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Article - 05/29/2019
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
‘Everyone wins’ with Smart Cities Project Activator, a new Smart Cities Council and Tr3Dent collaboration that accelerates project scoping and financing.Washington, DC June 28th, 2018 — At the Enterprise Ireland IoT & Smart Cities Forum this...
Article - 06/28/2018
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America
Dirty air has consequences — very serious consequences ranging from climate change to lung disease. In villages in India, clean-burning stoves are one key solution. The problem has been getting people to use them.Below, read about an innovative...
Article - 06/07/2018
Active Region(s): India, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Analytics, Citizen engagement
(WASHINGTON) – September 29, 2017 – The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and the Smart Cities Council today announced a multi-pronged partnership to encourage smarter, more resilient, sustainable cities. EEI will join the Council as a Global Lead...
Article - 10/02/2017
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America
Concerns about a mushrooming diabetes epidemic are widespread. The Hindustan Times suggests that once a disease of the affluent, diabetes is now “rampant” among India’s urban poor. A recent report by Aetna International indicates diabetes has...
Article - 07/12/2017
Active Region(s): India, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
The resource you’re trying to access is a premium resource of the Smart Cities Council. But you can have free access to it in just a few seconds.Just register to become a member of the Smart Cities Council. Registration is free and it unlocks...
Article - 05/17/2017
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe, RG India, RG North America, Readiness Guide Online
RESTON, VA, (April 11, 2017) ― EY has strengthened its leadership position as an advisor to cities around the world by becoming a global lead partner of the Smart Cities Council (SCC), the industry coalition advancing smart city development and...
Article - 04/11/2017
Active Region(s): India, Main, Europe, North America
Power for All is an advocacy organization working to achieve universal access to sustainable, cost-effective energy in the next decade. But they aren't advocating the traditional approach, which is to extend the centralized electric grid. Rather,...
Article - 04/11/2017
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Upward Mobility
The Smart Cities Council assists cities and regions that share our goal of implementing technology to achieve a more livable, workable and sustainable world. The Smart Cities Readiness Program provides a comprehensive menu of training and events,...
Article - 07/11/2016
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Helping cities extend the benefits of technology to vulnerable citizensAll over the world, smart technologies are transforming cities. Reducing congestion. Cutting crime. Slashing emissions. Boosting resilience. Modernizing our infrastructure....
Article - 03/04/2016
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities
Council Lead Partner GE won the prize in competitive bidding to supply Indian Railways with the locomotives, construction and maintenance facilities it needs to upgrade its system. GE plans to invest $200 million in the project, and anticipates a...
Article - 11/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Economic development, Transportation
Dr. Nitin Kareer (extreme left) and Smart Cities industry representatives including the founder & director of Smart Cities Council India Pratap Padode (middle row - third from left) at the Mantralaya office. The Smart Cities Council India...
Article - 10/28/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Policy and leadership, Policy frameworks and tools
The Smart Cities Council is pleased to introduce the Smart Cities Readiness Workshop program.Developed specifically for government officials and technology engineers, the workshops promote an interactive learning environment to help...
Article - 09/09/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Smart City Tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The adoption rate for the Internet of Things (IoT), the M2M technology made possible by the connectivity of secure networks and cloud infrastructure, is growing – and that growth will accelerate as more and more applications take advantage of its...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Analytics, Connectivity
The Smart Cities Council has launched Smart Cities Council India (SCC India) with Pratap Padode, President of the Foundation of Infrastructure Research Studies Training ( FIRST ) and the SCC India founder. One of...
Article - 04/28/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts
By Pratap Padode Smart Cities Council IndiaThe 2015-2016 Union Budget stayed away from using the term smart cities, unlike the one in 2014-2015 which made a special mention, but that doesn’t imply that the Indian government has lost interest in...
Article - 03/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
India’s efforts to create 100 new smart cities are still in the early stages, though one major milestone is approaching fast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made the pledge, says the government will unveil its smart cities policy on March 31.One...
Article - 02/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples
The Smart Cities Council seeks to improve the livability, workability and sustainability of the world’s communities. We seek a better future for all.To accomplish that, we now offer the opportunity for regional stakeholders everywhere to affiliate...
Article - 01/29/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, China, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, North America
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
How do you pay for 100 new smart cities? India may turn to the municipal bond market – an investment tool that seems to have fallen out of favor in that country.The last time municipal bonds were issued in India was 2010, and it involved a state...
Article - 08/15/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement
SCC Global Partner IBM is partnering with the Indian city of Palava to help it become a showcase of that country’s smart cities vision.India announced ambitious plans to have 100 new smart cities in the coming years, and IBM says Palava will serve...
Article - 06/20/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Smart City Examples
Smart city development looks to get a stronger push in India with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prevailing in recent national elections and Narendra Modi settling in as the country’s prime minister.The new, pro-business government is advocating...
Article - 06/06/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Policy and leadership
Don't assume that India will necessarily be a smart cities laggard. Consider these factoids from a recent article in CXO Today:The Indian government announced plans to set up two smart cities in every state30 Indians leave rural areas for the city...
Article - 04/26/2013
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Analytics, Data management, Policy and leadership
The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) is an international association of city and other local governments, smart tech solutions providers, and national and regional institutions committed to the transformation of cities into smart...
Company Information - 09/27/2019
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America
The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) creates technology-based economic development strategies to accelerate innovation, imagination and the next generation of technology and technology companies. Created in 1985, CIT, a non-profit...
Company Information - 09/27/2019
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America
AT&T helps millions of people, businesses and cities around the globe stay connected through leading wireless, high-speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. We’re helping cities mobilize their worlds with state-of-the-art communications...
Company Information - 10/29/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe
Oracle provides public sector leaders with a complete, open and integrated suite of applications, servers and storage solutions engineered to work together to optimize every aspect of government operations. Oracle Public Sector enables the next...
Company Information - 05/30/2014
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, RG Global, RG ANZ, RG Europe
Interested in partnering with the Smart Cities Council? Download our 2019 Partner Prospectus for information on benefits, membership levels, costs and more.
Resources - 05/02/2018
Active Region(s): India, Main, Europe, North America
Learn how Quantium and My Choices Foundation, a nonprofit in India, have teamed up with Cisco to help eliminate sex trafficking by identifying villages at risk using the Cisco UCS & MapR big data platform.
Resources - 07/03/2017
Active Region(s): India, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Interested in partnering with the Smart Cities Council? Download our 2017 Partner Prospectus for information on benefits, membership levels, costs and more.
Resources - 12/20/2016
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Pune being selected in smart cities mission competition, would like to undertake smart city initiatives to make Pune a better place by increasing safety, livability of the people in the city and to effectively provide the delivery of few urban...
Resources - 08/04/2016
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Member Premium Resources
To provide smart cities with water infrastructure systems, Hitachi is promoting its intelligent water system concept for integrating water treatment systems with information and control systems for the efficient utilization of recycled water.
Resources - 11/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Water and wastewater, Policy frameworks and tools, Research, publications and web sites
The government of India has launched an ambitious and transformational scheme to develop 100 Smart Cities. These smart cities will be enabled by a number of smart solutions including those targeted to infrastructure, energy, transport, utilities,...
Resources - 11/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Computing resources, Smart City Tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
The main goal for a Smart Sustainable City is to enhance the quality of life of the citizens across multiple, interrelated dimensions, including the provision and access to water resources, energy, transportation and mobility, education, environment...
Resources - 10/30/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Telecommunications, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Interoperability, Policy frameworks and tools
The purpose of this Compendium is to provide policy makers, academicians, industry and all other stakeholders interested in 'Smart Cities' a collection of different types of resources pertaining to smart cities. It is a supplementary resource...
Resources - 10/15/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Responsibility areas, Built environment, Economic development, Examples and case studies, Research, publications and web sites
The consultants which are appointed are a mix of Indian and foreign firms, which include the likes of AECOM India, Alia Consulting, Mahindra Consulting Engineers, Feedback Infra, Jones Lang La Salle, ICRA, Haskoning DHV Consulting, IIDC, Voyants...
Resources - 10/10/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
Cities are expecting dramatic population growth and so it will need new and intelligent infrastructure to meet the needs of their citizens and businesses. The water provided by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is not sufficient for the use...
Resources - 10/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Responsibility areas, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Research, publications and web sites
Smart cities aim to reduce anticipated complexities and expenses that accompany future urbanization. Hence, integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), energy efficiency and sustainability form the backbone of these cities. For...
Resources - 09/26/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Computing resources, Examples and case studies, Visioning and roadmapping tools
This white paper discusses the building of Smart Cities and establishing a sustainable economy as well as healthy communities in response to Minister Naidu’s request. Smart Cities are the integration of information technology, telecommunications,...
Resources - 09/25/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Tools, Policy frameworks and tools, Research, publications and web sites, Visioning and roadmapping tools
A smart city is efficient, connected, sustainable over a long-term, self-contained, self-supporting and aesthetic. With five decaded of experience of developing cities, Egis envisages the role of the ICT network as an integrator of the essentials...
Resources - 09/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Instrumentation and control, Smart City Tools, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
A 'Smart City' is one that has processes in place to make service delivery better, faster and cheaper. Many times, the application of a new technology will provide this edge, but sometimes it is a low-tech solution that best meets the 'better,...
Resources - 09/18/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Built environment, Smart City Examples, Examples and case studies
The AP government has invited nominations from interested start-ups, first generation entrepreneurs, MSMEs and IT companies for AP Innovation Awards and Suo Moto proposals for developing innovative products / solutions.
Resources - 09/16/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Come! Let us build a Digital Andhra Pradesh
Resources - 09/16/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Region-wise shortlisted consulting firms for 'Preparation of Proposal for Assisting Cities to Participate in the Smart City Challenge'
Resources - 09/02/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Information Center, Policy frameworks and tools
In their first meeting in September 2014, President Barack Obama agreed that U.S. industry will serve as lead partners with the prime minister in developing three of those cities—Ajmer (Rajasthan), Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), and Allahabad (...
Resources - 09/02/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts
Here is the list of Smart Cities released by the government today:
Resources - 08/28/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Information Center
Author: Amrit P. Singh (AußenwirtschaftsCenter New Delhi 2015)Urbanisation in India2/3 of national GDP comes from urban IndiaThere are about 8,000 cities and towns in IndiaShare of urban population in 2011 was 31%50% in China, 78% in Mexico, 87% in...
Resources - 08/03/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts
Key principles for planning Smart CitiesSmart Cities empower their citizens to make more informed decisions about their city through access to data about the city, its resources and its planning processesSmart Cities seek to offer best in class...
Resources - 08/03/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts
Cities must adapt to the challenges that modernity has brought along with it in this news digital era. One of these challenges is to reconcile technology with all aspects of the city. a concept better known as a smart city.The smart city is a city...
Resources - 07/22/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Citizen engagement strategies and tools
Challenges with the Indian Urbanization ScenarioUrbanization in India is rapid and propels social and environmental challenges. Cities are characterized by strained infrastructure which manifests itself in terms of power cuts and water shortages,...
Resources - 06/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Research, publications and web sites
Indian cities are struggling to accommodate the accelerated pace of urbanization – resulting in crumbling urban infrastructure and unaffordable options for urban accommodationUrbanization is only bound to rise – with...
Resources - 06/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy
India has recently committed to the development and construction of 100 Smart Cities to meet the demands of its rapidly growing and urbanizing population. This effort will include construction of new municipalities and renovation of existing cities...
Resources - 06/05/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Research, publications and web sites
Government has decided on developing 100 "Smart Cities" in the country. Accordingly, in his budget speech of July 2014, the Finance Minister has stated as follows:"As the fruits...
Resources - 06/03/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts
To provide a safer community in fast-growing Surat, the city police department started the ‘Safe City Project,’ an initiative striving to reduce the city’s crime rate using modern technology. Watch this Microsoft CityNext video to learn more about...
Resources - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Connectivity
Roads simply cannot expand infinitely to keep pace with growth in traffic volumes. Traffic congestion and easing excess traffic on key roads can be seen as a flow problem. This video introduces SMIDER, a cloud-based road traffic automation solution.
Resources - 05/07/2015
Active Region(s): India, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity
In India, new growth centers are emerging beyond the country's six emerging metros. As growth shifts to smaller second- and third-tier cities, smart cities efforts need to be refocused on these emerging cities before growth overruns them. This...
Resources - 02/16/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Examples, SCC Spotlight Cities
Much has been written about India's quest to build 100 smart cities. This brief video from India's Ministry of External Affairs provides a high-level overview of India's plans to tranform its urban landscape and its diplomatic efforts to reach out...
Resources - 01/30/2015
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership
The menu to the right will help you navigate the many resources available in the SCC Information Center. Click on the category you are interested in to find white papers, case studies, news articles, videos and other relevant material on...
Resources - 04/03/2013
Active Region(s): India, Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Information Center