Until now, I really love the fact that someone reported about smart cities, mainly because I used to live in a city that was transitioning into one (I used to live in Abu Dhabi, btw). So, what is a smart city? A city can be considered as a smart city when investments in human and social capital and traditional (transport) and modern (ICT) communication infrastructure fuel sustainable economic development and a high quality of life, with a wise management of natural resources, through participatory action and engagement. The purpose of my post is to evaluate whether the Philippines's capital, Manila, can ever be a smart city.
Manila in its current state cannot be a smart city since there are other more important aspects of the city that need more attention than integrating ICT into the city's infrastructure, like the massive traffic jams on rush hours and the state of these roads, for instances. If we are to imagine that all these issues are resolved, then maybe Manila can be a smart city.
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