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Smart cities tackling community issues

Watch Chris Vas introduce the smart city programs underway in Wellington, Hamilton, and Christchurch.

This part of the course sets the context for the week ahead.

Against the backdrop of community challenges and public service expectations such as traffic management, waste management, homelessness or environmental management learn how smart city programs are shaped.

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Read the article that discusses how smart city principles and technologies could enable citizen co-creation in public policy-making, consent processing and service provision.

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Smart Cities: Social Change Through Technology

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