The document discusses the challenges of rapid urbanization and the need for sustainable "smart cities" of the future. It notes that by 2050, 70% of the world will live in urban areas. To develop sustainable cities, we must act now to find ways to support urban populations through creating energy efficient neighborhoods, green urban design, civic planning around human scale and diversity, and technologies that strengthen connections between cities and lessen environmental impacts. This will motivate innovation, international business, urban entrepreneurship, better environmental quality, more jobs, wealth, and overall improved quality of life for citizens.

1. Hinar Khaled Abdulhafez
IE Business School Admission

2. • Accelerating Urbanization
• Tremendous Population Growth
• Rise of Mega-cities and Mega-regions
• Natural resources becoming scarce
• Speedy changes in age and class
• Increasing gap between the rich and the poor

3.  What is the Smart City?
 An industrialized urban area that aims to
create sustainable economic
developments as well as excellent quality
life
Smart Cities are not only about developing
technologies, however they should be
focusing on ways to sustain themselves
for the future.
 Studies show that by 2050, 70% of the
world would be living in urban areas.
 In order to have developed future
cities, we need to think and act now to
find ways to sustain our cities,
because our future depends on our
decisions today.

4. THROUGH:
 Creating energy efficient
neighborhoods
 Developing green urbanism
 Developing civic and
community designs for the
city to help organize it based
on human scale, diversity,
and preservation
 Supporting the human,
cultural, economic, and social
restoration and recovery by
creating neighborhood
housing redevelopments

5.  All citizens should undergo
major changes in customs
and habits. They should be
willing to adapt to an
ambiguous future.
 We will need to develop new
technologies
 Promote more recycling to
create progressive
interactions between the
cities and the natural
environment
 Create better connections
and stronger communications
between cities.
Create more open space
between people to allow them
to exchange ideas and
become part of a collective

6.  Motivations for more innovations in governments
 A rise in internationalization of companies
 Urban entrepreneurship through developing new
companies in the market
 Better environmental quality, more jobs, greater wealth,
and an overall improved quality of life.

7.  Allow the citizens to contribute
in more governmental decisions
through developing solutions
 Improve the citizens’ quality of
life through the various
technological innovations.
 Have more greener areas, and
renewable energy will be
promoted
 More efficient management of
public transport and pollution.
This will lead to more
sustainability.

8. THANK YOU