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1.2 City indicators

We hope you had fun playing Smart Cities Trumps. Now you will think further about data about cities.

Activity 1 Thinking about cities and data

Consider the following questions and note down your thoughts.

  • What do you think are the main challenges for cities reporting their data on their city performance?
  • How much do you think city data is telling us about the smartness of our cities? How meaningful is the data?
  • Have you come across interesting approaches to smart city measurement?

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