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All about urban distribution centers

Countless books and articles have been written about urban distribution centers, logistics decoupling points, city hubs and urban consolidation centers. Every self-respecting European city has been the scene of such initiatives – the one more successful than the other, but all highly subsidized in any case. What can we learn from those initiatives? The best…

Featured Article, Future Cities, New Technologies

An automobile opportunity to imagine the cities of the future

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has launched the initiative ‘FIA Smart Cities’ with the aim of helping cities to define solutions best suited to tackle new scenarios in which mobility has a central role. The launch platform for this initiative is the FIA Formula E Championship, the first race series for single-seaters entirely powered by…

Future Cities, ICT, Mobility

The first Saudi Smart Cities Conference 2017

Under the patronage of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs (MOMRA), Dar al Riyadh and Nispana jointly announce the event to be held from 16-18 May at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With the economic diversification plans in place, key government authorities across kingdom are emphasizing on providing the best quality of life for their citizens,…

Future Cities, ICT, Sustainable Development

#SmartCities win Cluster in Portugal

Innovating and developing good practice cases for cities are some of the main objectives. The Smart Cities Portugal Cluster is finally created. Finally, because its constitution was a real challenge, a test of effort so that, at the end, its fulfillment is a symbol of how perseverance, cooperation and dialogue are able to jump over…

Future Cities, ICT

Deloitte joins Smart Cities Council

The company offers best practices for the use of the transformative power of technology and data-based decision making to solve the major metropolitan challenges. Deloitte has recently joined the Smart Cities Council, an industry coalition comprised by the foremost specialists and leading consulting and technology companies whose goal is to accelerate the growth of smart…

Future Cities, Resilience, Sustainable Development

Making the world a safer place

The Siemens Building Technologies Division in Zug performs the highest level of research and development of passive and active technology solutions. It has long been the prime objective of some corporations, companies and entrepreneurs to combine the resourcefulness, creativity and knowledge they have amassed over the years, to their desire and dream of guaranteeing a…

Future Cities, IoT

Making the world a safer place

Big Data, Future Cities, IoT, New Technologies

Eilat – Israel’s First Smart City to be Totally Energy-Free by 2020

The city of Eilat, located on the Red Sea shore, is Israel's leading tourism resort. Its special location and unique weather conditions contribute not only to tourism but to energy as well. Eilat has almost 365 sunny days a year, enabling it to become an energy-free zone. By Uri Ben-Ari* Eilat is Israel’s first…

Future Cities, Mobility, Sustainable Development, Tourism

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…

Featured Article, Future Cities, Innovation, Smart Cities, Technological Solutions

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.…