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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
Business leaders, government officials, tech leaders and others are converging on Washington, D.C this week to attend Smart Cities Week. As the director of marketing for an Internet of Things (IoT) software company, I am closely following...
Article - 10/24/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Responsibility areas
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) just released a report to the President on "Technology and the Future of Cities." PCAST is an advisory group of leading scientists and engineers. It makes recommendations on...
Article - 03/02/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Policy and leadership
Aurangabad one of the ten cities shortlisted from Maharashtra state for the Centre's amibition '100 Smart Cities' mission, has appointed Project Management Consultancy (PMC) for preparation of its Smart City proposal.In order to get maximum feedback...
Article - 10/01/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Visioning and roadmapping tools
As part of its initiative to educate and encourage the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to take active part and prepare a smart city plan under the government's amibition '100 Smart Cities' mission, the urban development ministry will host an event called...
Article - 10/01/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Responsibility areas, Computing resources, Visioning and roadmapping tools
At the onset, the government has not prescribed any particular format or model for preparing a Smart City Proposal, as it does not believe in the 'one-size-fits-all' approach. Hence, the Centre has given a free hand to city planners to formulate its...
Article - 09/21/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Definitions and overviews, Citizen engagement, Policy frameworks and tools
In many parts of the world, it's the height of vacation season. And along with the spy novels and videos you're downloading, we'd like to suggest a few good reads from the smart cities realm.Solving your smart city puzzleIn this blog post, Charbel...
Article - 07/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
In years past we've highlighted smart cities predictions from various organizations that track trends. But this year we thought it would be interesting to see what our own smart cities insiders say about the progress they've witnessed in 2014, the...
Article - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Public safety and security, Transportation, Policy and leadership
Three interesting new reports tap into several aspects of the smart cities space, including:Perspectives on the sectors that will dominate smart city market growth and who the leaders areA look at how smart citizens making smart choices drive smart...
Article - 11/14/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Connectivity, Research, publications and web sites
Dozens of cities around the globe will join the ranks of “smart cities” in the decade ahead, according to a recently released report from global information company IHS Technology.Applying its own definition of a “smart city,” IHS forecasts that the...
Article - 08/06/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews