WHAT ARE SMART CITIES? Paul James, Belinda Young, Brendan Gleeson and John Wiseman ponder the various “smart cities” definition of sustainable cities, liveable cities, resilient cities, adapting cities, carbon-neutral cities, prosperous cities, learning cities and innovative cities. The authors suggest that a universal definition would include elements of ecology, economics, politics and culture.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/these-are-the-factors-that-make-one-city-better-than-another/
INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC PAYBACK: Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute estimates that $100 billion in infrastructure spending adds approximately the equivalent of 1 million full-time jobs to the economy.
http://www.epi.org/publication/the-potential-macroeconomic-benefits-from-increasing-infrastructure-investment/
CITIES AND INEQUALITY: INEQUALITY IN CITIES: Robert Shiller in Project Syndicate describes rising inequality and the lack of housing affordability in growing cities.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/real-estate-prices-housing-inequality-by-robert-j–shiller-2017-07
