Anthony Townsend

Dr. Anthony Townsend is an internationally-recognized expert on the future of cities and information technology. His first book, SMART CITIES: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for A New Utopia, was published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2013. Dr. Townsend is the founder of Bits and Atoms, a strategic advisory practice focused on technology-enabled urban development. His clients include Sidewalk Labs (an Alphabet company), Arup, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and many others.

Essays

Smart Cities: What Do We Need to Know to Plan and Design Them Better?

Anthony Townsend | October 25, 2017

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Anthony Townsend

Smart Cities: What Do We Need to Know to Plan and Design Them Better?

Mobilizing social science for the public good.

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