Smart Building

At least CNY1 trillion (USD 159 billion) is expected to be spent on developing smart city projects in China by 2015. Smart city specialist Jiang Defeng, said spending on advanced information technologies, especially the "Internet of Things," to provide fast and effective information services in areas such as traffic management, health care and environmental protection, among others, would be critical to developing these cities, reported Xinhua.

For the first time in human history, more people now live in cities than in rural areas and this population shift is changing the face of the world. As urban populations grow even faster, "smart" information and communication technologies will be a vital part of maintaining the efficiency of bursting mega-cities.