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Smart cities improve quality of life, says McKinsey

07 June 2018

by Jonathan Andrews

A snapshot of smart city initiatives deployed in 50 cities has found that they can improve multiple urban quality-of-life indicators by between 10 and 30 percent.

Produced by the McKinsey Global Institute, the report analysed how dozens of smart city applications can perform in different types of urban settings, providing a gauge of how each application can help cities address their priority issues.

It covers applications such as predictive policing, real-time public transit information, e-hailing, intelligent traffic signals, smart parking, telemedicine, and data-driven public health interventions, among others.

“We were surprised at the sheer size of the potential impact on some quality...

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