ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 3 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1128106/is-there-anything-smart-about-smart-cities Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:29:00 +0000 Joe Cortright https://www.archdaily.com/1128106/is-there-anything-smart-about-smart-cities Anyone working as an urban planner or interested in urban issues has undoubtedly heard—extensively—about the "Smart Cities" movement. The premise is that there is nothing in cities that the use of data (especially "big data") or technology cannot solve. This has led to a series of claims about how we can address challenges as complex as housing, traffic, and inequality simply by creating more elaborate models based on big data or deploying new forms of technology.

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