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In a first of its kind Index to be introduced in the country, India has launched City Liveability Index where quality of life in 116 major cities will be assessed. These cities will be asses on a comprehensive set of 79 parameters to capture the...
Article - 06/30/2017
Active Region(s): India
Digital City Services is the newest chapter of the Smart Cities Readiness Guide, the free, vendor-neutral handbook for urban transformation. As we put it together, we came to understand that digital services are the hallmark of a smart city. Yes,...
Article - 06/29/2017
Active Region(s): North America
At the Council, we define a smart city as one that uses information and communications technology to make itself more livable, workable and sustainable. But what does that look like? You will soon find a model at the Cary, NC, headquarters of SAS....
Article - 06/29/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Analytics
One of the oldest living city of the world—Varanasi—has utmost historic and cultural importance for the entire country. It has organically evolved over hundreds of years. The city needs to be turned into Smart City, without altering its basic fabric...
Article - 06/29/2017
Active Region(s): India
Olli, IBM's self-driving shuttleThe consensus is that we'll see autonomous vehicles (AVs) – self-driving cars, trucks, buses and shuttles – on our city streets and interstates within five years or so. Several jurisdictions are actively competing to...
Article - 06/29/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
What's so compelling about what Louisville has done to raise awareness about redlining – the discriminatory lending practices that emerged in the 1930s – is the way it has connected the dots to show its lasting impact on the city and its citizens to...
Article - 06/28/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched Janmitra RuPay contactless cards in association with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and ICICI Bank for Ahmedabad Smart City. With this, Ahmedabad will be the third city in...
Article - 06/28/2017
Active Region(s): India
I am a firm believer of the circular economy, and its potential intersection with the smart cities movement and how it can help decouple growth from resource consumption, and environmental impact. In this post, we highlight the leadership work by...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
The smart cities movement has much to offer from embracing technology, intelligent design, and harnessing and analysing data.The opportunities are immense, and we write about them every day here at the Smart Cities Council. We have amassed the world...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
I learned a long time ago that when Dubai takes action, especially where smart technologies are concerned, it's going to be interesting. Consider the robotic police officer it introduced earlier this year – or its data-driven effort to become the...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Food and Water
One of the benefits of joining the Smart Cities Council is access to our growing library of premium resources. Scroll down to make sure you haven't missed any. And be sure to check back; new titles are currently under development. Not a member?...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
One of the benefits of joining the Smart Cities Council is access to our growing library of premium resources. Scroll down to make sure you haven't missed any. And be sure to check back; new titles are currently under development. Not a member? ...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Mississippi’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9% in May, the state's lowest level since the U.S. Department of Labor began publishing state unemployment rates in January 1976. Some will tell you Mississippi's pioneering efforts in...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility
Last month, the Baltic port city of Gdynia became the first in Poland to receive the ISO 37120 certificate for its sustainable development of communities—an indicator of its city services and quality of life. For this tier two city in northern...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
While the Finnish town of Tampere may only have 200,000 residents, it’s the largest inland city in Scandinavia. Set on an isthmus between two lakes, the city is dominated by old industrial buildings, original architecture and a stunning natural...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
Day-to-day weather variations have an impact on load demand and energy production, transport and distribution management, as well as energy prices. Extreme events such as heat waves or cold waves, wind storms or floods can have dramatic consequences...
Article - 06/27/2017
Active Region(s): India
Some interesting findings in Deloitte's latest volunteerism survey – particularly what it reveals about millennials in the workplace. As the largest portion of the workforce in the U.S. today, it's important to understand what it will take to...
Article - 06/26/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities
Städte zu umweltfreundlichen und lebenswürdigen Orten für ihre Einwohner zu machen, ist eine Herausforderung, mit der Politiker und lokale Behörden sehr vertraut sind. Die gute Nachricht ist, dass es zahlreiche inspirierende und finanzierbare...
Article - 06/26/2017
Active Region(s): Europe
In a step towards being smart, the Patiala Municipal Corporation (PMC) will deploy underground solid waste bins in the city to tackle its waste issues, and the corporation has already identified 12 sites for the same.Under this project, a bin would...
Article - 06/26/2017
Active Region(s): India
The government today announced another list of 30 cities for development as smart cities taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City Mission launched on June 25, 2015.According to Ministry of Urban Development and Housing &...
Article - 06/23/2017
Active Region(s): India