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Future of cities: smart infrastructure

Essay looking at how city infrastructure can be made smart.

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This essay explores how city infrastructure can be made smart with the use of new sensor and data management technologies. It considers how sensors embedded within new and existing infrastructure could monitor conditions and provide real-time feedback when modifications are needed.

The essay was commissioned as part of the Foresight future of cities project.

Published 28 August 2015