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As cities develop and populations continue to grow, there is one common challenge most places face: transportation. In southwest Germany near the French border, Karlsruhe, the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, has had a three-...
Article - 12/10/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Upward Mobility, Food and Water, Wellness, Shelter, Smart City Concepts, Definitions and overviews, Responsibility areas, Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Health and human services, Payments, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation
Located in south-central Belgium at the confluence of the Meuse and Sambre rivers, Namur reigns as the capital city of the Wallonia region. Home to a population of around 110,000 people, the city may be small in size, but historically it’s one of...
Article - 11/07/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Telecommunications, Connectivity, Data management
In eastern France, Dijon is looking to step up its smart city game by getting its neighbours involved. The French city is joining forces with surrounding towns to embark on a €105 million information technology project that will improve city...
Article - 09/09/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Telecommunications, Connectivity
The small city of Alba Iulia in central Romania is undergoing big changes, attracting the most European funds in the country for projects that are helping to seriously boost tourism. First on the list: the restoration of the 18th century Alba...
Article - 06/28/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation
The vision of smart cities in India is incredible and rational, but the smart city project needs to be designed wisely.Smart Cities Council India, has been formed to promote development of smart cities, which will launch an India Readiness Guide to...
Article - 11/04/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Telecommunications
By Walter WhiteOne of the most dramatic societal transformations of the last century has been the mass migration of people into cities. People make trade-offs of all kinds when choosing to live in urban, suburban, exurban or rural communities:...
Article - 10/02/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Telecommunications, Connectivity
It’s happening in almost every sector imaginable: consumer expectations are rising quickly. They want better products and services tailored to their wants and needs. And the hospitality industry is no different. When people travel, they expect the...
Article - 06/03/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Telecommunications, Connectivity
New York City’s pay phones are beginning to disappear, but chances are nobody will miss them. They’re being replaced with new kiosks that offer everything except a private, enclosed space.The new kiosks, called LinkNYC, will not only make phone...
Article - 01/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Telecommunications, Connectivity
Scroll down for this week's short takes from members…Enevo wins smart waste collection deal in Czech Republic: Council Associate Partner Enevo announced a major service agreement with ASEKOL s.r.o., a Czech and Slovak nonprofit recycling company...
Article - 08/08/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Telecommunications, Waste management, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control
I am all for augmented reality. The concept is to supplement a normal view of the world with additional information. The photo at right, courtesy John Angelo, shows how a city street might be overlaid with information if you were wearing Google...
Article - 07/08/2013
Active Region(s): Main
Category: Built environment, Telecommunications, Citizen engagement, Connectivity