Standards can help build sustainable smart cities for growing populations
An artist's impression on a rapid transport system. By using standards, challenges around city planning and management can be alleviated or controlled.
The world is projected to have 41 megacities with populations of 10 million or more by 2030. According to the United Nations, urban areas are also projected to house 60 per cent of people globally, and one in every three people will live in cities.
More statistics paint a picture of increased urbanisation. In 2016, an estimated 54.5 per cent of the world’s population lived in urban settlements.
