[PDF] projets de Smart Cities Louis-Philippe Carrier Project Economist, Smart Development, JASPERS

What is the investment landscape for smart cities?

This report will examine the investment landscape for smart cities, and investigate the related opportunities and risks for investors. The majority of private investment so far has been concentrated in the transport and mobility sectors. This investment is usually directly in tech start-ups or through venture capital funds.

What is a smart city?

The term “smart cities” conjures visions of a future where digital technology monitors and connects everything from buildings to street lights to self-driving cars. It allows governments to provide better city services more efficiently, creating a more accessible, safer, cleaner and greener environment in the process.

What factors drive the development of smart cities worldwide?

And cutting across all of them are a number of overarching factors that are driving and shaping the development of smart cities worldwide. As Figure 3 shows, six critical technological and financial developments are acting as the fundamental enablers of smart city growth.

What are the public's biggest concerns in a smart city?

Privacy and data protection are frequently the public’s biggest concerns in relation to smart cities. Define how your city wants to plan for community engagement and transparency to build trust and overcome their concerns model policy.