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Industry for cities and Cities for industry

In the past 35 years Spanish cities have experienced a deep transformation. The democratic system requiring increased transparency and accountability, now possible through emerging new technologies, has put the citizen at the centre of decision-making for municipal managers. By Diego Guri, Expansion Director of Amec Additionally, with global trends such as urbanization, scarcity of resources and…

Featured Article, Mobility, Sustainability

Advantech promotes the concept and vision of a Smart City

The term “Smart City” is no longer a new concept. With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities are dramatically increasing worldwide, gradually yet subtly becoming a part of everyday life. Advantech is publishing this whitepaper (see image) to increase public understanding by sharing success stories from around the world. This…

Featured Article, Future Cities, IoT, Smart Cities

Potholes on the Road to Becoming a Smart City using IoT

You’ve probably read in countless places that cities are booming like never before in the history of civilization as centers of residence and commercial activities. It’s also probably clear to most anyone reading this article that there are myriad ways that technology can be harnessed to improve city operations and quality of life for city…

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Smart City: it all starts with a visionary Mayor

Smart city development is a question of when, not if –a question of how, not what. Why? Because we live in a world experiencing economic turmoil, climate change, aging populations, and rapid urbanization. But we also live in the midst of tremendous technological innovations that have the potential to address the major issues that challenge…

Featured Article, Governance

Internet in non-urban areas

There’s a lot of hype about smart cities in Spain. This is a pioneering country in the field, with a solid organization that joins together councils and companies towards the use of ICT as a tool to arrange and optimize the operation of cities, and to improve the citizens’ quality of life.

Featured Article, ICT, Internet

Europe: Old City / New City

European cities will hardly grow in terms of the area occupied, as in the latest 150 years; therefore, they must be regenerated, rebuilt on themselves, rehabilitated, restored and adapted to new requirements. This should be done without losing the fundamental idea: providing service and life quality to its inhabitants.

Citizenship, Featured Article, Future Cities, New Technologies

Critical Communications. Crucial to organize smart cities

We have discussed in other occasions about Critical Communications. Since then, technology changes have been quick, and new players have come to the solutions arena. Urgency is utmost, and development and decision making times are shortening as technology accelerates its innovation processes.

Big Data, Communication Networks, Data Gathering, Featured Article, Internet, WiFi Networks

and THE CASE OF ARGENTINA (6)

Argentina is a South American country, located at the southern and south-eastern tip of the subcontinent. It has a population of 43 million. Its nominal GDP is 21st worldwide; it’s the 23rd economy in the planet and one of the most industrialized emerging countries.

Citizenship, Featured Article, Future Cities, Information Society, Internet, WiFi Networks

The virtue of national policies

Reflections on South Africa’s National Upgrading Support Programme (NUSP) There is an observable increase in activity of national governments in enabling local development approaches for informal settlements.

Citizenship, Featured Article, Information Society

I, Robot?

Do the quick changes in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation promise a future where robots dramatically decrease the demand of human employees? In a world still recovering after the deep economy crisis of 2008, and with unemployment affecting many countries, the image of new technologies is reflected in two confronting mirrors: from improving productivity to…