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Currently, 93 per cent of sewage finds its way to ponds, lakes, and rivers without treatment. Untreated sewage is the leading polluter of water sources in India, causing a host of diseases, agricultural contamination, and environmental degradation....
Article - 04/30/2018
Active Region(s): India
Does your Grandma know what a Smart City is?If not, then we are doing it wrong! We are building Smart Cities for the people after all, so shouldn’t they be familiar with the concept? Shouldn’t Smart Citizens know they are a part of a Smart eco-...
Article - 04/29/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Citizen engagement strategies and tools
Even as free joyrides are being extended to Nagpurites on the 5-kilometre stretch from the Airport South to Khapri on the Nagpur metro rail before its formal inauguration, the federal government has plans to extend the service to the city’s...
Article - 04/27/2018
Active Region(s): India
We know that we have a serious garbage problem. A Singapore-based company owned by a royal prince has offered to process Jalandhar’s waste into mineral water and electricity. Dr Max Langenburg, the company’s founder, may soon arrive in the city to...
Article - 04/27/2018
Active Region(s): India
The city of San Jose, California and Council Global Lead Partner AT&T are working toward a project to improve citywide wireless communications, upgrade the existing communications network for first responders and provide a springboard for next-...
Article - 04/26/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Connectivity
When it comes to smart cities projects, there’s what people are saying and what people are doing. Our monthly Inside Look series tracks the latter by examining what cities are planning, soliciting and buying. Below, you’ll learn about some of the...
Article - 04/26/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Finance and procurement
Accelerating smart city efforts with mentoring and benefits from leading experts and organisationsCommencing in 2018, the Smart Cities Council ANZ will be facilitating it's Smart Cities Readiness Challenge, a program whereby the Council invites free...
Article - 04/26/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
A word of thanks to the Economic Roundtable (based in LA) for their work on developing data driven tools to reduce homelessness. Last year it was the Silicon Valley Triage Tool, this year an extensive report providing insights into how to...
Article - 04/26/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Health and human services
Data infrastructure can be daunting. There are many different technologies available, but nothing had been foolproof. But now, researchers from Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)-Madras and Bombay along with Harvard University are using Big Data...
Article - 04/26/2018
Active Region(s): India
Can the traffic problem in Mumbai ever be solved? Maharashtra Chief Minister might have finally found a solution to Mumbai’s ever-growing problem. “The highways need to be smart to prevent accidents and maintain better management of traffic”, said...
Article - 04/25/2018
Active Region(s): India
Years of severe drought have created a water crisis in the Mahbubnagar region in Telangana, a state in southern India where half the population of 35 million depends on agriculture to earn a living. The water table had virtually depleted and the...
Article - 04/24/2018
Active Region(s): India
Since the launch of the Smart Cities Mission, Rs 99.39 billion has been released by the Government of India. Against this, 753 projects worth Rs 245.11 billion have been completed or started work on-ground. Further, about 287 projects worth Rs 142....
Article - 04/24/2018
Active Region(s): India
Researchers from the George Institute for Global Health has developed an innovative smartphone app-- Smart Health--that could enable community health workers track the growing burden of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, especially in...
Article - 04/20/2018
Active Region(s): India
You would not think that something like an electric scooter would prompt the need for urgent regulation, but that’s the situation in some cities. Following the dockless bicycle rentals that have sprung up in some cities, electric scooters are now...
Article - 04/20/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Transportation
It's frustrating when you want to use a city service only to find it's out of order. It may be out of the city's control, but it still reflects poorly on the service. But there are smart city technologies that can help cities improve the services...
Article - 04/19/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Telecommunications, Analytics, Connectivity
Electric vehicles are an area where we’ve seen exponential growth. There are now more than 2 million EVs on the road worldwide. That’s close to double the number the year before and 20 times the number five years earlier.We typically talk about the...
Article - 04/19/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
With the advancement of technology that we have seen in recent times, we are knocking on the door of entry into a new world where everything is “smart”. Smart road means where commuters do not have any difficulty in travelling. India must take a...
Article - 04/19/2018
Active Region(s): India
In eastern France, Dijon is advancing its aspirations to being a smart city, but in collaboration with its neighbours. The French city is joining forces with surrounding towns to embark on a €105 million information technology project that will...
Article - 04/18/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation
Behind the scenes of the smart city, often hidden away out of plain sight, is the backbone infrastructure that keeps it all together – the data centre. At the Council, we refer to the core functions of the smart city as being collect, communicate...
Article - 04/18/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Analytics, Data management
In just over a week's time, we launch the Smart Cities Readiness Challenge in Australia and New Zealand, marking the first major expansion of the program outside North America.The Readiness Challenge is a global program of the Smart Cities Council,...
Article - 04/18/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Accenture is the latest organisation to join the world’s largest network of ‘smart cities’ companies supporting the liveability, workability and sustainability of cities in a rapidly digitised world.Signing on as an Associate Partner of Smart Cities...
Article - 04/18/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Solar power has shown tremendous potential as a way to enhance the sustainability and liveability of Australia's cities. The SunSPot online tool project described in the story below illustrates how that potential could be even greater for smart...
Article - 04/18/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Energy
They say, “Slow and steady wins the race”. This saying perfectly fits Karimnagar (a city in Telangana), but has been a little late to make the grade of Smart Cities Mission (SCM), but now is making giant strides in catching up fast to compete with...
Article - 04/18/2018
Active Region(s): India
A new travel startup has decoded the problem of predicting train arrival time. RailYatri, a travel startup, has introduced a technique to calculate the ‘Estimated Time of Arrival’ (ETA) using techniques like machine learning based on previously...
Article - 04/17/2018
Active Region(s): India
Indian cities are increasingly facing problems of traffic jams and lack of parking space. In fact, traffic woes are throwing Kochi out of gear. However, Kochi now might have found a solution to this increasing problem. An integrated traffic...
Article - 04/16/2018
Active Region(s): India
The city of Hincesti, which lies 33 kilometres west of Moldova’s capital Chisinau, has a population of just over 12,000, yet this small-sized city is poised for major change. Plans for digitalization are underway in Hincesti thanks to a series of...
Article - 04/13/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Imagine walking down the street in your home city and having a direct conversation with it. Where should I eat tonight? Is that concert sold out or can I still buy tickets? Can you make a reservation at that new restaurant I’ve been wanting to...
Article - 04/13/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Implementing smart meters is one of the operational performance parameters under the Government of India’s Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY). Under its Smart Meters National Programme (SMNP), Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) aims to replace 25...
Article - 04/13/2018
Active Region(s): India
Illegal immigration from Bangladesh has always been a major issue for India. As per the reports, more than 20 million illegal immigrants from Bangladesh live in India. After so many years, India may have finally found a solution to this growing...
Article - 04/13/2018
Active Region(s): India
It's true. The number of cities embarking on smart city programs is growing throughout the world, and they're growing in variety and scale. As Ryan Citron, senior research analyst with Navigant Research, said in a news release on its latest Smart...
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Scroll down for quick news takes and events involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Johnson Controls acquires TriatekCouncil Lead Partner Johnson Controls has acquired the assets of Triatek, a company that provides airflow solutions for buildings....
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Connectivity, Data management, Instrumentation and control
Have you deleted your Facebook account? Half a million people threatened to in the wake of a privacy scandal. While Facebook claims few did, the incident has people talking about privacy — something most used to take for granted. So what are cities...
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Data management
Over just the past month, there’s been a major cyberattack in one city and the potential for a warning siren breach in another. The potential has always been there, but now the threats are becoming an increasingly real. And the consequences can be...
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management
As cities across Europe from Paris to London are starting to announce car bans in an effort to tackle urban pollution, electric vehicles are stepping into the spotlight as a smart solution. But this is only one solution in terms of sustainability....
Article - 04/12/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Transportation, Connectivity
Kochi Metro is the first Indian metro to have communication-based train control (CBTC) signaling system, and the trains are unattended train operation (UTO) compatible.The integrated transport system that Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) has planned for...
Article - 04/11/2018
Active Region(s): India
Australia's first dedicated smart cities awards program continues to build momentum with the announcement of the Awards Jury and the award categories today. Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) announced in 2017 its intention to...
Article - 04/11/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Gwalior in a quest to become smart is implementing various smart projects. The city has number of projects in the pipeline. To begin with, the city will implement smart buses, which will run inter and intra-city. In addition, the city is...
Article - 04/10/2018
Active Region(s): India
Bhopal has already started working on most of the projects that were conceived under the smart city proposal, whether it is area-based development (ABD) or pan city development. We may be the first city in the country where the state government has...
Article - 04/10/2018
Active Region(s): India
The Smart Cities Council hosted a Readiness Workshop in Fairfax County, Virginia, on March 19, 2018. This page contains links to download the presentations used during the workshop.Introductory deckThis PDF contains the slides used in the...
Article - 04/10/2018
Active Region(s): Main, North America