Briefing: Smart cities: dividing the UK

This briefing aims to highlight the applicability of smart city visions, principles and technology solutions to more rural locations within the UK to promote the benefits of ‘smart region’ strategies. It highlights the difference between living standards in urban and rural settings and why it is important for both environments to learn from each other in order to both benefit and bring down the divide between them. This briefing also aims to understand the impact that smart solutions can have on start-ups and small- to medium-sized enterprises, with the emergence of new rural challenges to drive additional innovation and local enterprise.