Most city and infrastructure projects ask the wrong questions at the wrong time. I write about why; drawing on 30 years of experience across greenfield cities, airport developments, smart city programmes, and urban governance.
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The three pieces below are older but the problems they describe have not changed and at every conference or project I go to they are always there. Oddly, people think they are new.
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Masdar City an early & iconic greenfield smart city
There is not a single week that passes without being asked “so what happened at Masdar City”. Masdar City was for me, like drinking from a fire-hydrant. Hundreds of consultants, multiple meetings booked at the same time frequently by others e.g. a meeting with a European Ambassador and then a US Foundation directly following then…
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Singapore has a secret sauce
If I am not being asked about Masdar City, someone will ask me “so whats the Singapore model and secret” ? Singapore has a most amazing and well organised single layer government that takes advantage of the small size of the island. The size and governance allows them to make long-term strategic plans and actually…
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Barcelona an early Smart City
I was a trusted advisor to Barcelona between 2010 and 2013 and saw their amazing smart city journey. Their journey was fascinating. They were literally pioneers of pushing the concept of smart cities by attracting Cisco and IBM and other tech companies into their city. They then created the now global Smart City Expo and…