Human civilization is inextricably tied to the development of cities. Cities in turn have evolved through a symbiotic relationship with technology: technology facilitated the building of ever larger cities that in turn facilitated the development of ever more sophisticated technologies. Seen in this light, smart cities are just a logical continuation of processes that have taken place for the past 5,000 to 10,000 years.
While city dwelling had been a fringe phenomenon for the majority of human history in the last 50 years, we have crossed a tipping point where the number of people living in cities ...
