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Smart Urbanation 2019 is being conducted in coordination with Govt. of Karnataka, with participation from 60 city officials. Since inception in 2014, the event has evolved to include a broader agenda that impacts India's urban reality strengthened...
Article - 07/19/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Chief Data Officer, (CDO), for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Carlos Rivero announced a state-wide survey of cities and counties in Virginia to support development of a statewide data governance policy. Recognizing the critical role of data...
Article - 07/18/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Jaipur City Transport Services Ltd (JCTSL) plans to purchase 600 new buses out of which 300 will be electric vehicles. This was stated by local self government department minister Shanti Dhariwal in the assembly. The new AC and non-AC buses will...
Article - 07/16/2019
Active Region(s): India
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced construction of 10,000 check dams in the current fiscal year. Making a suo motu announcement in the assembly, the chief minister said the construction of structures would be taken up at Rs...
Article - 07/16/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is going to launch a new system to clear the dustbins on the roads. The new system will equip dustbins with QR (quick response) codes to facilitate the immediate clearing of trash.In the QR...
Article - 07/16/2019
Active Region(s): India
Srinagar administration has upgraded 10 traffic signals to Intelligent Traffic Signal System (ITSS) in the capital city.From Integrated Command and Control System (ICCS) to Red Light Violation Detection System (RLVDS) to Speed Violation Detection...
Article - 07/16/2019
Active Region(s): India
To make travel easier, a ropeway will be built from Jawali village in Mahabaleshwar Tehsil to Pratapgad. This project has been approved as a mega project under the Tourism Policy of year 2016. Once the project is completed, it will be easier for the...
Article - 07/16/2019
Active Region(s): India
Thank you for selecting the Services offered by Smart Cities Council Inc. (referred to as "SCC", "we", "our", or "us").Review these Terms of Service ("Contract") thoroughly. This Contract is a legal Contract between you (“You” or “Your”) and SCC, a...
Article - 07/15/2019
Active Region(s): Main
With no scientific disposal of e-waste and hazardous waste in the State, Clean Kerala Company has embarked on a project to tackle the menace. As a first step, land has been identified at Kuttippuram in Malappuram to set up an e-waste dismantling and...
Article - 07/09/2019
Active Region(s): India
A recent research suggests that life expectancy in India has gone down by 2.6 years due to deadly diseases caused by air pollution. In an effort towards achieving pollution-free cities, five cities from Andhra Pradesh will be included in the...
Article - 07/09/2019
Active Region(s): India
Shortage of parking space, high parking tariffs, and traffic congestion due to visitors in search for a parking place are only a few examples of everyday parking problems. To tackle this issue in airports, a remote car parking facility for taxis,...
Article - 07/09/2019
Active Region(s): India
As part of Swachh Bharat Mission, State-owned oil and gas company, Indian Oil Corporation will undertake the task to clean 37 water bodies across the country that require immediate attention.Indian Oil Corporation has been undertaking cleanliness...
Article - 07/05/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Gujarat government is eyeing reuse of over 5,000 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) of sewage water against just about 50 MLD. It is also eyeing setting up of more Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in the State with an estimated investment of Rs 20,000...
Article - 07/05/2019
Active Region(s): India
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is working on introducing of the latest European System, which will enable in controlling trains more accurately than the present system on which the Indian Railways’ system is running. The...
Article - 07/03/2019
Active Region(s): India
A 20-acre plot, barely 9 km from the airport has been identified for setting up a waste-recycling centre, where daily waste from new town, Bidhannagar and three boroughs of the city would be taken. Only waste that cannot be recycled, which experts...
Article - 07/03/2019
Active Region(s): India
In October 2017, Shimla became the first city in India to launch the electric buses for commercial use. Soon, electric buses will hit the streets of Assam. The Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) is to deploy 15 electric buses in Guwahati, a...
Article - 07/03/2019
Active Region(s): India
By: Kok-Chin (KC) Tay, ASEAN Lead, Smart Cities Council After heading the Jakarta Smart City Office for four years and winning many accolades, Setiaji, Head of ICT, West Java Digital Province, Indonesia, recently took on the role as Head...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
One of our Readiness Challenge Winners was Montgomery, AL. You can find information about their upcoming Readiness Workshop here (See Opportunity Calendar). The workshop will be held August 20, 2019.For the past several years, Montgomery has been...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Philippines Smarter & Sustainable Cities (SSC) Taskforce is partnering with the Smart Cities Council and others to build a national initiative to bring the Council’s Readiness Program to the country’s cities.The coalition is co-chaired by...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
It’s not hard to find smart city rankings based on past accomplishments. But market intelligence firm GovWin+Onvia has released a report that ranks U.S. cities (and counties) by their actual buying behavior from 2015-2019. SMART CITIES AND...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Nick SchifflerCompanies looking to supply smart city products or services have plenty of opportunities available across the United States. As more government agencies begin investing in the smart cities sector, companies in the business-to-...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Readiness Cities
India’s waste management woes are huge. With the tap of a button, countless houses and hotels in Trivandrum are finding a solution to their septage waste management woes in an automated way. The ‘Smart Trivandrum’ app was launched in December last...
Article - 06/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Agra Municipal Corporation (AMC) will install panic buttons across the city in a bid to introduce tourist safety measures in the city. According to AMC, this would not only ensure citizen safety, but would also improve response time of the law...
Article - 06/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
According to Kolkata-based Hulladek Recycling, Jamshedpur generates about 1,500–2,000 metric tonnes of e-waste annually. Keeping this in mind, Jusco has collaborated with Hulladek Recycling to inaugurate the first electronic waste management centre...
Article - 06/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
India accounts for about 7 per cent of the global GHG, and mission-mode programs like Smart Cities, AMRUT, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and Swachh Bharat have combating climate change as one of the major goals. India has also declared Intended...
Article - 06/21/2019
Active Region(s): India
Having a sound faecal sludge management system is of utmost importance in densely populated areas. While poor faecal sludge management in India remains a concern, a few hundred households in Valsad district of south Gujarat have shown the way by...
Article - 06/17/2019
Active Region(s): India
Hygiene and sanitation have become so common in today’s society that people often don’t stop and think about how important portable toilets are. With keeping this in mind, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has signed an MoU with RITES and Mahanadi Coal...
Article - 06/14/2019
Active Region(s): India
As part of the Climate Smart Cities (CSC) programme, Kochi will reportedly soon get aid from a technical consultant for managing its municipal solid waste (MSW), construction and demolition (C&D) waste and plastic waste.Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
Article - 06/14/2019
Active Region(s): India
After speaking to a number of our industry members, Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) is sharing the following views in response to recent commentary from media and academia regarding the Switching on Darwin project in the Northern...
Article - 06/14/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Across Australia and New Zealand, we are seeing our populations grow, along with the community’s expectations for a high level of service, and experience with the way they interact with government and their local community. While these expectations...
Article - 06/12/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has joined hands with ITC and a waste-pickers cooperative to collect and process multi-layered plastic (MLP) waste in the city. For this, ITC has launched the model for sustainable management of MLP waste on an...
Article - 06/12/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Kochi city police will launch Central Intrusion Monitoring System (CIMS), a smart security system very soon as part of strengthening the surveillance and security over high-asset buildings and commercial establishments like banks, jewellery...
Article - 06/11/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, after a long wait, is finally gearing up to invite tender to implement the new and improvised decentralized waste management scheme. The Rs 53 crore worth project, which will be implemented with financial aid from...
Article - 06/11/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Ranchi Lake, commonly known as Bada Talab, is set for a face-lift with the city civic body drafting a multi-crore plan to conserve and beautify the British-era water body. The ongoing beautification work at Ranchi’s iconic Bada Talab, under the...
Article - 06/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
Riding high on success of the pilot project to convert plastic waste into fuel, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) is likely to come up with a larger facility on public-private partnership (PPP) mode. IMC plans to bring up a plant to convert 50...
Article - 06/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
Nagaland’s capital city Kohima has recently joined Himalayan Cleanup event by undertaking Kohima Sanuorü Cleanup Campaign under the theme ‘Our Mountains deserve better.’ The Himalayan Cleanup is an annual event conducted across the Himalayan states...
Article - 06/07/2019
Active Region(s): India
There have been enough controversies on the elevated corridor project. In its resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) policy, the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Ltd (KRDCL) has stated that the proposed elevated corridor will be installed...
Article - 06/04/2019
Active Region(s): India
Taking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachch Bharat’ campaign to the next level, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and the Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG) has signed an MoU for the Zero Waste Chennai project. The project was is...
Article - 06/04/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has given its approval to the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed between Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) and Accord Hydroair (Pikhuwa) Private Limited. The PPA was signed...
Article - 05/31/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Thanjavur Municipal Corporation (TMC) is inducting green e-vehicles that is powered by batteries for solid waste management. This historic town will have as many as 30 such vehicles for garbage collection from houses. Each vehicle can reportedly...
Article - 05/31/2019
Active Region(s): India
Under the Smart City project, the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) is all set to have LED lights fixed in 60 wards replacing the old ones. Once the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is lifted, work in this direction will begin.A sum of Rs 74...
Article - 05/31/2019
Active Region(s): India
In a major development in the Smart Cities Mission, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is planning to launch a web portal with details of its smart city projects. This initiative can be replicated by other civic agencies as well. The initiative...
Article - 05/31/2019
Active Region(s): India
Activator Plan: Find who needs to be at the tableMapping the ecosystem. Activator Plan also has tools for discovering and mapping the stakeholder ecosystem. Many smart city projects suffer because the city does not realize the full range of...
Article - 05/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Activator Finance will be released in 2H 2020.
Article - 05/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Activator Exchange: Share insights and advice with other cities (as of September, 2019)Activator also allows for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange. This has been one of the most requested features from cities around the world, Activator Exchange...
Article - 05/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Before a city can successfully plan a smart city project, it must gather key information, including:Customer needs and use cases - What do internal departments need most? What do citizens want most? Which challenges are most pressing? Which...
Article - 05/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main
In using Smart Cities Activator, we have discovered several practices that will make accelerate improved outcomes.First - Don't work alone.Smart Cities Activator is an online collaborative tool. A big first step is identifying who should be...
Article - 05/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main
If you are looking for help with Activator then you have come to the right place. Use our CONTACT FORM to get in direct contact with an SCC Technical Support individual.
Article - 05/29/2019
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
A global knowledge exchange for experienced smart city practitionersThe Smart Cities Readiness Network is a global knowledge exchange for public sector employees. It offers a weekly newsletter, in-person workshops, discounts to smart city...
Article - 05/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Collaborative online planning for multi-stakeholder projects Smart Cities Activator is an online platform that helps cities plan and deploy smart projects. It provides a way to find and contact colleagues at other cities who are working on...
Article - 05/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main
Green belts are present not only for the purpose of protecting sensitive areas to maintain ecological balance, but are also be found in urban areas so as to act as a sink for the harmful gases released by industries operating in the area. Keeping...
Article - 05/27/2019
Active Region(s): India
Karimnagar, which has gained national-level recognition having been given smart city status, is likely to add another feather to its cap. The State government is considering upgradation of Karimnagar Municipal Corporation into Greater Karimnagar...
Article - 05/24/2019
Active Region(s): India
Nowadays, schools are turning to technology to help them save money. As many as 13 government schools under Mangaluru City Corporation will turn smart under Smart Mangaluru Project. These schools together will be funded with Rs 16 crore in two...
Article - 05/23/2019
Active Region(s): India
Solid-waste management has become an important issue in India, and it needs to be resolved through an integrated community, private-sector, and policy-based approach. Roorkee, which was named the cleanest city of Uttarakhand in this year’s Swachh...
Article - 05/23/2019
Active Region(s): India
The Master Plan 2035 is the third statutory planning exercise carried out for Srinagar city so far. However; the question remains as to how much has been achieved on ground vis-à-vis the master plan targets during the plan period of more than four...
Article - 05/23/2019
Active Region(s): India
This past weekend has seen a Scott Morrison-led Liberal-National Coalition returned to Government. Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand (SCCANZ) congratulates Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Coalition, and in our role as the peak...
Article - 05/20/2019
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Data shows, the police in India take a minimum of 8-10 hours to track the path of the criminal. To keep a watch on criminal activities, the Pune Police has connected and geo-tagged 10,000 private CCTV cameras in the city to their system to improve...
Article - 05/20/2019
Active Region(s): India
In many cities, one of the biggest sources of water waste is the city’s own water infrastructure. Aging infrastructure is often leaky infrastructure — an especially expensive problem since the water that’s lost is water that the city has already...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
One of the best ways to see what’s happening in cities is to look at the projects they are planning and implementing. Our monthly Inside Look series does just that. Here’s a wrap-up of some of March’s biggest projects, compiled by GovWin from Deltek...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Solid waste management is the biggest challenge faced in metropolitan cities. The simplest solution to this problem is waste segregation at households. With Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) having made it compulsory to segregate waste at...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): India