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Digitalisation cannot be an unqualified “smart” solution to urban issues

As many cities become smarter by harnessing digitalisation and technology, sustainable development and ecology have been pushed behind. Smart Cities Mission, offered as the one-stop solution to many urban problems, has a chequered report card. Studies have shown that “smart…
By QoC EditorialOctober 7, 2022
  • Infrastructure
  • Amenities
  • Digitalisation

Policing in Cyberabad: India’s techno dystopia encroaching on people’s rights

Hyderabad’s policing has turned “cop-less” as police personnel were replaced with cameras, traffic offences automated, and smartphones replaced the old batons. For…
By Srinivas KodaliOctober 7, 2022
  • Infrastructure
  • Amenities
  • Digitalisation

Sustainability and people’s participation in the era of smart solutionism

The Smart Cities Mission was launched to improve the quality of life through digitalisation and data-driven solutions. This included interventions such as…
By Khaliq ParkarOctober 7, 2022
  • Digitalisation
  • Infrastructure
  • Sustainability

Digital connect in Smart City Bhubaneswar still has poor network

Odisha’s capital, Bhubaneswar, is transforming itself digitally into a “smart city.” As the city transitions from the traditional to tech-based mode with…
By Shobha SurinOctober 7, 2022
  • Urban Planning
  • Digitalisation
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‘We need to ask where our data is being used and who is encashing it’

What does digitalisation look like in the urban periphery, the smaller towns? Urban studies scholars and researchers set out to Bhiwandi, on…
By Jashvitha DhageyOctober 7, 2022
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