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The responsibility of being a smart city leader means facing a variety of challenges, developing visions, strategies and goals, making tough decisions and weighing trade-offs – all while keeping in mind that your overriding responsibility is to take...
Article - 10/03/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools, Policy frameworks and tools
It’s been two years since Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand launched. Wow!From a 'hunch' in January 2016, to Australia’s peak smart cities body in 2018.Our reach and impact has surpassed our expectations. It has actually blown us away. And...
Article - 08/08/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Policy and leadership, Smart City Tools
We’ve been working on it since December of last year, and finally it's been revealed: the preliminary program for Smart Cities Week Australia.This year, Smart Cities Week Australia will showcase the world's most dynamic smart cities market — from...
Article - 06/20/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Smart City Tools
Commissioning India’s tallest MET tower is not an easy task. India recently erected its tallest lattice MET tower that stretches 150 metre (m) high and features an array of latest technologies, including 40C anemometers, 200P wind vanes, 110S...
Article - 07/20/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Analytics, Data management, Smart City Tools
Joining the league of cities with smart solutions, Coimbatore from now will monitor air quality for its citizens. The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has installed 30 solar-powered air quality monitoring devices to address city’s air pollution...
Article - 07/17/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control, Smart City Tools
Known for its several innovations, the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) has recently developed a chip-based system for Indian Railways (IR) that will avert accidents at unmanned level crossing.Across India, as many as 613 people have...
Article - 07/14/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Analytics, Data management, Smart City Tools
Photos by Jon Dekeles
Article - 05/17/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Tools
In a smart city (or state), governing well does not mean dictating what’s best for everyone. It’s a collaborative effort. What do your constituents want from you? What resources are available? What do partners need from you? What do other elected...
Article - 04/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Smart City Tools
Microsoft's City Next initiative is designed to offer assistance for cities that enables them to be innovative while turning their smart city plans into reality, do it at their own pace and engage their citizens in the process. City Next offers a...
Article - 04/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Smart City Tools
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
With India marching towards its vision of creating '100 Smart Cities', the momentum seems to be catching up and more and more awareness programmes, workshop by either government bodies or private organisations are held to educate, encourage and...
Article - 10/07/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Concepts, Smart City Tools
Travelling in urban India is very stressful, because of the heavy traffic, bad roads, lack of timely public transport service, wrongful parking, unnecessary honking, pollution, erratic motorists driving and so on and so forth. The reasons can be...
Article - 09/26/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Transportation, Interoperability, Smart City Tools
Mahindra Defence Implements Smart Surveillance 2.0 for Lucknow City in record time of six months - New System to enhance safety & Security of Citizens; improve emergency aid infrastructure.Uttar Pradesh, India's most populated state, is...
Article - 09/26/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Public safety and security, Smart City Tools
Cities are at the threshold of a new golden age. Smart technologies can dramatically improve urban livability, workability and sustainability while also saving money.The Smart Cities Council India puts cities on the path to smart city success...
Article - 09/22/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Smart City Tools
The Smart Cities Council is pleased to introduce the Smart Cities Readiness Workshop program.Developed specifically for government officials and technology engineers, the workshops promote an interactive learning environment to help...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Smart City Tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
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
IBM worked with the city of Rio de Janeiro on this Operations Center that provides the incident commander and responders with a single, unified view of all the information that they require for situational awareness.Navigant Research says the global...
Article - 08/28/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Finance and procurement, Smart City Tools
At a time when budgets are tight and urban populations are growing, city planners and developers don't have the luxury of taking on major projects and simply hoping for the best outcome. Fortunately, new tools are continually being developed to take...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Computing resources, Connectivity, Smart City Tools