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The 1st SmartCitiesCouncil® - Europe Stakeholders’ Assembly recently took place in Dublin, Ireland on the 9th of November. The day’s theme was Accelerating your innovation economy and focused on how smart city solutions can advance innovation and...
Article - 11/21/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Economic development, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation, Waste management, The Enablers, Citizen engagement, Connectivity, Data management, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership, Smart City Examples, SCC Spotlight Cities
Yinchuan is the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China. It has an area of 4,467 km2 (1,725 mi2) and a population of 2 million. In recent years, it has become one of the world’s top smart cities.I recently met with the Vice Mayor of...
Article - 01/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Finance and procurement, Interoperability, Policy and leadership, SCC Spotlight Cities
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
By Barbara ThorntonIn 1994 when Tom Murphy became Mayor of Pittsburgh, the city had been in decline for 50 years. He looked at his assets:300,000 residents (half of what it had been)Thousands of acres of empty or underutilized landA significantly...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership
There’s no doubt that solar energy production is growing fast. In the U.S., on average, there’s a new panel installation every few minutes.But while utilities, businesses and homeowners have been adopting solar power at faster and faster rates,...
Article - 06/12/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Finance and procurement, Policy and leadership