PHUKET: While Thailand rolls forward with its “Phuket Smart City” project, such “smart cities” in Asia-Pacific must be ready for the cyber security risks that accompany the growing adoption of tech-enabled real estate and infrastructure, notes a new report, “Clicks and Mortar: The Growing Influence of Proptech”.
Commissioned by JLL and authored by start-up community Tech In Asia (click here), the report analyses the convergence of real estate and technology in 13 markets across the region and the ways that emerging technologies are being applied to connect urban real estate, infrastructure and services. (Click here to see full report.)
Smart cities initiatives are being implemented worldwide with many high profile examples in Asia-Pacific:
- India has announced its intention to transform 100 municipalities with its Smart Cities Mission
- More than 500 cities in China have started their smart transformation.
- Japan and Korea already boast smart city projects.
- Singapore is progressing its Smart Nation vision, which was launched in 2014.
- In late 2017, Thailand unveiled a plan to include four more cities in its smart city pilot project – Bangkok and three cities in the…
