summary of Explosive growth in Asian cities: Bright ideas to 'seize the urban moment'

Khanna (2015) on “Explosive growth in Asian cities: Bright ideas to ‘seize the urban moment’ states  that multiple South-east Asian cities have been metropolitanized. To adapt to rapid urbanization, South-east Asian governments have exploited technological applications to work with citizens on real time issues.They also use it to ease resource and infrastructural constraints. Furthermore, to increase potential economic growth, the government's focus is on investing in technological infrastructure and the ideal of a green city. The boost in urban productivity establishes their advancement to become the "model of urban development in the 21st century." While the technological applications increase the spread of information and help ease on the infrastructure constraints, it is underutilized and impose little value to the public.