Joel Kotkin, author of the excellent book The City: a global history, recently wrote an article on the world’s “smartest cities.” He notes that: “today’s “smart” cities tend to be smaller, compact and more efficient: places like Amsterdam; Seattle; Singapore; Curitiba, Brazil; and Monterrey, Mexico.”
Kotkin adds “economic fundamentals” to the typically green measurement of smart cities. Singapore, featured left, ranks as #1. Houston, Texas comes in at #7. This research generates an important profile of cities that will have significant influence in the next 40 years.