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In recent years, sustainability progress has resulted mainly from developing and implementing smart, sustainable technology solutions. This course examines opportunities to drive sustainability through technology applications, deemed the “smart city”. Smart city technology ranges from intelligent infrastructure in modern cities to mobile applications that enable the “sharing economy” and facilitate energy access in remote regions of East Africa. This course will not only concern “first-world” problems; we will explore the transformative solutions currently driving growth in emerging markets and the developing world. Students will develop the skills to piece together a sustainable, smart city.