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Towards the smart cities of 2025

Towards the smart cities of 2025

31 Dec 2019
From tech trends to behavioural shifts and new ways to make smart cities economically sustainable, Matthew James Bailey explores what the next five years could look like.
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Smart city trend tracker: The top stories on SmartCitiesWorld in 2019

Smart city trend tracker: The top stories on SmartCitiesWorld in 2019

20 Dec 2019
We round up our main takeaways from smart city developments in 2019. We’d love to hear yours.
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Digital humanism: Quality of life, environment and connected services at the centre of future cities

Digital humanism: Quality of life, environment and connected services at the centre of future cities

09 Dec 2019
Cristiano Radaelli, Planet Smart City, looks at the role of sustainable, tech-enabled housing in future cities.
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Cities are innovating to build trust around their smart city data

Cities are innovating to build trust around their smart city data

02 Dec 2019
Trust is emerging as the number-one challenge when implementing smart city projects.
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New wave of smart cities has arrived – and they’re nothing like science fiction

New wave of smart cities has arrived – and they’re nothing like science fiction

01 Aug 2019
The smart city of the future will be defined by quieter upgrades to existing infrastructure and new partnerships, not flashy developments that resemble science fiction, writes UCL’s James Ransom.
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Revolutionising procurement processes is key to better citizen outcomes

Revolutionising procurement processes is key to better citizen outcomes

06 Jun 2019
Sarah Wray talks to David Ogden, Business Director, Amey, about the next phase for citizen engagement.
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Legible Cities: The humanistic smart city model

Legible Cities: The humanistic smart city model

01 May 2019
Eli Kuslansky explores the concept and benefits of ’Legible Cities’ as well as a route to achieving them. 
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The case for the slow smart city

The case for the slow smart city

25 Apr 2019
Smart cities aim to make urban life more efficient – but for citizens’ sake they need to slow down, says Lakshmi Priya Rajendran, Senior Research Fellow in Future Cities, Anglia Ruskin University.
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