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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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"However useful they are, digital technologies can not replace the powerful and beneficial effects of the highly connected street grid – the “essential structure” of urban living." Tim Stonor

I am myself not much into 'Smart Cities'. I just can't believe it as the promised solution to urban problems.

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