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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
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
By Jesse Berst Chairman, Smart Cities CouncilI come from the smart grid industry, where I saw both vendors and utilities act very dumb about the right ways to introduce smart technology. Many of them took a top-down approach, imposing new technology...
Article - 05/20/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
This article contains an important reminder. If we continue to build smart city initiatives as one-off, piecemeal, standalone projects, we'll end up with "a multitude of smart islands in a dumb city." If that happens, "the nirvana of a total city...
Article - 04/30/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Definitions and overviews, Interoperability, Policy and leadership
A smart city is efficient, connected, sustainable over a long-term, self-contained, self-supporting and aesthetic. With five decaded of experience of developing cities, Egis envisages the role of the ICT network as an integrator of the essentials...
Resources - 09/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Instrumentation and control, Smart City Tools, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
A 'Smart City' is one that has processes in place to make service delivery better, faster and cheaper. Many times, the application of a new technology will provide this edge, but sometimes it is a low-tech solution that best meets the 'better,...
Resources - 09/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Built environment, Smart City Examples, Examples and case studies
The Smart City Readiness infographic linked below highlights drivers, challenges and steps for moving forward toward smarter cities. It is based on a survey of North American municipal leaders conducted by Cisco and the Smart Cities Council in...
Resources - 10/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Smart City Tools
There is no other organization like the Smart Cities Council, as you'll learn in this video that provides an overview of the Council's work with public officials around the world to make their cities more livable, workable and sustainable. You'll...
Resources - 03/04/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Readiness Guide Online, Smart Cities Activator, ASEAN
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews
Laurent Schmitt is a compact man with an air of old-world politesse. He has worked in several executive capacities in different parts of Alstom, the $26-billion French maker of power and transport equipment. He started with the company in sales in...
Resources - 03/27/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Definitions and overviews, Data management, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership