Smart Cities
Connelly: Seattle hires Smart City Coordinator on top of Chief Resilience Officer
Unusual titles with jargon-laden, highfalutin, hard-to-comprehend job descriptions are the new big thing at Seattle City Hall.<p>The city announced …
CitiesSix ways to assert power beyond the ballot box
Citizens everywhere are shaping government policies, tackling corruption and even improving air quality<p>Paul Maassen is director of civil society engagement at the Open Government Partnership<p>Elections are key milestones for democratic engagement, and referendums such as the UK’s Brexit poll are …
CitiesCan 500 German bicycles in a city of 1.7 million convince urban Indians to ditch their cars?
A couple of years ago, starting a public bike-share system seemed a tall order for Bhopal, a city of around 1.7 million in central India. In 2015, the proposal was met with ample skepticism from politicians, residents, and non-profits. “In a city where sewerage and supply of drinking water are the …
CitiesODI/OD4D Mini-Grants: announcing the shortlisted projects
by<p><i>After an open call inviting African open data innovators to apply for a £6,000 grant and support from the ODI and the Open Data for Development</i> …
CitiesNigeria Wins Global Government Innovation Award
Nigeria's procurement oversight agency, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has won a Government Innovation Award for pioneering project to ensure …
AfricaWhat is a Smart City? A Comprehensive Introduction
We read and fantasize endlessly about the concept of the Smart City. Representations of these cities in the collective imagination are in large part …
CitiesIoT low-power WAN expected to improve quality of life in India's cities
Smart city initiatives are exploiting open, wide-area networking technologies to make urban life richer in services, safer, and far more responsive …
CitiesBeyond Air Pollution: Smart Cities Offer a Breath of Fresh Air
<b>New hyperlocal air quality monitoring technologies help people find ways to breathe easier.</b><p>When a layer of smog blankets an entire city, many people …
PollutionWhy Smart Cities Will Have to Get a Lot Smarter
In the future, smart cities will likely bring about many benefits, like less pollution and more efficient transportation systems. But they could also …
CitiesRefugee Camps Are Turning Into Permanent Cities–Can They Be Smart Cities?
Camps were meant to be temporary settlements, but they’re becoming permanent–so we need to find a way to digitize them and bring them up to speed with cities in the developing world.<p>When a refugee family arrives at the Kakuma camp in Kenya—established in 1992 and now populated by more than 164,000 …
RefugeesWhat are the 10 key things that make a city smart?
After Mobile World Congress and IoT World earlier this year, there was a lot of buzz about 5G, smart mobility, general IoT, and smart cities. It feels like we’re entering the future, and the excitement is palatable.<p>Unfortunately, there are many soldiers on the battlefield without a plan.<p>Smart …
CitiesBluetooth mesh networking could connect smart devices city-wide
Bluetooth is one step closer to connecting smart devices on a large scale. The wireless standard's Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced support for mesh networking. With the new technology, manufacturers can build devices that can all talk to one another, from smart street lighting to …
Internet of ThingsDo Or Die: Cities Face Falling Behind If They Don't Implement Digital Infrastructure
Smart technology is changing how cities are run, how residents live and how businesses attract employees. For the last decade, cities have been building high-speed internet and using digital technology to expand city services.<p>Cities implementing these changes will improve the lives of residents, be …
CitiesJapan’s Kashiwa-No-Ha Smart City
An aerial view of Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City in Chiba Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo.<p>Kashiwa City, with a land area of 115 square kilometers (44 sq mi) …
CitiesDISRUPTING THE PARK BENCH
BY BRIAN BARTH<p>Cities are getting “smarter.” But are they getting wiser?<p>FROM THE JULY 2017 ISSUE OF <i>LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE.</i><p>“Oh, no. My phone …
CitiesGoFundMe's 'Make London Better' Competition Is A Reminder Of When To Apply Technology
Smart cities are usually synonymous with big data, technology and sensors but all too often we see overkill. Not everything needs a technology angle to make infrastructure faster, slicker, cheaper or more convenient. A case in point was an IBM ad campaign a few years ago (see below) – simple and …
CitiesNDMC to Complete Smart Cities Project Ahead Of 2020 Deadline
In order to complete smart city projects ahead of its 2020 deadline, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will start implementation on project worth …
CitiesPew pew pew! Atari CEO says business is good, ‘Ataribox’ is on the way
<b>Let’s go saucer hunting</b><p>There’s big buzz around the latest retro gaming console, which is expected to come from a resurgent Atari, which slid into …
U.S. Department of TransportationPeople, not technology, make cities smart
July 16, 2017 5:00 AM<br>On a recent visit to New York City, I lost my way on two separate occasions while walking through Central Park. There was a time …
CitiesBy —
<i>Your city is dumb. The potholed streets, coin-operated parking meters, and drafty brick buildings many of us interact with every day haven’t changed</i> …
CitiesIn Search of the Smartest City
Can Bloomberg Philanthropies establish a national standard for data-driven governments?<p>Cities talk a lot about harnessing big data, but their efforts vary widely. Some, like New York City, Columbus, and Kansas City, Missouri, have emerged as leaders in using data to tackle issues surrounding …
CitiesArcGIS Hub organizes open data around initiatives
When government wants to address broad issues like homelessness or pollution, it needs participation from a variety of constituencies – internal …
Open DataCentre Puts Varanasi Smart City Project On Fast-track
Varanasi, constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set up to get a fresh makeover as the centre has instructed its machinery to speed up …
IndiaEsch-sur-Alzette becomes a university town—and a smart city
Esch-sur-Alzette, the second-largest city in Luxembourg, is being schooled on becoming smart. Formerly the site of Luxembourg’s biggest ironworks, …
CitiesThe progression toward smart cities 3.0 is 'an evolution, not a revolution'
At the start of the financial crisis in 2008, IBM Chairman, President and CEO Samuel Palmisano spoke at a leadership forum in Istanbul, Turkey. "A …
CitiesThe City is Ours: Step into the smart cities & vertical forests of the future
The most Memo exhibition you'll ever see.
CitiesShivajinagar to get a facelift under Smart City project
The area around Shivajinagar bus station is poised for a major makeover under the Smart City project.<br>The project comprises upgrading the playground …
CitiesAn important, lyrical, critical book about the future of "Smart Cities"
Adam Greenfield's new book Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life (previously) has scored an outstanding review from The Guardian's Steven …
Internet of ThingsFrom Research to Results: The Substance Behind Smart Cities
<i>This story was originally published by Data-Smart City Solutions.</i><p>Many have theorized that tools like broadband networks and Internet of Things (IoT) …
CitiesHey, Tech: You’d Do Well to Stop Ignoring Smaller Cities
The lack of diversity at tech companies is well-established: Less than 10 percent of workers at Google and LinkedIn are non-Asian minorities, for …
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