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Wanted: Urban IQ
Smart cities are in the forefront of
digital revolution and the fight against
climate change – and they’re just getting
started
Smart cities are not all about technology
anymore. In fact, strictly speaking, they never
were – but when smart cities first emerged as a
concept, hi-tech was always front and centre,
says Dr. Boyd Cohen, one of the planet’s leading
authorities on smart cities. Cohen believes that
this misconception has caused some pushback
from media and citizen groups, because of the
general perception that the “big brother” will
just have more ways to control, manipulate and
observe the population in a smart city setting.

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