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Discussion Paper on a South African Approach to Smart, Sustainable Cities and Settlements

Towards a SA Cities Network response to the COGTA national Smart City Framework

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Judy Backhouse, Geci Karuri-Sebina, Jokudu Guya

08 May 2020

South African Cities Network

English

Amy Mutua

Working paper

SmartCity.ZA

Africa

This paper provides a contextualised reflection about what smart means, and what it could mean, for cities and settlements in South Africa. It is written in response to the national “Smart city framework” being proposed by the Department Of Cooperative Governance And Traditional Affairs (COGTA) (February 2020), offering a position from the perspective of cities. It seeks to contribute to the ongoing national conversation about smart cities in the South African context. Although we refer, for brevity, to “smart cities”, we take the view that the full space continuum from the smallest of settlements to the largest metros can all benefit from becoming smarter.

 

Abstract based directly on original source. Back to the SmartCity.ZA collection.

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Built environment

Cities and towns

Communities

Construction

Energy

Finance

Governance

Human settlements

Infrastructure

Livelihoods

Policy

Regulatory impact

Smart Cities

Smart South African Cities

Smart technologies

South Africa

Sustainability

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