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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
From the rapid growth of social impact investing to the emergence of artificial intelligence apps created by tech-oriented nonprofits, we're seeing some fascinating developments in the human services sector. Scroll down for a look at five that...
Article - 07/19/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Food and Water, Wellness
With all the gloom and doom we see in the news, we owe ourselves an occasional reminder that there are compassionate people and organizations doing great work to improve lives every day all around the world. We’ve highlighted a few examples below...
Article - 07/05/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness
Seattle's Kin On Nursing Home accepted its first patient in 1987. At the time, it was the first Chinese nursing home operated by the Chinese community in the nation. As the Kin On website explains, they developed a unique program to meet the...
Article - 03/13/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness
Last year we wrote about mental health spending taking the No. 1 spot in the 2016 hotspot report put out by Onvia, a leading commerce intelligence company covering the business-to-government market. This year's research identified several categories...
Article - 03/01/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness
Lot of discussion about drones of late – and no argument they have a way to go to prove their legitimacy in a slew of scenarios. But what should not be overlooked by policymakers and the public is that drones can serve a humanitarian purpose; in...
Article - 02/27/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Upward Mobility, Wellness
A Forbes piece touts the top 10 hot artificial intelligence technologies and the race to capitalize on the exploding AI market. Wired reveals AI is about to conquer poker. There are even reports that NASA wants to use drones and AI to search for...
Article - 01/25/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness
The premise behind the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Solve initiative seems to be that the more bright minds you can focus on solving some of the world's toughest challenges, the better the solutions will be. It's a smart approach,...
Article - 12/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness
For those of you who remember collecting pennies for UNICEF as kids, you may find the modern-day UNICEF quite interesting. It's using its 190 offices, 12,000 staff and a VC-style investment portfolio to source and support startups that more...
Article - 11/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness
It's hard to disagree with those who argue America's criminal justice system is broken, especially when you read some of the statistics cited by the White House when it announced its new Data-Driven Justice Initiative. As part of the initiative, 67...
Article - 07/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Wellness