Smart cities promise to revolutionise modern urban living for billions of people worldwide. Richard Doughty sorts the truths from the urban myths about smart cities, and looks at the future of connected urban spaces, from the jungles of Borneo to the sands of Saudi Arabia.
Despite a slowing global population growth over the coming decades, all regions are expected to urbanise further as more and more of us settle in cities.
Africa and Asia are the most rapidly expanding regions, with the percentage of those living in cities growing respectively from 40% to 56%, and 48% to 64%, by 2050. Even the urban populations of North America, Latin America and Europe will continue to see modest growth even as population levels plateau.
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