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This concept paper examines the bases for the 100 smart-cities proposed in India—a partial solution is the adoption of leapfrogging technologies. It argues instead for the idea of smart-villages, like the PURA model proposed by Abdul Kalam, which could build up rural areas and mitigate migration. Better would be a scheme of open-source architecture/settlements supported by ICT, developable for rural areas; further, their inherent knowledge needs to be captured, preserved and adapted to today’s context.
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Varghese, P. (2017). Smart-Cities for India: Why not Open-Source Villages?. In: Chakrabarti, A., Chakrabarti, D. (eds) Research into Design for Communities, Volume 2. ICoRD 2017. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 66. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3521-0_7
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