ABSTRACT
‘Place’ includes spaces that are meaningful to a community, such as the parks, plazas and gray streetscapes, which are key components of any city’s public realm. Collectively, these places make cities livable, productive and socially sustainable for residents, workers and visitors. Developing and implementing projects that focus on a smart city address many of the current drivers of change in cities. The smart cities movement, including new technological hardware, software and processes is proving to be a vehicle for councils and city designers to rethink place design and management, and the relationship between people and the public realm.
