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Smart transformation in Iran (Part 2)

It is a fundamental change in the performance of a service, business, organization, or on another scale in a city, rural, region, country, and at every scale. The important question is, what exactly is "Smart Transformation"? Smart transformation is a fundamental change in the performance of a service, business, organization, or on another scale in…

Amin Faraji, Amin Gharibi, Featured Article, ICT, Iran, smart citizens, Smart Transformation, smartcities, smartcity

Smart City Sweden, smarter cities with the help of collaboration

Smart City Sweden is the platform that helps investors and stakeholders find solutions and the know-how needed to create better societies for all According to the UN, cities consume about 78 % of the world’s energy and produce more than 60 % of the emissions, even though the total surface used by cities is only…

Featured Article, Smart City Sweden, smartcities, smartcity, SmartWasteCollection, sustainablecities, Sweden

Smart transformation in Iran (Part 1)

In several chapters we can see the impressive work done and the successes achieved The unprecedented rate of urban growth and the challenges that come with it, brought up the necessity for urban management to seek optimal solutions. Solutions that should be able to address all different aspects of urbanism, including sustainable development, education, energy,…

Amin Gharibi, Farinaz Moghtaderi, Featured Article, ICT, Iran, National Smart City Committee, National Smart City Day, smartcities, smartcity

Much Talk of New Mobility; Little Talk of New Transit

Two new approaches to mobility can be combined to attract private automobile users onto public transit: Mobility as a Service coupled with targeted microsubsidies as shaped by public policy There are three key participants within passenger transportation systems. Public transportation authorities, commercial services providers, and users — i.e., employers and retailers. Each of these have…

Featured Article, smartleaders, smartmobility, smarttechnology

The Seven Essential Elements of a Smart City Ecosystem

If you're missing one of these sectors in your smart city strategy, you're not as smart as you could be The topic of smart cities is commonly framed by technology but what is often overlooked is the importance of how people work together to implement those digital applications. One of the most critical factors in…

Featured Article, smartcities, smartsolutions, smartworking, Sustainable Development

Why Should Cities Aim For Heat Resilience?

To figure out what strategy works best, cities can decide to assess precisely the thermal situation in order to define target areas to take action Just a few days to pass and the summer will be here! If you live in a large city, then your feelings are probably mixed between excitement for holidays and…

climatechange, Featured Article, smartleaders, Sustainability, Sustainable Development

Smart Waste Management and Increasing Adoption of IoT Solutions

Valued at $1.41 billion in 2018, the smart waste management market is projected to exceed $5.19 billion by 2025 During public emergencies, access to actionable insight is crucial for government leaders who must reallocate limited resources to maintain citizens’ safety. With severe cuts in income, municipalities worldwide are reevaluating their budgets due to economic effects…

Featured Article, smaleaders

How fast will 5G transform industries?

"5G has knocked on our door and the network technology has been touted as capable of changing the world as we know it", writtes Yanitsa Boyadzhieva* in her blog for the Mobile World Live's web. Her article follows like this. Industries, where productivity and efficiency are key, will feel a major impact, and as for consumers, there…

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The future of personalized healthcare

Trying to describe a pain you feel to your doctor can be a difficult task. But soon, you won’t have to: a computer avatar is expected to tell your doctor everything they need to know. The CompBioMed Centre of Excellence, an international consortium of universities and industries, is developing a programme that creates a hyper-personalized…

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Smart Cities and Smart Tourism – A Narrative on Tourism in Turkey

Smart Tourism? Although researchers have defined “Smart Tourism” term, there has not been any consensus on a widely accepted interpretation. By Smart Tourism we refer to one of the elements of Smart Cities that is held under the Smart Economy component (Boyd Cohen, Smart City Wheel). It includes e-trade and e-business, ICT enabled advanced production…