
The Inconvenient Truth about Smart Cities
Plans for more wired, networked, connected urban areas face challenges if they fail to account for existing, local, non-digital elements such as government and socioeconomic conditions
Kendra L. Smith is the associate director of community engagement in the Center for Population Health Sciences at Stanford University. She recently co-authored “Big Data and Smart Cities,” a report published by the American Planning Association. Follow Kendra L. Smith on Twitter @KendraSmithPhD
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