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'Innovating to include' is the message we think resonates best with the effort to lift up vulnerable populations in communities around the world. Often we're talking about technology, but as you'll read below, innovation comes in many forms. –...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities, Shelter
"Poor housing linked to rising asthma cases in Europe," reads a recent EURACTIV headline. Damp and moldy buildings, bad heating, poor insulation are all suspect. In fact in Bulgaria, the article suggests 46.5% of the population is unable to keep...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter
In this chapter, you’ll learn how a simple roadmapping process can put you on the path to a smart city. We’ve hinted at this next point before, but now we’re just going to say it: Technology is the easy part. The hard part is turning ideas into...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): RG Europe
“More with less” is one of the promises of smart city technology -- and nowhere is this more true than in payments and finance. By leveraging the techniques explained in this chapter, city governments can spend less while offering citizens more...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): RG Europe
From the standpoint of the average citizen, public safety is one of the most visible and perhaps most understood of city responsibilities. We see aid vehicles, lights flashing as they race to the scene of an accident. We watch firefighters on the...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): RG Europe
Advances in information and communications technologies (ICT) will transform the delivery of essential health, education and other human services in powerful ways – and smart cities will ride the wave to ensure a better life for their residents.Let’...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): RG Europe
Surging population growth in cities is not only challenging city leaders to find better ways to deliver transportation, energy, public safety and other municipal services, it’s also forcing them to deal with more garbage. The good news is that smart...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): RG Europe
Few people need to be reminded of water’s importance. Along with energy, it is essential for everyday life. Water provides sustenance, supports industry and irrigates fields. But city administrations are struggling to meet rising demand from growing...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): RG Europe
In this chapter we refer to transportation as any and every system that moves people around a city. Think of a city’s streets, vehicles, railways, subways, buses, bicycles, streetcars, ferries and so on. All play an essential role in the...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): RG Europe
Ubiquitous broadband telecommunication is a prerequisite for a smart city. This chapter explains how to achieve a telecommunications architecture that can serve as the foundation of a smart city and the foundation for major improvements in...
Article - 05/31/2017
Active Region(s): RG Europe