chris<p>Insightful Editorial in the journal Nature, highlighting a systematic review of the literature on «Smart City» projects in which the authors “questioned whether the promised benefits of smart cities have been realized”.<br>To account for this lacks, an upcoming United Nations initiative «UN-Habitat» aims at prioritizing peoples’ needs, human rights and well-being, while including people in decisions that affect them. <br>Nature 639, 276 (2025) <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00727-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-007</span><span class="invisible">27-7</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/smartcities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartcities</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CitiesAreNotSmart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitiesAreNotSmart</span></a></p>