Scopus Magazine 2023
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GREEN LIVING<br />
During the 2008 recession, large<br />
global companies competed to<br />
invent the “smart city,” utilizing the<br />
connectivity of new gadgets to serve urban<br />
populations and create a better world. Yet<br />
the multimillion-dollar platforms that were<br />
developed for cities across the globe fell short<br />
of creating substantial value for the cities.<br />
What is<br />
Urban<br />
Innovation<br />
&Why Does<br />
it Matter?<br />
By Prof. (Arch.) Rafi Rich<br />
The main reason for this failure was the<br />
misconception that technology alone would<br />
make cities more efficient, sustainable, and<br />
inclusive. In fact, cities need much more:<br />
innovative urban models that challenge existing<br />
processes, ideas, and policies, along with<br />
improving civic engagement and collaboration<br />
between stakeholders.<br />
Urban Innovation aims at creating synergy<br />
between new ideas, technology, and access<br />
to data—with the goal of assisting mayors,<br />
civil servants, and communities to be better<br />
prepared to face everchanging urban stresses,<br />
while promoting inclusive and sustainable<br />
urban growth.<br />
Urban Innovation draws on community<br />
strengths, existing leadership, and brave<br />
management.
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