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Portugal is the latest country to create a development based entirely on the ideas of city 2.0. Will these new cities--purposefully designed to avoid the urban planning mistakes of the past--be the model for the future? 

Projections suggest there will be more than 136 new cities containing over 1 million people by 2025. While most of the cities will be in China, they will spring up all over the world. It is one thing to explore how existing cities can gradually (or relatively rapidly in the case in Singapore) get smarter. But what about when you have a blank canvas?

To read the full, original article click on this link: Baking Innovation Into New Smart Cities | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation