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The statistics are jarring -- 2.5 times as many young girls as boys in sub-Sahara Africa are infected with HIV, according to UNICEF. A disproportionate number of women in low and middle-income countries die from cardiovascular disease, reports the...
Article - 05/31/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness
In order to obtain a life certificate, a pensioner needs to be present before the pension disbursing agency, or is required to produce a life certificate issued by the authority where he or she served as a government employee, and then deliver the...
Article - 05/31/2016
Active Region(s): India
With the formation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Pune has kick-started its Smart City project on various fronts. At present, the Pune Smart City Development Corporation Ltd (PSCDCL) is right on target to solve two of Pune’s critical...
Article - 05/30/2016
Active Region(s): India
Simon Rowe's plan to get some of Australia's homeless off the streets and into his Sleepbus for a good night's rest has received a lot of media attention. And as a result, his GoFundMe web page has raised more than $100,000 in donations. That's...
Article - 05/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter
In a quest to become a smartly integrated metropolis while keeping citizens on board, Amaravati, the greenfield capital of Andhra Pradesh, is the only city in India which is raising funds digitally. The crowd-funding initiative, ‘My Brick, My...
Article - 05/27/2016
Active Region(s): India
Jaipur is firing on all cylinders to make its Smart City plans a success.It has already taken a lead in the formation of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) — Jaipur Smart City Ltd. Dr Manjit Singh (Principal Secretary, Local Self Government) is the...
Article - 05/26/2016
Active Region(s): India
According to the media, there is a recycling crisis. Some recyclers are losing millions and closing facilities. Some materials that used to be valuable aren’t any longer. Packaging trends have made others more expensive to reuse.But people WANT to...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Waste management
Contributed by EnevoAs urban populations continue to grow and the quantities of waste increase, many city budgets are under pressure. More efficient approaches to waste and recycling are increasingly becoming a matter of urgency rather than simply...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Dutch city of Rotterdam's greater metro area has a population of about 1.4 million. And that many people are going to generate a lot of trash. Considering that waste management can typically take an 8% to 10% bite out of a city's operating...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity
If you were shopping for land in Beijing, you might be shocked to find the price tag hovering at around $8,000 per square yard. Land is that valuable there. But what do you do if you need to build a 40-acre water recycling plant for the city? You...
Article - 05/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater
India has got a monumental garbage problem. Most municipal corporations in the country are still trying to get their hands on the right technology for waste disposal. But the real problem is how to integrate waste-disposal technology with a system...
Article - 05/24/2016
Active Region(s): India
The Central government today announced 13 more Smart Cities from as many states. Lucknow topped the list of winners of the Fast Track competition conducted for 23 cities.The cities that participated in the competition improved the quality of their...
Article - 05/24/2016
Active Region(s): India
How DigiLocker serves document verification for cities (Dropbox and Google Drive, better watch out!)
In a quest to become digitally ahead of all the other civic councils in India, the Rahuri Municipal Council of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra has become the first-ever council to adopt a digital locker or ‘DigiLocker’ for the issuance of all...
Article - 05/23/2016
Active Region(s): India
Union urban development secretary Rajiv Gauba has asked Pune and other cities selected for the Smart City Mission to ensure that it is launched by June 25.While urging the chosen cities Smart Cities to ensure appointment of full time Chief Executive...
Article - 05/22/2016
Active Region(s): India
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has awarded Reliance Infrastructure over Larsen and Toubro (L &T) the contract to convert central business district of Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) into 'Smart BKC' project."The project...
Article - 05/22/2016
Active Region(s): India
Four out of six cities in Karnataka that could not make it to list of top 20 smart cities announced by union ministry of urban development earlier in January, now have second chance at redemption. The ministry has planned to organize a workshop for...
Article - 05/22/2016
Active Region(s): India
Despite Rs 72 cr already having been spent on several arterial city roads, the new national mission seeks to make the same ones 'ideal' with new fundsThe beginning of the ambitious Smart City Mission here may finally have started taking small steps...
Article - 05/22/2016
Active Region(s): India
Aurangabad: The civic body is preparing a new to try and make it to the Union government's list of Smart Cities that will be naming 40 cities this time. In the previous list, Aurangabad had failed to find a position in the 20 cities named.The civic...
Article - 05/22/2016
Active Region(s): India
New Delhi: Construction activity in first 20 smart cities will commence on June 25, urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu said in an interview to Bloomberg TV."Detailed project report for the first 20 smart cities have been approved. We are...
Article - 05/22/2016
Active Region(s): India
Even as state governments of the first set of 20 cities shortlisted by the Centre to be developed as smart cities are busy identifying and appointing CEOs and senior executives of the special purpose vehicles (SPV), the government is expected to...
Article - 05/22/2016
Active Region(s): India