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Out of 20 cities evaluated in the UK Smart Cities Index, Leeds placed fifth in terms of smart health initiatives. Thanks to its long-term growth strategy “Getting Leeds Working,” Yorkshire’s largest city has created an Innovation Health Hub that...
Article - 01/24/2019
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Health and human services
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
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
Photo credit: UrbanovaUrbanova's smart city living lab has had an enviable roster of collaborators in its efforts to advance smarter cities: the city of Spokane, electric utility Avista, construction engineering firm McKinstry, Council Global Lead...
Article - 11/01/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation
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
If you’re looking for an innovative solution to a pressing problem, one of the best places to start is with the innovative thinkers who live and work in your city. Universities and tech firms are often an untapped source of valuable expertise....
Article - 08/09/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Health and human services
The skills needed to work with and manage the complexities of smart cities operations are also in demand in other sectors, meaning that right now there aren't enough trained professionals to fill all of the available openings. So it's encouraging to...
Article - 08/02/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services
Before Juneau's Housing First Project opened its doors in September, 2017, the city had no supportive housing options for homeless people. Fortunately, that has changed. Providing housing for the homeless presents a variety of challenges for cities...
Article - 06/28/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Compassionate Cities, Health and human services
A report from McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) reveals how a variety of applications can significantly improve urban quality of life indicators, from reduced fatalities to reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The report, Smart Cities: Digital Solutions...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
From left to right: Jason Haber, city of Carlsbad, CA; Lisa Parson, Civic Wellbeing project manager; Julie Rusk, Civic Wellbeing chief; Anthony Sardella, evolve24 CEO, and Adam Beck, panel moderator, Smart Cities Council —SCC photoIt may seem...
Article - 05/09/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Wellness, Health and human services
Urban environments are becoming more crowded, and high-density developments are being planned and built to house all those new citizens. But how do we ensure we're building healthy, livable environments? The story below describes a collaborative...
Article - 05/03/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Wellness, Shelter, Built environment, Health and human services
Urban environments are becoming more crowded, and high-density developments are being planned and built to house all those new citizens. But how do we ensure we're building healthy, liveable environments? The story below describes a collaborative...
Article - 05/02/2018
Active Region(s): Australia - New Zealand
Category: Wellness, Built environment, Health and human services
A word of thanks to the Economic Roundtable (based in LA) for their work on developing data driven tools to reduce homelessness. Last year it was the Silicon Valley Triage Tool, this year an extensive report providing insights into how to...
Article - 04/26/2018
Active Region(s): North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Shelter, Health and human services
5G wireless connectivity has been much anticipated in the smart city space for some time. And now telecom companies such as Council Global Lead Partner AT&T and Australia/New Zealand Council Associate Partner Telstra are doing the testing and...
Article - 04/05/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation
Blind people and people with low vision have dogs or canes and the skills they've developed to help them get around. But depending on where they want to go or what they want to do, their lack of sight can hamper their independence and mobility. But...
Article - 03/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services
Technologies that help cities manage their traffic better are going to save all of us time, whether we're driving a car, riding a bus or negotiating traffic on foot or on a bike. But a new study sponsored by Council Associate Partner Intel uncovered...
Article - 03/15/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation, Analytics
We expect green buildings to operate more efficiently and conserve energy, to be kinder to the environment than traditional buildings and provide a healthier place to live and work. However, when the climate and health benefits are translated into...
Article - 02/08/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services
Providing a safe, clean space for people addicted to illegal drugs to use them may seem illogical at best, particularly when the goal is to reduce addiction and opioid-related deaths. But city leaders and public health officials in cities like...
Article - 01/25/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services
Each year heralds in a new wave of predictions when it comes to the trends and technology that will be sweeping over smart cities—and developing new ones. In 2017, European cities saw the rise of smart city solutions like electric vehicles, smart...
Article - 01/09/2018
Active Region(s): Europe
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Transportation, Connectivity
Competition for professionals well-trained in today's evolving technologies is intense because so many industries (and cities) want them — and the supply hasn't been adequate to meet the demand. Some years ago major tech companies hit on the idea of...
Article - 12/06/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services
Every 19 minutes someone dies from an opioid overdose, primarily prescribed drugs such as oxycontin and hydrocodone and the illegal drug heroin. That number reflects a staggering increase in opioid use and accidental deaths. And the rate of increase...
Article - 10/12/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Wellness, Health and human services
When we talk about sustainability, we typically talk in terms of the environmental benefits (or the money we save while saving the environment). But there’s another good reason to talk about sustainability when it comes to schools: It’s good for the...
Article - 08/31/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Health and human services
Solapur, a textile and bidi manufacturing hub, is one of the major cities of Maharashtra that attracts a sizeable number of visitors for business or commercial purposes. The city is also of religious importance with more than five lakh pilgrims...
Article - 08/02/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Waste management, Citizen engagement
Indore, being the largest and the most populous city in Madhya Pradesh with a population of around 20 lakh (according to the 2011 census), the Indore Municipal Corporation considers sanitation and solid waste management as its topmost priority....
Article - 07/25/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Transportation, Waste management, Citizen engagement, Data management
A team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a highly sensitive low-cost nanosensor to detect carbon monoxide levels, a step forward in environmental pollution monitoring. These nanosensors can be even synced with a...
Article - 07/19/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Public safety and security
Tackling waste is a problem of plenty. However, by just implementing comprehensive waste segregation and management plan, Mahabalipuram, a temple town in Tamil Nadu, has shown the entire country how to be 100 per cent waste-free. Surprisingly, the...
Article - 07/17/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Waste management
Joining the league of cities with smart solutions, Coimbatore from now will monitor air quality for its citizens. The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has installed 30 solar-powered air quality monitoring devices to address city’s air pollution...
Article - 07/16/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Analytics, Data management, Instrumentation and control, Smart City Tools
In a ground-breaking innovation, IIT Kharagpur has developed a fog algorithm that aims to cut delays and cancellations of flights and trains, by clearing hazy visuals caused by rain, fog or smog, all in real time!Current vision systems are designed...
Article - 07/11/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Information Center, Built environment, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Transportation, Data management
In coming months, Bengaluru will witness a massive public bicycle sharing (PBS) project proposed by the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT). The project, with around 4,000 cycle and 350 docking points, is touted to be India’s largest cycle-...
Article - 07/11/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Upward Mobility, Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement, Connectivity
Conducting a nationwide paperless examination is not an easy task. The Indian Railways (IR)—in a massive saving drive—has saved over 4 lakh trees and 319 crore paper sheets just by adopting online test by replacing bulky, multi-lingual question...
Article - 07/10/2017
Active Region(s): India
Category: Responsibility areas, Health and human services, Transportation, Citizen engagement
Scroll down for quick news takes from Smart Cities Council partners.IBM's cloud data center for the U.S. ArmyCouncil Lead Partner will build a $62 million cloud data center at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The project is the initial...
Article - 02/16/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation, Computing resources
The competition for technicians skilled in IT, Big Data and the other technologies smart cities require has been heating up for some time. A broad range of industries, from banking to manufacturing, need talented IT and analytics professionals, too...
Article - 12/01/2016
Active Region(s): Main, Europe, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Analytics
For some time now, we’ve been transitioning from a manufacturing economy to a knowledge economy. The cities that are doing well in this transformation have a smart workforce. How do you develop that? Just as the job market is changing, schools need...
Article - 12/01/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
Smart cities are made up of smart people. You need them to build a vibrant community. You need them to build the well-educated labor force that today’s businesses covet.City leaders play a substantial role. A city’s policies and quality of life...
Article - 12/01/2016
Active Region(s): Main, Europe, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services
Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.Black & Veatch head procurement, construction for Pennsylvania power plantCouncil Associate Partner Black & Veatch is responsible for engineering, procurement and construction of a new...
Article - 10/19/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Energy, Health and human services, Connectivity
We've stressed several times what a tremendous asset an experienced partner can be in a city's efforts to become a successful, resilient smart city. The announcement this week from Council Lead Partner Cisco that it will provide a manufacturing hub...
Article - 10/13/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Public safety and security, Telecommunications, Transportation, Connectivity
New technologies and ideas are constantly changing the healthcare industry. Our story explains two trends cities need to be aware of because they can greatly improve the quality of healthcare and its safety, enable patients to more actively...
Article - 09/15/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
It would be an understatement to say Finland is proud of its accomplishments in health and well-being technological innovations and solutions.. But it wants to do more to improve the health of its citizens and at the same time further develop and...
Article - 09/15/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
For some time, healthcare costs have been exploding at rates faster than virtually everything else. That deprives people of the care they need and strains public health resources.While much of the cost increase is out of a city’s control, you can do...
Article - 09/15/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services
It's not uncommon for technology companies to align themselves with high schools, colleges and universities. The institutions can offer students opportunities to learn the skills they'll need to succeed in the high-tech field — and the companies...
Article - 08/25/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources
The news release below describes a collaboration between Council Lead Partner CH2M and the Nature Conservancy to provide STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) mentoring for students at a Pennsylvania high school. Their approach? Take the...
Article - 08/16/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater
Many Council partners are helping educational institutions in a variety of ways. For example, Council Associate Partner Siemens is offering internships to select students at a community college to give them real-world preparation for a possible...
Article - 08/09/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
Students are already immersed in digital technology. They have smart phones. They use computers and play video games. So adapting a video game as a teaching medium makes sense for a number of reasons. Microsoft's Education Edition of the popular...
Article - 06/17/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services
One of the essentials to having a vibrant city is having a vibrant job market. Today, that requires a workforce that truly embraces technology, not just uses it. And cities not only rely on that coveted workforce, they play a role in developing it....
Article - 06/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services
Microsoft's City Next initiative is designed to offer assistance for cities that enables them to be innovative while turning their smart city plans into reality, do it at their own pace and engage their citizens in the process. City Next offers a...
Article - 04/22/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Smart City Tools
The story below begs at least two questions. The first is: "How do you get the private sector to invest in your local economy?" In my view, it starts with regional collaboration, so your aggregated demand is big enough to be meaningful to the...
Article - 03/23/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Connectivity
A post on the World Economic Forum (WEF) site introduces Martin Burt, founder and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, the microfinance organization that developed the Poverty Stoplight assessment tool now being used in 18 countries in Latin America, Asia...
Article - 03/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity, Smart City Tools
Recognizing that digital devices and the Internet have become so essential in daily life – and that digital inequality can exacerbate educational and economic inequality -- the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop surveyed nearly 1,200 low and...
Article - 03/04/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Upward Mobility, Health and human services, Computing resources, Connectivity
At first glance, it may not seem like a big deal that some chemicals and a few bugs from the hospital wind up in our water. That's what treatment plants are for, right?Yes, but a lot of the chemicals that have been found in wastewater -- like...
Article - 01/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Waste management, Water and wastewater
A smart city collects tons of data about the city's conditions. You can make use of that data in three important ways:Situational awareness — know what's going on anywhere and everywhere in the cityReal-time optimization — use the power of computers...
Article - 01/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Public safety and security, Analytics
With the launch of its new cloud ecosystem, Council Lead Partner GE envisions a way for radiologists, clinicians and other medical professionals to collaborate on patient cases quickly and efficiently.The GE Health Cloud and the applications...
Article - 12/09/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Data management
Council Lead Partner Ooredoo offers its traveling customers a smart phone app that provides 24/7 medical assistance referral no matter where they are in the world.The Qatar-based company's You Click, We Care app is a concierge medical referral...
Article - 12/04/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Telecommunications
The research project Council Lead Partner IBM and University College Dublin (UCD) are participating in will concentrate on using cognitive computing to help people make decisions -- in other words, bringing people and computers closer together.To do...
Article - 12/01/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Health and human services, Transportation, Analytics
The Council's motto is "livability, workability and sustainability." Better health is a key part of better livability. Cities can contribute to better health in a lot of ways, including environmental improvements that make air and water safer.You...
Article - 11/18/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Health and human services, Analytics
Thomson Reuters is exploring strategic options for its Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business, which had revenue of about $ 1 billion in 2014. The business, which has 3,200 employees, provides intellectual property and scientific...
Article - 11/15/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Economic development, Health and human services, Transportation
At 55%, Tacoma's high school graduation rate was well below the national average of 81%. Fortunately, with help from Council Lead Partner Microsoft and its integrated IT solutions -- and the data available in existing school records, the graduation...
Article - 11/13/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Responsibility areas, Health and human services, Analytics, Data management
The NDA government under the leadership of Narendra Modi had officially launched the 'DigiLocker' service under its flagship 'Digital India' campaign in late June, while the soft launch of the service was done earlier in February 2015.The service...
Article - 10/29/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Computing resources, Interoperability
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) or the rate at which infants (below the age of one) die has been a grave concern since long; it has been standing on the top priority for the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in India. UP Government comes up with an...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Health and human services, Interoperability
The Indian government has rolled-out its 'Accessible India' campaign, with a motive to make it convenient for 'Persons with Disabilities' (PwDs) to ease the access of administrative buildings and transport among other things. The 'Accessible India'...
Article - 10/22/2015
Active Region(s): India
Category: Built environment, Health and human services, Transportation
Rare is the city that doesn’t have concerns about food production. In communities where there isn’t enough food, cities have to be part of the solution to find more. And with prolonged droughts in more places, more communities are in this category....
Article - 10/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities
Category: Food and Water, Built environment, Health and human services