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Cities are growing vertically as well as horizontally, so infrastructure needs to ensure people can move up and down as well as across the city. Alpha/Flickr

June 3, 2018

Growing cities face challenges of keeping the masses moving up, down and across

Andrea Connor, Western Sydney University and Donald McNeill, Western Sydney University

Cities are expanding upwards and downwards, as well as outwards. With urban density also increasing, moving people efficiently around the city, often using ageing infrastructure, is quite a challenge.

Aspiring ‘smart cities’ like Barcelona have worked to build their profile – it recently hosted the Smart City Expo World Congress – but Australia may benefit from not having rushed in. Ramon Costa/AAP

April 3, 2017

From Smart Cities 1.0 to 2.0: it’s not (only) about the tech

Sarah Barns, Western Sydney University; Donald McNeill, Western Sydney University; Ellie Cosgrave, UCL, and Michele Acuto, UCL

Australia has lagged behind some other countries in its investment in smart cities, but in retrospect that may not have been such a bad thing.

For many Australians, the lure of the Valley is the feeling of being in a place that understands their risky business. Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

August 20, 2013

Beyond Silicon Valley: start‑up hubs in Australia’s backyard

Donald McNeill, Western Sydney University

There were some raised eyebrows when the smiling faces of Atlassian founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes appeared at the top of Business Review Weekly’s annual young rich list. The business…

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