Seema Malhotra
The majority of the world’s seven billion inhabitants are city dwellers, and it is estimated that over 70 per cent of the global population will be living in cities by 2050. In Britain, all of our major cities are growing.
But a recent OECD conference in Westminster highlighted the stubborn challenges still faced by cities: traffic congestion, poor air quality, low incomes, high housing costs, waste production and issues of community cohesion and loneliness. How can “smart cities” help with all this?