sustainable innovation

I first heard of the concept of smart cities following a briefing by IBM around the topic of the smarter planet. But where do you start? Is it with hard assets or is it with the people? IBM's Mark Cleverley answers some of my questions with responses that beg morequestions.

There is a growing interest around smart cities. How to go about planning, designing, building and managing such new cities remains a key challenge. The Future Design Center is a pilot project to be built at the Kashiwanoha Campus in Japan. With the backing of academia and industry heavyweights like SAP Japan, SHARP, Nikken Sekkei, HP Japan, and Mitsui Fudosan, the Future Design Center Incorporated Association aims to present a smart city model to Japan and the world.