A 'smart city' is an urban setting that applies technology to enhance the benefits and diminish the shortcomings of urbanisation for its citizens.- ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore is the smartest city in the world for the third year running, according to this year's Smart City Index.
Published by Swiss business school Institute of Management Development (IMD) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design last Thursday (Oct 28), the index ranks 118 cities by how "smart" they are.