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As the drive for data-driven solutions is supported by increased funding in Research and Development (R&D) in various industries, the role of technology to generate datasets in various urban quarters is being sought, furthering the prospect of smart cities and their applications. However, data is also being driven in biological fields leading to new ways to understand how organisms function and how those react to specific and unpredictable environments, rendering us with new insights into how resilience works. This can further the prospect of biomimicry and lead to enhanced sustainability and resilience in cities, as supported by the proponent of the concept.
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Allam, Z. (2020). The Triple B: Big Data, Biotechnology, and Biomimicry. In: Biotechnology and Future Cities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43815-9_2
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