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A new revolution called Smart Web

Using sharing economy to empower the local ecosystem for smart cities. For years we have been working in retrofitting our cities, developing a new concept so called smart cities. It is clear that the main driver is technology and successful projects nowadays are the ones oriented to citizens. New apps and platforms are emerging as…

Citizenship, Digital Cities, Featured Article

Une Smart City Expo pour faciliter la vie aux Casablancais

La Smart City Expo revient à Casablanca pour la deuxième fois. Cette année, l'événement, qui rassemble les institutions et les entreprises qui souhaitent partager les meilleures pratiques en matière de politiques urbaines innovantes, a le thème ‘Villes pour tous’. Le but est aussi de banaliser ce concept nouveau auprès de ses habitants pour le réussir…

Citizenship, Smart Cities

Yoo Jeong-bok Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City

I will open my heart and ears to communicate with you It’s a pleasure to meet you! This is Incheon Metropolitan City Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok. There’s no such thing as too much ‘communication’. People say that a policy unknown to the people is the same as not doing anything at all. Like so, we can achieve a…

Citizenship, Future Cities

On priorities

From urban illiteracy to technology impact: how do we need to prioritize the quality of the demand and to focus on the emotional side of people’s lives. This article has a couple of simple messages: in times of abundance (there was never so much wealth in the world) we should be focusing more on quality…

Citizenship, Featured Article, New Technologies, Sustainability

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…

Citizenship, Featured Article, Smart Cities, Technological Solutions

Indra develops ‘Decumanus’, a pioneering solution to improve the city

The European Decumanus project led by Indra, one of the world's foremost consulting and technology firms, has completed development of a new generation of analytical services based fundamentally on satellite imagery, seeking to improve quality of life and mitigate the impact of climate change in city environments. Public administrations, businesses and citizens will be able…

Citizenship, Digital Cities, Smart Cities

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,…

Citizenship, Featured Article

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…

Big Data, Citizenship, Featured Article, Future Cities, ICT

Smart Pets – Rovolon (Italy) 4 paws citizens

Smart Cities’ projects aim not only to solve urban problems but also to make citizens lives better. Pets are undoubtedly part of our cosmopolitan lifestyle. The US have more than 83 million of registered dogs, producing an amazing quantity of 29 tons of "poops" "per day. How to balance this situation? Rovolon, a small town…