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A three-year, multi-million dollar project will equip British Columbia with a monitoring and prediction system to respond to off-shore accidents, tsunamis and other natural disasters. Council Global Partner IBM is IBM is investing $12 million in...
Article - 04/30/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Analytics, Computing resources
An online mapping tool that zooms in on U.S. coastal areas at risk from rising sea levels added New England to its coverage this week. New York, New Jersey and Florida are already included. The Pacific states are expected to be added later this...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity
Scroll down for the latest short takes from Council members.Bechtel wins award for innovative project in Australia: Council Global Partner Bechtel has won a CETI Award for the company’s innovative use of RFID technology on the liquefied natural gas...
Article - 04/18/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Payments, Analytics, Computing resources
Neighborhood revitalization work in Memphis underscores the idea that community involvement is key to creating better cities. In its article, What smart cities can learn from Memphis, High Ground News examines how that city set aside its standard...
Article - 04/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Citizen engagement
The city of Suzhou in China's Jiangsu Province won the 2014 Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, which honors outstanding contributions towards creating livable and sustainable urban communities around the world. The prize is named after Singapore's first...
Article - 04/04/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Examples and case studies