The smart city has opened avenues for plans to become more democratic while leaving behind a new urban patchwork of economic and social winners and losers. City planning is crucial to an urban future, and the success of future cities will depend on how planners use technology to serve their citizens and ensure sustainability and equity.

This video describes the potential of big data and smart city technology to solve problems in urban areas. Jason Luger shares innovative, data-driven solutions in energy, transportation, infrastructure and communications and describes the privacy concerns inherent in large-scale data collection.

00:12 The use of new technologies in urban planning
01:40 What are the costs of data collection?
02:49 Types of smart urbanism
04:20 Technological solutions for smart cities
05:40 Smart city case study: Sidewalk Labs' Quayside
07:29 Criticism and potential of smart cities

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