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Resources - 12/20/2016
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Readiness Guide Online
As the U.S. election season focuses attention on national priorities, one thing is clear: We must invest in smart infrastructure now because we cannot compete globally without it.Smart infrastructure is the foundation for our nation's future...
Resources - 09/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Economic development, Policy frameworks and tools
Cities everywhere are challenged by congestion, pollution, crime, aging infrastructure, falling budgets and many other issues. They need new strategies and new technologies to address those challenges.Certainly smart technologies are a solution. But...
Resources - 08/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Member Premium Resources, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
Citizens today are demanding more accountability from their government. They want to see how their tax dollars are spent. They want to put a stop to waste and bloated bureaucracies. And they want their civil servants to be like the clerk at the...
Resources - 08/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Member Premium Resources, Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership, Policy frameworks and tools
The Smart Cities Readiness Guide® is the first collaborative and comprehensive framework for a smart city, against which cities can assess their readiness to innovate – identifying a path, taking next steps and measuring their progress. The Guide is...
Resources - 08/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Member Premium Resources, Smart City Concepts, The SCC Readiness Guide
Listen in as smart cities experts from around the world offer insights on challenges facing cities in this video from the 2015 Innovative City conference in Nice, France. You'll hear Council Executive Director Philip Bane as well as Michael Dixon,...
Resources - 07/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership
Street lights are ubiquitous in cities today. They light downtowns, parks and public gathering places. They light industrial centers and suburban malls. And they light residential neighborhoods. In fact, street lights stretch into almost every nook...
Resources - 01/29/2015
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Built environment
The pdf linked below highlights results of a survey of North American city leaders on the readiness of their cities to undertake smart cities initiatives. The survey was a collaboration between Council Lead Partner Cisco and the Smart Cities Council.
Resources - 10/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Policy and leadership
The Smart City Readiness infographic linked below highlights drivers, challenges and steps for moving forward toward smarter cities. It is based on a survey of North American municipal leaders conducted by Cisco and the Smart Cities Council in...
Resources - 10/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Smart City Tools
Not sure you need the Smart Cities Readiness Guide -- the Council's groundbreaking resource designed to help public officials envision and apply "smart" solutions to city challenges?Then do yourself a favor and take a look through our Readiness...
Resources - 03/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: The SCC Readiness Guide