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Speakers urge people-centered approach to smart-city technology
Summary
Participants in the meeting argued cities should design smart-city efforts around residents' needs, prioritize inclusion to close the digital divide, and manage technology risks while linking digital innovation to housing and basic services.
Commenter 1 (Commenter) said, "For me, a people centered smart city is a city that is not defining its smart city approaches based on the proposals by vendors, but based on the needs of the people of the city."
Several meeting participants described a "people-centered" smart city as one that prioritizes residents' needs over vendor-driven proposals, uses data to benefit everyone, and builds accessibility and…
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