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The planning process for a smart city never really ends. The technologies that make smart cities possible evolve quickly; markets and economies change; priorities change, and what a city's residents expect—whether it's a better, faster transit...
Article - 10/06/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Transportation, Policy and leadership
What may be the best path forward for one city's smart city project may not work for another. Each city's needs and what citizens expect differ from city to city. While there is no one-size-fits-all solution, we can learn quite a lot from what other...
Article - 08/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
Under the AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) plan, the Madhya Pradesh government has proposed to improve basic infrastructure relating to water supply and sewerage network services besides storm water drainage, urban...
Article - 11/06/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
The government has approved the action plans under the Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) for eight cities for an estimated consideration of Rs 450 crore.According to a release issued by the Urban Development Ministry, the...
Article - 10/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Policy and leadership
Passionate about cities, innovation and technology, Stephen Yarwood, Urban Futurist, Australia Public Policy, founder of City2050 shares his experience with Smart Cities Council India on developing Adelaide as an innovative world destination and the...
Article - 10/20/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
The Rajasthan goverment has set a example by taking a lead in promoting affordable housing by signing four Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) with private players. According to a release isssued by the Urban Development ministry, the four players...
Article - 10/14/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
It takes a fair amount of courage to be the first to do something, but cities and other government agencies that adopted a more pioneering attitude have made tremendous progress in reducing environmental impact and driving economic growth.Four such...
Article - 09/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Citizen engagement, Policy and leadership
By Barbara ThorntonIn 1994 when Tom Murphy became Mayor of Pittsburgh, the city had been in decline for 50 years. He looked at his assets:300,000 residents (half of what it had been)Thousands of acres of empty or underutilized landA significantly...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
Every year since 1999, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) think-tank announces which world city it deems most intelligent after a year-long evaluation that includes a quantitative analysis of extensive data, site inspections by the Intelligent...
Article - 06/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Policy and leadership
India says its smart cities goal is too ambitious to accomplish on its own, and it is slashing red tape to make it easier for more outside partners, consultants, and even the United States government to step in to help. But as work to create 100 new...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Policy and leadership
The spotlight at last week's Intelligent Community Summit was on Toronto – but in this case for the example it has set on how to flourish in the new economy -- not its embattled mayor. After two times in the finals, Toronto was named 2014...
Article - 06/11/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Policy and leadership
Every year since 2010 the Natural Resources Defense Council, a Council Advisor, has captured the year's climate change impacts in a short video. And each year, NRDC Executive Director Peter Lehner notes on his blog, it becomes more daunting to...
Article - 05/07/2014
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
It's no secret that many (most?) smart city plans include the idea of a magnet area for technology businesses. Not content to merely make digital life better for all, many cities want to pull in more high-tech businesses. They typically do that by...
Article - 09/25/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Connectivity, Policy and leadership
Take a look at the remarkable progress of China's Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). China's Ministry of Commerce ranks SIP as the most competitive industrial park in the country. I think it's the most competitive in the world. I predict you will agree...
Article - 09/23/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Connectivity, Data management, Policy and leadership, Examples and case studies
The research arm of The Economist has just published a report benchmarking the global competitiveness of the world's 120 largest cities. We list the top ten below. You can also read a quick summary at 24/7 Wall Street but I suggest you download the...
Article - 08/14/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Instrumentation and control, Policy and leadership