- published: 24 Aug 2015
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Urban performance currently depends not only on the city's endowment of hard infrastructure ('physical capital'), but also, and increasingly so, on the availability and quality of knowledge communication and social infrastructure ('intellectual and social capital'). The latter form of capital is decisive for urban competitiveness. It is against this background that the concept of the "smart city" has been introduced as a strategic device to encompass modern urban production factors in a common framework and to highlight the growing importance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), social and environmental capital in profiling the competitiveness of cities. The significance of these two assets - social and environmental capital - itself goes a long way to distinguish smart cities from their more technology-laden counterparts, drawing a clear line between them and what goes under the name of either digital or intelligent cities.
Smart(er) cities has also been used as a marketing concept by companies and by cities.
What is a smart city ?
National Geographic Channel's Worlds Smart Cities: San Diego
SMART CITY Concept | Connected City
Narendra Modi's Smart City Infrastructure first time on Television
"Jakarta Smart City Lounge" Semakin Banyak Dikunjungi, Bahkan Presiden Jokowi Pun Tertarik
How we design and build a smart city and nation | Cheong Koon Hean | TEDxSingapore
Dholera SIR - FUTURE SMART CITY
Smart City Jabalpur Plan
Smart cities for 11 billion people: Mitchell Joachim at TEDxBerlin
Tech Today Video Series Episode 3: Smart City | Intel