Smart Cities

As Bhopal is recast as a Smart City, its poor have a question: where’s the room for us?

Madhya Pradesh’s capital is among the first 20 cities chosen for redevelopment under the Narendra Modi government’s Smart Cities Mission.

Shreya Roy Chowdhury
· Jan 28, 2019 · 09:00 am
India’s informal workers are key to developing real ‘smart cities’, says a new paper

‘Cities cannot become more equal or more economically productive if they exclude the vast majority of their workforce, and especially the working poor.’

Maria Thomas, qz.com
· Jun 15, 2018 · 08:30 pm
Tel Aviv shows that a ‘smart city’ is one that’s sensitive to its people

To be a smart city is to know what your people want and need, and using technology to do so.

Christine Steinmetz, The Conversation.
· Apr 26, 2018 · 08:30 pm

What’s the status of Modi’s smart cities? Twitter users have a laugh posting pictures of them

A question from a parody account elicits hilarious responses.

Scroll Staff
· Feb 07, 2018 · 08:14 pm