UK sets out plans for partnership with Thailand on smart cities and launches ‘Smart City Handbook’
In 2019, London was declared the leading city in the world in IESE’s comparative Cities in Motion Index. This came after London set out a roadmap to become the smartest city in the world in 2018
The UK views working with Thailand, as with Southeast Asia more broadly, on smart cities as part of its ongoing commitment to creating a stronger relationships in the region.
Bangkok 16 October 2020: Today, at Smart City Week 2020 in Bangkok, the UK and the Thai Ministry of Digital Economy and Society jointly launched the ‘Smart City Handbook’. The Handbook is part of plans for broader cooperation between the UK and Thai Governments on smart cities. It outlines the smart cities ‘landscape’ across Thailand as well as providing examples of interesting UK smart city projects and expertise.
The Smart City Handbook is just one part of a series of activities announced by the UK to support Thai / UK joint work on Smart Cities. Other activities the UK plans include:
The UK believes urbanisation is one of the key challenges of the century. More than 50% of Thailand population already lives in cities. Worldwide, the figure will be 65% by 2040.
Urbanisation intensifies challenges around transportation; pollution; health and wellbeing; and poverty and inequality.
The UK is seeking to create the cities of the future through urban planning and the integration of smart technology with open data and user-centred design. Recent research suggests that almost a third of the UK’s urban areas with populations over 100,000 currently have planned programmes labelled as ‘smart’.
In 2019, London was declared the leading city in the world in IESE’s comparative Cities in Motion Index. This came after London set out a roadmap to become the smartest city in the world in 2018.
The UK views working with Thailand, as with Southeast Asia more broadly, on smart cities as part of its ongoing commitment to creating a stronger relationships in the region.
Brian Davidson, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Thailand said:
Download the handbook: https://eu.eventscloud.com/smartcityhandbook-thailand