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Smart cities
Smart cities

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Smart cities

6 Summary of Week 2

This week you have looked at the concept of systems thinking in the context of cities. You have explored how systems thinking can be used to identify the challenges or wicked problems your city or community faces. You were introduced to the core elements of smart cities projects and programmes and started to examine sustainability, privacy and ethical issues related to smart cities.

Next week you will look at the role of citizens in smart cities and start to develop your smart cities project using approaches such as design thinking.

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