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As cities develop and populations continue to grow, there is one common challenge most places face: transportation. In southwest Germany near the French border, Karlsruhe, the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, has had a three-...
Article - 12/10/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Upward Mobility, Food and Water, Wellness, Shelter, Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Responsibility areas, Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Payments, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation
Envision America involves a year-long commitment in which representatives of selected cities will work with a variety of experts to develop their smart city projects, the technologies they need to accomplish them, determine costs and come up with an...
Article - 01/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management
By Walter WhiteOne of the most dramatic societal transformations of the last century has been the mass migration of people into cities. People make trade-offs of all kinds when choosing to live in urban, suburban, exurban or rural communities:...
Article - 10/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Telecommunications, Connectivity
As India prepares itself to launch on the global platform for Smart Cities, through the NDA government's '100 Smart Cities' mission, the Smart Cities Council of India had organized a Conclave on Smart Technologies which housed the national and...
Article - 09/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
KT Rama Rao, Panchayat Raj & IT minister, Telangana addresses the participants at the National Conclave on Smart Cities hosted by the Smart Cities Council India and the government of Telangana, which was held on 22-23 August, 2015.KT Rama Rao...
Article - 09/18/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Responsibility areas, Telecommunications
Though the 'Smart Cities' initiatives around the globe are great case studies, each city has unique characteristics and problems and should focus on finding contextual local solutions.A Business Insider report quoted Managing Director of CISCO...
Article - 09/03/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Smart City Examples, Smart City Tools
New Town Kolkata could be the first city in West Bengal to get a smart fuelling zone. The states petrol pumps, will have additional facilities such as recharge of electric-run vehicles, Wi-fi hotspot and electronic surveillance system. The zone has...
Article - 09/03/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India project, which aims to offer a one-stop shop for government services, would use the mobile phone as the backbone of its delivery mechanism. Five hundred million people will come together on the Internet....
Article - 08/31/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Health and human services, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the 13th of 17 themes defined in the standard -- telecommunication and innovation indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46...
Article - 10/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools
Council member Cisco has teamed with the city of Nice, France, to pilot a next-generation smart street they are calling "Connected Boulevard." You'll want to read about this project for the variety of technologies it is testing. But especially for...
Article - 06/18/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control