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Public stadiums are a huge investment. Is your city getting its money’s worth? If you want a better return from your stadium investments, study the three approaches below and follow the links to more information. These are ideas you can take to the...
Article - 03/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Analytics, Computing resources
China has been taking smart cities seriously for years and is following an ambitious strategy to build them throughout the country. It doesn't have much choice. China's population of about 1.4 billion is expected to roughly double in 15 years, and...
Article - 03/11/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Computing resources
The Internet of Things (IoT) is practically becoming a buzzword — and according to Council Lead Partner IBM in about two out of three places that deploy it, it never achieves more than that. You read that right: It believes two-thirds of IoT...
Article - 03/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management, Interoperability
A post on the World Economic Forum (WEF) site introduces Martin Burt, founder and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, the microfinance organization that developed the Poverty Stoplight assessment tool now being used in 18 countries in Latin America, Asia...
Article - 03/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
Recognizing that digital devices and the Internet have become so essential in daily life – and that digital inequality can exacerbate educational and economic inequality -- the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop surveyed nearly 1,200 low and...
Article - 03/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity
In some ways, a city is the obvious place to organize an effort to benefit from smart technologies. Cities are big enough to have clout and small enough to get something done. Yet in other ways, city-scale efforts face challenges. For one thing,...
Article - 03/02/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Policy and leadership