An SME-led trade association has highlighted the five key steps to improve smart city implementation in the UK.
TechUK focuses on the benefits of digital technology and the majority of its members are SMEs. Its report, Demystifying the smart city – working towards better implementation, proposes the five pillars of a successful smart city.
The first pillar is technology: smart cities should be built with an emphasis on data, emerging technologies and connectivity infrastructures within service provision.
The second pillar is integration: smart cities should look laterally across multiple aspects of their infrastructure, neighbouring surroundings and service provision and examine how they might exchange data to drive inward- and outward-facing opportunities.
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