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A report from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) reveals how a variety of applications can significantly improve urban quality of life indicators, from reduced fatalities to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Smart Cities: Digital Solutions...
Article - 06/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Solapur, a textile and bidi manufacturing hub, is one of the major cities of Maharashtra that attracts a sizeable number of visitors for business or commercial purposes. The city is also of religious importance with more than five lakh pilgrims...
Article - 08/03/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Waste management, Citizen engagement
Indore, being the largest and the most populous city in Madhya Pradesh with a population of around 20 lakh (according to the 2011 census), the Indore Municipal Corporation considers sanitation and solid waste management as its topmost priority....
Article - 07/25/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Transportation, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Data management
In coming months, Bengaluru will witness a massive public bicycle sharing (PBS) project proposed by the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT). The project, with around 4,000 cycle and 350 docking points, is touted to be India’s largest cycle-...
Article - 07/11/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Upward Mobility, Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Conducting a nationwide paperless examination is not an easy task. The Indian Railways (IR)—in a massive saving drive—has saved over 4 lakh trees and 319 crore paper sheets just by adopting online test by replacing bulky, multi-lingual question...
Article - 07/10/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement
The San Francisco Sheriffs Department’s Five Keys Charter School and the New York City Council’s Participatory Budgeting program won Innovation in Government Awards from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance from Harvard University’s John F....
Article - 09/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Citizen engagement, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
Code for America (CfA) revealed its latest lineup of apps from eight cities working with CfA technologists in this year's fellowship program.CfA partners with 8-10 local governments each year to develop innovative digital approaches to delivering...
Article - 06/17/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Finance and procurement
Small communities often create tight bonds between neighbors, creating tight-knit community where they may share resources, such as tools or food. But a first-of-its-kind neighborhood near Austin, Texas, goes well beyond that. People who live there...
Article - 05/08/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Health and human services, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Interoperability
We typically think that we’re helping out good causes when we reach for our checkbooks. But Council Associate Partner UST Global says – and research backs up – that we may help our communities more if we keep our checkbooks in our pockets.UST Global...
Article - 02/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Citizen engagement
Council Lead Partner IBM has launched a series of humanitarian efforts to help contain the spread of Ebola in Africa. They include:A citizen engagement and analytics system in Sierra Leone that enables communities affected by Ebola to...
Article - 10/29/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for development of 100 smart cities in his country has caught the attention of governments and industry around the world who offered their assistance. It also caught the attention of faculty at CEPT...
Article - 07/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Citizen engagement
HandUp, a young San Francisco company that uses crowd-funding to help the homeless, won top honors in the smart cities sector of the first annual Challenge Cup, a business competition hosted by Washington, D.C.-based startup hub 1776.Launched last...
Article - 05/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
"A crisis is a terrible thing to waste" goes the old joke. So is an earthquake. “The rebuilding of Christchurch following the 2011 earthquakes presents an extraordinary opportunity to fit the city with sensors and hardware, to collect data that will...
Article - 09/11/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
In theory, getting people onto bicycles can solve many of a city's congestion and emissions problems. In practice, cities often spend far too much on "soft" campaigns that try to talk people into giving up their cars. Far too often cities pay lots...
Article - 07/23/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Transportation, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Many smart city observers believe older cities will be left behind. Green-field cities, like those being built from scratch in China, will have a much easier time, they say, since new cities don't have to retrofit legacy infrastructure.In some cases...
Article - 07/01/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Health and human services, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
An article at The Information Daily discusses the rise of the "maker" culture and how it promises to transform cities. I think the piece has an important message for city leaders.Take a moment to read the article if you aren't yet up to speed in the...
Article - 06/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Health and human services, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Cities want residents to have a library of great applications. Yet no city can afford to hire the dozens or hundreds of programmers it would take. Increasingly, those cities are finding ways to motivate others to build applications. New York is...
Article - 06/18/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Bristol is a city of just under half a million people in the southwest UK. Its city council has just joined a consortium to develop home sensor systems to improve the health and wellbeing of its citizens.When it comes to health and human services, I...
Article - 05/28/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Health and human services, Citizen engagement, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership
This news from IBM described below illustrates several important trends:Health and human services heavily impact livability. Health and human services are an often overlooked but increasingly important part of the smart cities equation. Cities that...
Article - 04/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Health and human services, Analytics, Citizen engagement, Data management, Policy and leadership
The city of Buenos Aires places great importance on meeting the needs of its citizens, as well as the commuters and tourists who come into the city every day. Working with Council Lead Partner Microsoft and its partners, the city has explored ways...
Resources - 03/14/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Health and human services, Citizen engagement, Connectivity