ABSTRACT

Smart cities can utilize big data and multiple technologies to improve the performance of health, transportation, energy, education, and water services. Urban planning and design are social acts, so they must have a social purpose. New forms of smart tenuring can be an alternative to age-old rigid systems of property ownership and rentals. Technology and big data may soon begin to run many systems in our cities. However, the future of cites depends upon what data is collected, by whom, and why. Urban planning and design are social acts, so they must have a social purpose. Going from urbanism to social urbanism entails equitable provision of urban services and amenities to all. Access to the resources is good for middle income and wealthy people, but transformative for low income communities, who can then be empowered to begin improving their lives and their city. Market-based housing is not affordable for a majority of people in the developing world.