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Very often the concept of smart city is strongly related to the widespread of mobile applications, completely forgetting the essence of a city with its connected problems. The real challenge in future years will be the huge population migration from rural areas to cities. It is fundamental to manage this phenomenon with clever approaches in order to save money and environment. This paper develops some considerations on these aspects trying to lead the discussion in a correct direction.
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Murgante, B., Borruso, G. (2014). Smart City or Smurfs City. In: Murgante, B., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2014. ICCSA 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8580. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09129-7_53
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