Creating smarter cities
Acknowledgments
Table of contents
Foreword
Executive summary
1 Introduction to futures thinking and strategic foresight
     1.1 Futures thinking and strategic foresight
     1.2 The importance of futures thinking
     1.3 Introducing the foresight brief series
     1.4 The ITU approach to strategic foresight
     1.5 Objectives of the 'Creating smarter cities' foresight brief
     1.6 The case for sustainable smart cities
     1.7 Bridging the digital divide
2 Sensing in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world
     2.1 Exploring signals of change for a smarter cities landscape
3 Analysing and refining key drivers of change
     3.1 Drivers and critical forces influencing future evolution of smart cities
     3.2 Mega drivers and associated drivers
     3.3 Weak signals with disruptive potential
4 Visualizing possible future scenarios
     4.1 Key drivers for exploring potential future scenarios
     4.2 Exploring a range of scenarios
     4.3 Envisioning scenarios through the interplay of key drivers
     4.4 Wildcard events
5 Prioritizing the desired scenario
     5.1 Four transformational scenarios
     5.2 Visualizing transformational scenarios
     5.3 Visualizing a wildcard future scenario
     5.4 Stress-testing the scenarios
     5.5 Enablers of the desired scenario
6 Actioning the desired future
     6.1 A roadmap to maturity
     6.2 Actions to drive future-ready smart cities and communities
7 Managing the ecosystem
     7.1 Strength in stakeholder collaboration
     7.2 Activating implementation mechanisms
Annex
Abbreviations
Glossary
References