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Smart Cities Without Skyscrapers

Efficiency, savings, population retention and quality of life: in smaller municipalities, technology is not modernity — it is survival For years, the concept of the smart city has been associated with large capitals filled with sensors, control centers and spectacular technological deployments. However, where this transformation makes the deepest sense is in small cities. A…

depopulation, digitalservices, publicadministration, remoteaccess, ruralinnovation, smartcities

Smart City Summit & Expo 2026: Taiwan Brings Together the World’s Leading Smart City Decision-Makers Once Again

From March 17 to 20, Taipei will host Asia’s largest showcase of urban innovation, with a strong focus on artificial intelligence, sustainability, and climate neutrality The Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE) 2026 is set to be one of the most important events of the year for the smart cities sector and sustainable urban transformation,…

Articial Intelligence, digitalization, energy, Mobility, smartcities, urban mobility

Madrid’s Digital Century

Spain’s capital is positioning itself in the technological race among Europe’s leading cities, embracing a more human, inclusive, and sustainable model Madrid is moving decisively toward a new technological era that consolidates its status as one of Europe’s most dynamic digital capitals. Under the Madrid Capital Digital strategy, the city is undergoing a green, digital,…

Digitaltalent, digitaltransformation, Innovation, Madrid, smartcities, urbantechnology

Leading Cities Launches Five Free Data-Driven Pilots Helping Communities Prepare Before Crisis Strikes

Five innovative pilot projects transform real-time data into proactive resilience for communities worldwide True resilience doesn’t begin in recovery—it begins in preparation. Across the world, communities are facing escalating pressures from aging infrastructure, rising costs, climate disruption, and social inequities. Yet the difference between those who weather crises and those who are overwhelmed by them…

Climate Change, housing, infrastructure, innovations, preparedness, smartcities

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

Elastic fog computing boosts smart mobility in Florence

An elastic software architecture is expected to enable next-generation smart mobility During the ages, urban areas have attracted an ever-increasing number of people. The growth of cities and metropolitan areas has led to an increased mobility demand of people and freights, among and inside those areas. For a long time, this demand has been faced by building…

Cloud, Florence, IoT, ITS, MaaS, public transport, smartcities, Sustainable Mobility

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

Paris gets serious about cutting out cars with micromobility

The aim of the project is to demonstrate how universal charging points can accelerate the use of micromobility and reduce climate impact on the city Three short years from now diesel-powered cars will no longer be permitted in Paris. By 2024, petrol-powered cars will be a thing of the past. In collaboration with sustainable energy…

15-minute city, E-Mobility, electric bikes, electric scooters, electric vehicle, micromobility, smartcities, smartcity, sustainable energy

NEC Corporation India set to convert Thiruvananthapuram into a smart city

This project is NEC’s 8th smart city project, underscoring the commitment to help realize the Smart City Mission of the Government of India NEC Corporation India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, has won the mandate to drive Thiruvananthapuram’s Smart City project. Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the project alongside Hon’ble Chief Minister…

Aalok Kumar, ICCC, india, NEC Corporation India, smartcities, smartcity, Thiruvananthapuram

Moscow entered the top of the most attractive cities for investors in the Global Cities of the Future ranking

The rating was compiled by the fDi Intelligence division of the Financial Times. For the first time since 2014, Moscow entered the top of the most attractive cities for investors in the world Global Cities of the Future ranking, taking 22nd place in it. The rating was compiled by the fDi Intelligence division of the…