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We recently reported on a collaboration between the city of Baltimore and Council Advisor the National Resources Defense Council to reduce food waste, provide high-quality food for the hungry and other benefits (including for local economies) food...
Article - 11/08/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Policy and leadership
Strategic partnerships are essential for smart city success. And as we've said many times before, local academic institutions make great partners. They can often help cities successfully overcome challenges they couldn't resolve on their own by...
Article - 10/11/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Policy and leadership, Policy frameworks and tools
Every year since 1999, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) think-tank announces which world city it deems most intelligent after a year-long evaluation that includes a quantitative analysis of extensive data, site inspections by the Intelligent...
Article - 06/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Smart City Concepts, Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Policy and leadership
Cities worldwide share a daunting challenge: where to find the talent to manage the technologies that make smart cities possible.Johannesburg – South Africa's largest city -- recently unveiled its approach, a program referred to as COJEDI to educate...
Article - 05/27/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Policy and leadership
It sounds like a solution a child might offer: How do you end homelessness? Give them homes. Most people would dismiss that answer as a crazy idea, but Utah gave it a try and found that it really works.Utah cut homelessness by so much that it now...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Policy and leadership