Cities are reaching a crisis point. City populations are growing.1 Citizen satisfaction with government services is weakening.2
And net zero deadlines are looming. Cities recognize that their traditional approaches to city planning, development, management and renewal will not get them to their goals in time.
They must become smarter, more integrated, data-driven and enabling.
From smart to smarter cities explores how a focus on becoming more integrated, data-driven and enabling can help city decision-makers, infrastructure leaders and private companies accelerate their smart city agendas.
In this report, professionals from KPMG’s global network join with experienced industry and city leaders to unpack these three priorities – integrated, data-driven and enabling – across the lens of the six key challenges facing cities today:
Get real-life examples and new inspiration from KPMG International’s From smart to smarter cities.
This report is aimed at city decision-makers, policy makers, infrastructure leaders and private companies who share the view that cities must move quickly from smart to smarter to help humanity solve today’s most pressing challenges.
Find out how the world’s leading cities are becoming more integrated, data-driven and enabling in KPMG International’s From smart to smarter cities.
1 World Cities Report 2022, UN Habitat, 2022
2 Embrace your digital citizen: Citizen Experience Excellence 2023-2024, KPMG LLP, 2024