Technologies for Future Cities: Integrating Efficiency, Sustainability, and Environmental Concerns

Rapid urbanization and policy are driving the development of future cities – cities that integrate efficient technologies and applications across the urban value chain to cost-effectively increase convenience, connectivity, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability. A slew of future city initiatives have emerged globally, developed under an array of models, presenting unique challenges and opportunities for technology companies looking to engage. Through our analysis of the global future cities landscape, we have identified a mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive suite of models under which future cities develop. Technology companies need to understand the variety of models under which future cities develop so they can tap the widest channel to market in each case, and should understand the pros and cons of each model to find their fit in this daunting and confusing space.