What Is a Smart City? Listen to Three Experts Debate
Architect Paul Doherty, policy and sustainability expert Debra Lam, and author Anthony Townsend exchange opinions and insights on why companies across all sectors want a stake. By Wanda Lau Welcome to season four of ARCHITECT’s podcast. Listen to more episodes here. These days, companies in every sector from lighting and software to energy and automobiles seem to tout expertise in smart cities. Major cities and even states are vying to become the smartest of them all. But what is a smart city? Why are companies across industries jumping into the fray? And how can architects contribute their experience and expertise? Excerpts from this roundtable, including several questions not included in this episode due to time, appeared in text form in the January 2019 issue of ARCHITECT...