We need to be smarter at designing 'smart cities' programmes to make urban areas greener

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Too often initiatives for 'smart cities' skate over the environmental challenges, argues the EIC's Matthew Farrow

A recent report by the Future Cities Catapult (FCC) reviewed the smart city strategies produced by major global cities over recent years. One of the trends that is noticeable in its analysis is that among...

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