having experience developing smart city concepts in Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Europe, one thing becomes apparent, all these regions face very different problems regarding urban environment and depending of their economic, social and cultural stage of development, but amazingly the problems are in another perspective....the same....and what is required the most , is intelligence on the principal element of these urban ecosystems.....the people.
Waste, water, education, traffic, energy, and much others , are the same issues everywhere, but the success to solv ell them is on the people, and their conscience regarding what to do next.
very small approach to the smart city or smart citizens idea on the video for Milan 2015