Transforming the City of Cape Town from an Apartheid City to an Inclusive Smart City
A smart city is viewed as a sustainable, inclusive and prosperous city that promotes a people-centric approach based on three core components and seven dimensions. The three core components are Smart City Foundation, Smart ICT and Smart Institutions and L
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Smart Economy in Smart Cities International Collaborative Research: Ottawa, St. Louis, Stuttgart, Bologna, Cape Town, Nairobi, Dakar, Lagos, New Delhi, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Kozhikode, Hong Kong
Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements Series editor Bharat Dahiya, Bangkok, Thailand
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13196
T.M. Vinod Kumar Editor
Smart Economy in Smart Cities International Collaborative Research: Ottawa, St. Louis, Stuttgart, Bologna, Cape Town, Nairobi, Dakar, Lagos, New Delhi, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Kozhikode, Hong Kong
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Editor T.M. Vinod Kumar School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi (SPA-D) Calicut, Kerala India
ISSN 2198-2546 ISSN 2198-2554 (electronic) Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements ISBN 978-981-10-1608-0 ISBN 978-981-10-1610-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1610-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948791 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #22-06/08 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Foreword I
This publication, Smart Economy in Smart Cities, featuring four African cities comes at an opportune time when significant global agendas are being agreed. This includes notably the Africa Agenda 2063 in 2014, the Sustainable Development Goals, the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) in 2015 and the United Nations Third Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) this year. To take full advantage of the epochal agreements, there is an urgent need to strengthen the capacities of African countries and cities to engage with the preparatory processes in order to ensure their views are taken into account. For example, the preparation of the Habitat III Conference planned for October 2016 demands t
