SC Articles

The 'smart' heritage mediation

There are nearly as many definitions of a smart city as cities that call themselves smart. Besides, every city focuses its own smart initiatives ...

A funding source for companies: European programmes

European programmes may become a great opportunity for companies that have no access to credit yet. Nevertheless, taking part in them is no easy ...

Smart Cities Diplomacy: Smart Power

In 2018, no city mayor representing a city (with more than 1 million citizens) located in a developed country should ever answer “I don’t ...

Evolution of smart cities in Latin America | Brazil

The current article focuses on Rio de Janeiro because of its uniqueness: the future olympic city (2016) is the smart city in Latin America on which ...

Measuring the Smart City

The SC concept has been adding new areas to its definition, given its fuzzy, emergent and dynamic nature. Most approaches focus on measuring ...