Estate Living Magazine Issue 30 Smart Environments June 2018 | Seite 53

Moka City
Smartening up
Mauritius
A smart city! The term is frequently
thrown around yet there is no
universally accepted definition of what
it actually is.
For me, it alludes to a process, an aspiration and, at the very
least, a project that strives to help transform a landscape into a
sustainable, economically viable one that offers a better quality
of life for all.
Different countries around the world have each customised their
own version of the smart city. In Europe, Sweden, Germany and
France have focused on eco-friendly, sustainable practices, while
Hong Kong and Singapore have chosen to push the depths and
boundaries of technology instead.
On the tropical island of Mauritius, smart cities are the means
of transforming the country into a fully-fledged international
business and financial hub. To get the ball rolling, the Economic
Development Board, under the aegis of the Prime Minister’s office,
launched an ambitious economic development programme in
2015, known as the Smart City Scheme.
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