – to make it smarter. It is only smarter when the innovation is encompassing enough to reset conventional ideologies of the past century, reconnect the disconnected, eliminate externalities, and bring positive change to everyone.