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We ask cities and industry experts from around the world to give us their opinion on smart city technology and challenges.

W. Jarrett Campbell: Global Industry Marketing Director, AVEVA

Digital transformation can improve your City Resilience Index

Opinions10 Mar 2020by W. Jarrett Campbell: Global Industry Marketing Director, AVEVA

AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell shares five examples where cities have improved their sustainability and resilience, or maintained current levels of resilience while lowering costs.

5 ways to get more from your existing water and wastewater assets now

Opinions03 Feb 2020by W. Jarrett Campbell: Global Industry Marketing Director, AVEVA

AVEVA’s W. Jarrett Campbell outlines asset performance solutions utilities can implement today to enable proactive and predictive maintenance which reduces costs and disruption.

Toby Olshanetsky: co-founder and CEO of prooV

Less is more: Why smart technology is thriving in the suburbs

Opinions24 Jan 2020by Toby Olshanetsky: co-founder and CEO of prooV

Fast-growing neighbourhoods are the perfect testing ground for the latest connected technologies. Toby Olshanetsky, co-founder and CEO of prooV, highlights a "quiet" technological revolution.

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

Special Reports20 Dec 2019by Sarah Wray: Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

We round up our main takeaways from smart city developments in 2019. We’d love to hear yours.

Smart cities: How can We help?

Editor's Blog29 Mar 2019by Sarah Wray: Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

The We Company is expanding into smart cities. Why?

Ed Parkes: Independent consultant working on data strategy and open innovation

Are data trusts part of the answer to smart city data governance?

Opinions21 Mar 2019by Ed Parkes: Independent consultant working on data strategy and open innovation

In the light of recent scandals, cities have no choice but to pay urgent attention to data governance issues. Could data trusts be part of the solution?

Smart cities in 2018: Tech, transportation and tough conversations

Editor's Blog30 Dec 2018by Sarah Wray: Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

We look back at the top smart cities stories of 2018.

Radim Cmar: Solution Architect for Smart Cities, Sygic

The three biggest challenges to building a commutable smart city

Opinions07 Dec 2018by Radim Cmar: Solution Architect for Smart Cities, Sygic

Radim Cmar, Sygic, examines how we capitalise on the benefits of smart transportation solutions while avoiding negative repercussions.

Neil Sipe, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning & Dorina Pojani, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland

The battle to be the Amazon (or Netflix) of transport

Opinions03 Dec 2018by Neil Sipe, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning & Dorina Pojani, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland

Smart cities: But is it art?

Opinions27 Jun 2018by Sarah Wray: Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

More examples of involving citizens in smart city initiatives are finally emerging but we need to seriously scale them and get much more specific, and fast.

Blayne Haggart, Brock University & Natasha Tusikov, York University, Canada

Waterfront Toronto: Lessons in community engagement

Opinions16 May 2018by Blayne Haggart, Brock University & Natasha Tusikov, York University, Canada

Policymakers globally are watching Sidewalk Labs’ Waterfront Toronto project. Blayne Haggart, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University, and Natasha Tusikov, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada, look at the importance of citizen engagement for this smart city scheme and those around the world.

Gert Rohrmann, Technical Manager, Solutions Team, Siemens Building Technologies UK

‘Mini cities’: The rise of tall buildings

Opinions23 Apr 2018by Gert Rohrmann, Technical Manager, Solutions Team, Siemens Building Technologies UK

As cities continue to grow, the way we construct and manage buildings has never been more critical to global economic and social development. Gert Rohrmann, Technical Manager, Solutions Team, Siemens Building Technologies UK, looks at the trends in tall buildings and the challenges these environments present.

Smart cities can change the world – if we radically rethink the approach

Opinions05 Apr 2018by Tom Goodwin, Head of Innovation, Zenith

Tom Goodwin has high hopes for how smart cities could improve our lives. To get there, though, he says we need to think differently, open up and look further ahead.

Konkana Khaund, Frost & Sullivan Consulting Director

Smart buildings creating smarter cities, by Frost & Sullivan Consulting Director Konkana Khaund

Opinions30 Jan 2018by Konkana Khaund, Frost & Sullivan Consulting Director

Demographic and economic incentives for a smarter city

How Augmented Intelligence provides a key in understanding complex city systems, by Michel Morvan, CEO Cosmo Tech USA

Opinions11 Dec 2017by Michel Morvan, CEO Cosmo Tech USA

Augmented Intelligence shows cause-and effect-relationships, enabling decision makers to explain their rationale

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

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