Singapore has achieved stunning economic growth in just over 50 years, and now, the city-state is setting its sights on the next frontier – smart nationhood. Jason finds out how Singapore is turning to data and technology to tackle the persistent problems of city living.
Up Next in Season 1
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Ahmedabad
It wants to be one of the first smart cities in India, but it’s also struggling to solve 18th and 19th century problems like sanitation. Jason travels to the city of Ahmedabad, the state of Gujarat’s largest city in India, to find out if a smart city be inclusive and improve the lives of all its ...
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Barcelona, Spain
Full of history, Barcelona has reinvented itself time and again to become one of the world’s most influential cities. Today, the smart city of Barcelona is not the smart city it was five years ago – and architect Jason Pomeroy is there to find out what a smart city 2.0 looks like…
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Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen, China, is the hardware capital of the world and one of the country’s major ports – it’s a city on top of its game. There’s no denying that Shenzhen fosters innovation and entrepreneurship, but does success in business equal smart?
