How smart cities can serve citizens
SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - Although cities and urban areas only make up a small proportion of the world’s land mass, they are home to more than half the global population and that number is going to keep rising. As cities swell to capacity with more and more inhabitants, city planners have turned to technology to cope with the challenges that accompany urban density.
Date: 2020-11-30
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