The smart city concept, however, has evolved, and now both the definition of and technologies within smart cities may look different from their early roots. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

The term smart city has always been slippery – more aspiration than definition. That ambiguity makes it hard to measure whether, or how, a city becomes smart.

The concept of a “smart city” or “connected community” has been around for decades, but experts argue the meaning of the term, and the expectations around it, have changed in recent years.

And this really has been the driver of the smart city, a place, according to common definition, where traditional networks and services are made more efficient with the use of digital and ...

Paul Rothman is the director of smart cities and internet of things at the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation. In this role, Rothman draws from his experiences in the private sector and ...