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Dan Byles underlines the need for technology to develop smarter cities and deal with growing population

The planet is urbanising at an eye-watering pace and scale. For the first time in history more than half of all humans now live in cities. By 2050 that figure will rise to somewhere between 65 and 75 per...

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