"Can #SmartCities deliver on their promise to be more sustainable, resilient, and equitable than other #cities?
Part I:
LONGREAD: What is meant by sustainable, resilient, and equitable cities, and is smart city policy feasible? 👇
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...The #WHO predicts that by 2050 two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Due to the increasing #PopulationDensity in cities, the pressure on individual and public health, as well as the urban environment, increases. In addition,...👇
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... #urbanization complicates social cohesion within and between countries for various reasons. These are challenges that most countries in the world are already facing...👇
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...To tackle these, governments worldwide have pinned their hopes on making cities more sustainable, resilient, and equitable by transforming them into #SmartCities. It is clear that...👇
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...policy is needed to guide this in a #sustainable, #resilient, and #equitable direction, because otherwise cities, including societies, will collapse, along with the #WorldEconomy due to global economic #hyperconnectivity ...👇
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...The question is whether the current policy direction, which involves transforming cities into #SmartCities, will deliver what governments hope for. Today the first part of the analysis of whether smart cities are more #sustainable, #resilient, and #equitable ... 👇
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...This part discusses what #sustainable, #resilient, and #equitable cities actually are, and whether smart city policy is feasible."
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Today the 3rd article out of a series of articles about #SmartCities (available in English & Dutch)
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Vicki Van Lommel