19 Jul 2019
From South Korea to Malaysia, the ‘smart cities’ hailed as answer to world’s urban ills turn to ghost towns
Across the globe, urban developments conceived by corporations have been pitched as technological and eco-friendly utopias. But many are prohibitively expensive and catalysts for land dispossession and social inequality.
Sustainable Development Goal(s)SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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