BASIC DIGITAL DASHBOARD

Implications of Smart Cities (Potential Benefits vs Potential Harms)

7

World Population

8.5bn

2030

of Urban Population in 2020 vs 2050

9.7bn

2050

Warmest years on record have all taken place since 2015

Data from key monitoring stations show atmospheric levels of the three gases continue to increase in 2022. Temperature: The global average temperature in 2022 is estimated to be about 1.15 [1.02 to 1.28] °C above the 1850-1900 average.

The

%

HOURS

8.8bn

&

Gallons of fuel

3.3 bn

wasted from CONGESTION every year world-wide

Every year,

people world-wideby 2050

1.6bn

could affect

Housing Crisis

>1bn

Survelliance Cameras Installed World-wide (2021)

82

Decline of democracy in at least

Countries

(2020)

Rapid urbanisation and the expansion of cities has to come at an expense of facing serious challenges. Some of those are well documented: housing crisis, pollution and climate change, increasing social divides and rising criminality rates.