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Sarah, our editor, loves to give her take on how smart cities are evolving. Her weekly blog gives a small insight into her thinking on each weeks news that comes across her desk.

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City data-sharing scales up

City data-sharing scales up

03 Oct 2018
New initiatives around city data-sharing look way beyond open data.
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Smart cities: What’s in a name?

Smart cities: What’s in a name?

11 Jul 2018
Is the term ‘smart cities’ helpful, or could it be potentially damaging? What terminology should we use and how much does it matter?
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Public-private...pizza?

Public-private...pizza?

12 Jun 2018
The new Paving for Pizza pothole-fixing campaign from Domino’s certainly wasn’t one we were expecting. Are such deals a refreshing approach to ongoing infrastructure issues or a cause for concern?
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Smart cities: Mind the gaps

Smart cities: Mind the gaps

06 Jun 2018
Recent research on technology and smart cities has highlighted a number of divides – such as a potential gap in how the tech industry and consumers view smart cities, and a disconnect between how citizens think about technology for individual use versus its impact for society as a whole.
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Urban Whack-a-Mole

Urban Whack-a-Mole

23 May 2018
Rather than viewing cities as a series of Whack-a-Mole problems to be solved, we should think about how we want to live.
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Blockchain: Hurry up and wait

Blockchain: Hurry up and wait

09 May 2018
Despite the huge amount of hype surrounding blockchain, new research from Gartner bursts the bubble somewhat and finds that very, very few organisations are actually implementing the technology yet.
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Smart places must go beyond cities

Smart places must go beyond cities

24 Apr 2018
Many towns and smaller cities are down on their luck. Will technology help them get back up or see them falling further behind? Sarah Wray takes a look
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Smart cities: Reality check

Smart cities: Reality check

17 Apr 2018
There are some big ideas in smart cities, but are we making enough progress on the fundamentals?
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Breaking the data deadlock

Breaking the data deadlock

10 Apr 2018
Cities have been at something of an impasse with their ability to innovate with data. Sarah Wray looks at how those taking action with bold new initiatives are paving the way for everyone to move ahead.
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We need to talk about smart cities

We need to talk about smart cities

03 Apr 2018
If we don’t tell the smart city story better, we are set to see a backlash and technology’s benefits may not be realised at all, says SmartCitiesWorld editor, Sarah Wray.
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