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Public stadiums are a huge investment. Is your city getting its money’s worth? If you want a better return from your stadium investments, study the three approaches below and follow the links to more information. These are ideas you can take to the...
Article - 03/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Analytics, Computing resources
The latest change in foreign direct investment (FDI) norms linked to the construction sector might help attract private players to the government’s ambitious smart city project. Since the Centre has allocated only Rs 500 crore per city under the...
Article - 11/15/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
New "collaborative" robots are taking work away from humans, as you'll read below. Unless you want to see your city's unemployment rate rise, you'll want to take steps to stem the tide. Especially since the best fight-back tactic is something you...
Article - 11/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Computing resources
As India progresses towards building Smart Cities, we at Smart Cities Council India spoke to Jatin Singh, CEO, of India's first private weather forecasting company – Skymet, about the tools required for good weather forecasting and action plan in...
Article - 11/02/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Interoperability
Malaysia's Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has proposed to invest $ 30 billion in two urban development and housing projects in India, as per a statement from the Ministry of Urban Development.Malaysia's Minister of Works, Haji...
Article - 10/16/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Waste management, Computing resources, Financing and procurement tools
Madhya Pradesh seems to be all set to receive a deluge of funding from Japanese firms in core infrastructure projects following a 10-day trip by the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to Japan and South Korea.During his visit, the minister met...
Article - 10/11/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Payments, Computing resources, Finance and procurement, Financing and procurement tools
(Image source: Microsoft)The future growth of the IT industry lies in the new service lines which include – the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, social media, mobile systems, big data analytics and Cloud based applications, states the latest...
Article - 10/09/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Economic development, Computing resources, Connectivity, Data management, Interoperability
(L-R) Pratap Padode, Founder & Director, Smart Cities Council India; Kalyani Patil, Mayor, KDMC; E Ravendiran, Commissioner, KDMC; Apeksha Patil, Mayor, Ulhasnagar Municipal corporation; Praful Shah, President, MCHI-Kalyan DombiviliSmart Cities...
Article - 08/28/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Policy frameworks and tools, Visioning and roadmapping tools
For nearly 25 years, Somalia’s economy has been virtually cut off from the rest of the world. A civil war caused its financial system to collapse and concerns about fraud have stood in the way of rebuilding it. But Council Lead Partner MasterCard is...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Payments, Computing resources, Security and privacy
At a time when budgets are tight and urban populations are growing, city planners and developers don't have the luxury of taking on major projects and simply hoping for the best outcome. Fortunately, new tools are continually being developed to take...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Energy, Computing resources, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
The Internet of Things (IoT) is already transforming homes and cities by giving people access to real-time data that they can immediately act upon. But factories are now starting to catch on, too.That transformation could pay off for cities, but...
Article - 04/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement, Computing resources
It can be tough for tech startups to get established, avoid costly mistakes and secure a spot in their chosen market. But soon Internet of Things (IoT) startups in the EMEA region will be able to count on help through the Challenge Up! program, a...
Article - 03/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Schneider Electric partners on Canada’s first university-based smart grid labCouncil Lead Partner Schneider Electric, the Ontario Ministry of Energy and Ryerson University announced the opening of...
Article - 03/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Energy, Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity
It’s a common complaint: U.S. companies say they have lots of jobs available, they just can’t find anyone qualified to do it. President Barack Obama hopes to address that with a sweeping new initiative that stretches from the federal government to...
Article - 03/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Citizen engagement, Computing resources, Policy and leadership
When your city is short of cash and raising taxes just isn’t an option, what can you do? Some cities are getting the money they need by doing a better job of collecting the on the taxes they already collect. And technology is making it easier to for...
Article - 01/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Payments, Analytics, Computing resources, Finance and procurement
A Worldcrunch report on the China Hi-Tech Fair held recently in Shenzen suggests there's been a shift – or rebalancing – in how China is managing the growth of its cities. It notes that foreign giants including Council Partners IBM, Microsoft, Cisco...
Article - 12/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Computing resources, Security and privacy
Of all the unemployed people in Africa, if you were to choose one at random, odds are that person would be under the age of 25. And even having a college degree doesn’t change those odds much.For young adults in Africa, the problem is that few...
Article - 11/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity
Within the next decade, there will be 30 mega cites around the world, half concentrated in a handful of developing economies, according to research by Frost & Sullivan.Africa is poised to get one, and its smart cities drive is one of the main...
Article - 11/05/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Computing resources, Connectivity
There are nearly a hundred innovation hubs in Africa. Together, they’ve launched hundreds and hundreds of startups. But it likely will take them working together to not only uncover the next great idea, but also find a way to turn that idea into a...
Article - 10/15/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Computing resources
Sustainable cities are cities that make it reasonably easy to get to your job. And residents in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan region now have a tool that helps them see exactly how reasonable -- or not -- job travel is.DataHaven...
Article - 05/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Computing resources