CREECA LECTURE: Technological Solutions for Complex Problems

‘Smart city’ is the new buzzword in cities across Eurasia. Most large urban areas in the post-Soviet space have embraced smart city technologies and those that have not are in the process of finding smart technology solutions to criminal and disorderly behavior. On the example of Kyiv, Almaty and Bishkek, this presentation will discuss how the pursuit of smart cities in Eurasia strives to attain modernity without the burden of deeper political change.