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January / February 2015

Cities Get Smarter

Billions are being invested to design cities of the future, but the most effective technologies are often relatively simple. A global report.

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The Big Question

Cities Find Rewards in Cheap Technologies

Mobile apps, sensors, and other technologies help cities handle growing challenges.

Data-Toting Cops

Twenty years after it first surfaced, data-driven police work is getting more pervasive but remains controversial.

China’s Future City

China has put political muscle and technology into Tianjin Eco-City.

Smart Cities Will Take Many Forms

Technology can make cities increasingly machine-like or more social and creative, says author Anthony Townsend. Both models can work.

Sensing Santander

In Santander, Spain, thousands of sensors measure traffic, parking, lighting and irrigation.

Car-Based Technology That Could Invigorate Cities

U.S. carmakers are leading the development of vehicle communications technology, and it could be a boon to city planners.

Booming Lagos, Smart City

An African mega-city bets on technology and its native entrepreneurs to meet the many challenges of its population boom.

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Weathering the Storm

Sascha Haselmayer on Solving Tricky Urban Problems

Barcelona’s Smart City Ecosystem

Mapping Disaster in Jakarta

Citizen Technologists

A Closer Look at Smart Cities

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