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Smart Cities

What Do We Need to Know to Plan and Design Them Better?

Anthony Townsend
Medium, 2017
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Cities are undergoing major transformations, with digital systems increasingly managing critical infrastructure and public services. According to urban planner Anthony Townsend, “getting cities right” will have a major impact on how successfully humanity will cope with global challenges, including climate change and poverty. In an essay posted on Medium, he explains how urban policymakers can live up to this responsibility. getAbstract recommends Townsend’s analysis to policymakers and city dwellers everywhere.

Take-Aways

  • Cities have been incrementally adopting digital systems to improve governance and urban infrastructure, which has given rise to the concept of the “smart city.” 
  • Private companies have so far led the way in implementing digital upgrades, while leaving the broader socioeconomic and environmental challenges that cities face unaddressed.  
  • Major cities have started to adopt “digital master plans” that lay out smart city planning. 

About the Author

Anthony Townsend, PhD,  is an expert on the future of cities and information technology. He is the author of Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia. 

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