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Transforming Cities with Technology
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Transforming Cities with Technology


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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Concrete Examples
  • Inspiring

Recommendation

Technologists are exploring ways to make cities smarter, healthier and more scalable – happy news for a rapidly urbanizing world. Economist Films spotlights three cities with dramatic technological narratives: Seoul, Nairobi and Boston. getAbstract suggests this globe-trotting documentary to investors, tech innovators and city administrators.

Take-Aways

  • The world is rapidly urbanizing, and cities’ problems are growing larger. But technology presents solutions that make cities smarter, healthier and more scalable.
  • Seoul, South Korea, extensively collects real-time data to enable responsive, precise city management. Much of the data is open-source, spurring numerous start-ups within Seoul’s “smart city industry.”
  • Globally, the smart city industry is growing and will command $1.5 trillion by 2020.

About the Speaker

Economist Films produces documentaries that investigate economic, social and political issues.


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