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The statistics are jarring -- 2.5 times as many young girls as boys in sub-Sahara Africa are infected with HIV, according to UNICEF. A disproportionate number of women in low and middle-income countries die from cardiovascular disease, reports the...
Article - 05/31/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
Simon Rowe's plan to get some of Australia's homeless off the streets and into his Sleepbus for a good night's rest has received a lot of media attention. And as a result, his GoFundMe web page has raised more than $100,000 in donations. That's...
Article - 05/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter
According to the media, there is a recycling crisis. Some recyclers are losing millions and closing facilities. Some materials that used to be valuable aren’t any longer. Packaging trends have made others more expensive to reuse.But people WANT to...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
Contributed by EnevoAs urban populations continue to grow and the quantities of waste increase, many city budgets are under pressure. More efficient approaches to waste and recycling are increasingly becoming a matter of urgency rather than simply...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Dutch city of Rotterdam's greater metro area has a population of about 1.4 million. And that many people are going to generate a lot of trash. Considering that waste management can typically take an 8% to 10% bite out of a city's operating...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity
If you were shopping for land in Beijing, you might be shocked to find the price tag hovering at around $8,000 per square yard. Land is that valuable there. But what do you do if you need to build a 40-acre water recycling plant for the city? You...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
Setting the platform for collaboration between local government and technology providers, the Smart Cities Council India on Wednesday launched the Indian Readiness Guide to help urban planners understand the framework of a smart city and take steps...
Article - 05/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Government state, local and education contracting opportunities rose 4.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, hinting at 2016 being a modest growth year, according to a new Onvia report.SLED IT spending saw the most improvement last year, 11.3...
Article - 05/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
A popular guide designed to help city managers navigate through smart city technologies is now available online in an interactive web format.The guide, produced by the Smart Cities Council, was originally released in 2013 as a downloadable PDF, and ...
Article - 05/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Obama administration wants the federal government to do more to foster the development of smart cities technologies.Last September, the administration announced a plan to invest $160 million in smart cities research and work with private...
Article - 05/21/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America