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The boost of crowdfunded Smart Cities concept

Smart City concept is not new. If you think only in the use of technology to solve urban problems or to make our life's better we can easily recall the Egyptians building the pyramids, Chinese rising walls for public protection or the Romans creating a half-world empire using mobility strategies like paving roads and digging…
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Amsterdam: The Balanced Smart City!

The dutchman David Tuinzing works as an advisor, a teacher and a writer on collaborative urbanism, networked cities, change management, and social & economic development. His career combines academia and practice in consultancy projects, and includes too, the creation of partnerships between sectors, systems, projects and people. With more than 10 years of experience in…
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Fostering competitiveness in the new urban revolution

This article is a compilation of the paper, with the same name, part of the joint-publication monograph “Wise Cities". A New Paradigm for Urban Resilience, Sustainability and Well-being”, published on 11th October 2016 by CIDOB - Barcelona Centre for International Affairs and presented in UN-HABITAT III (October 2016). Author is a  Research Associate, EU-Asia Global…
Future Aerotropolis

Eco-innovations and Economic perspectives in designing Sustainable Aerotropolis

Developing aerotropolis is a recent conceptualization to build smart cities with sharp focus of eco-innovation and green economy. In a modern aerotropolis, the infrastructure is so built that it connects the megacity with massive road, transport systems and ICT network in one hand; provides key linkages and services for the international businesses on the other…
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Smart Financial Inclusion

New technologies to propel Smart Cities development, fostering a new "smarter" society. No one doubts the influence of new concepts, sharing and creative economy in developing Smart Cities. Since the eighties the American economist and social scientist Richard Florida explores the role of the creative class in the urban development and wealth. According to him,…
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Canada: Smart Cities, tough choices

Canadian cities are regularly cited in various global “smart city” indices. Yet a growing number of complex social and environmental ills have been left largely unaddressed over the past 3 decades.  The new Federal Government, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is seeking to tackle these, and has set itself some very ambitious targets. Success…
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The CIO’s Role in a Smart City

The author says in this article that transforming a city into smart city is not only a technological change but also a strategic change. Experienced in preparing plans for smart cities and working with CIOs in various countries, Ben-Ari considers that a good Chief Information Officer is basic for the future of an intelligent city.…
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City ScaleUp: from “Wow!” to “Now!”

Member of the global a Leading Cities, Boston, and International Advisor for The World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments (WEGO), Seoul. Founder, board member and Senior consultant at Baumann Consultancy Network for Smart Cities projects and internationalization strategies, Italy. [email protected] In my last article City SmartUp I have explored four preeminent trends, described…
Estambul

Road to Smart City Strategy of Turkey

The discussion on smart cities is also gaining traction in Turkey where three quarters of the 78 million population live in the 30 metropolitan municipalities. Moreover, Turkey’s largest city İstanbul is on its way to be one permanent members of the world’s mega list with its close to 15 million population, where one of five…
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Eco-innovations in Designing Eco-cities and Eco-towns

The objective of this third article of our collaborator Dr. A.N.Sarkar is to look at the potential benefits of developing eco-cities and eco-towns with focus on ecology, environment, sustainability and economic impact aspects. Technology and urban layout for Eco-City and Eco-Towns are also highlighted. This is complemented by a detailed case study on leading Eco-cities…

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