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Vijay Jagannathan
Dr. Vijay Jagannathan is Secretary General of Citynet, a network of 150+ cities and partners in the Asia-Pacific region, with the Secretariat hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. He is also Senior Fellow at The World Resources InstituteWRI Washington DC and an Adjunct Professor at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington DC.
Abstract :
In the past decade the digital revolution has changed the way cities are managed, and more importantly on how stakeholders interact with providers of various urban infrastructure and social services. These trends have given to great hope that smart cities have the potentials to revolutionize urban governance. This paper argues that while smart cities are viable concepts in the more advanced countries (also described as the Global North) the application of similar ideas in developing country cities (described as the Global South) require some key constraints to be addressed. Three constraints are elaborated.
