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WEBINAR: Smart technology and the pandemic: how digital twins are central to cities' strategies

WEBINAR: Smart technology and the pandemic: how digital twins are central to cities' strategies

Learn how digital twin technology has played a key role in helping cities to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic & what role it can play in the future.

Special Reports

Using the fourth space to help cities cope with Covid-19

Using the fourth space to help cities cope with Covid-19

At SmartCitiesWorld’s inaugural advisory board meeting, Jeff Risom, chief innovation officer at Gehl Architects, explored how the public realm might be managed in the post-pandemic era.
Building bridges in the Covid-19 fightback

Building bridges in the Covid-19 fightback

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Octavi de la Varga, secretary general of Metropolis, about how its digital platform is helping the global village battle against Covid-19.

Smart Cities Reports

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Opinions

Reviving smart cities with edge computing and 5G

Reviving smart cities with edge computing and 5G

How can edge computing and 5G help cities rebuild post Covid? Two executives from Wipro explain how.

Smart Cities News

London council uses AI to assess high street “bounce back”

London council uses AI to assess high street “bounce back”

AI and Machine Learning22 Jun 2022
Merton Council in Wimbledon’s findings reveal that bad weather and bank holidays impacted footfall more than the Plan-B Covid restrictions.
Oikos - The one when humanity crossed the line of maturation

Oikos - The one when humanity crossed the line of maturation

Ecological Age19 Nov 2021
From that cycle of life, from the bacteria to us, development led to independence and a tipping point where it is more energy efficient to share and collaborate with other species. Humanity crossed that line of maturation as soon as tribes built their first cities collectively and as soon as the trade of goods started.
Oikos - The one where damage is irreversible

Oikos - The one where damage is irreversible

Ecological Age19 Nov 2021
The ecological damage done by our society is a direct explanation of the harm done to humanity. More than ever, we are aware of the massive human destruction of nature. Witnessing the hottest three years on record, 2020-21 is the ‘wakeup’ call to consider humans as part of nature
Oikos- The one where there is no place like home - Earth

Oikos- The one where there is no place like home - Earth

Ecological Age19 Nov 2021
Ecology is a science that studies the changing dynamics of Earth. But how can we move to-wards social ecology to take all part in caring for our common Oikos?
Moving with the times

Moving with the times

Editor's Blog16 Jul 2021
Members and regular visitors to our site won’t need to be told that SmartCitiesWorld has undergone a major redesign. Much like the cities and the technology featured on the site, we recognise that we ourselves must also evolve and react to changing times.
Oil leaks

Oil leaks

Editor's Blog21 May 2021
Michael Lewis, the forensic chronicler of the 2008 financial crash in The Big Short (among many, many other incredible books), made a headspinning comment this week: "There are six times more people over the age of 60 than under the age of 30 working in computer systems."
Making haste with waste

Making haste with waste

Editor's Blog14 May 2021
What’s important to you where you live? Waste is one area that is overlooked all too often, perhaps understandable given what it literally is, but you quickly realise when your city isn’t getting things right
Bus conductors

Bus conductors

Editor's Blog07 May 2021
You wait for stories on electric buses and then two come along at once. This week saw Gothenburg in Sweden and Charlotte in the United States announce plans to electrify their public transport networks.
Who lives in a house like this?

Who lives in a house like this?

Editor's Blog30 Apr 2021
There’s no place like home. And up until recently there has been no place that has built via a 3D printer. This week Elize Lutz and Harriet Dekkers got a digital key to their two bedroom bungalow in the Beatrix canal in the Eindhoven suburb of Bosrijk.
From tiny acorns

From tiny acorns

Editor's Blog05 Mar 2021
George Orwell had a point when he once wrote: “The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost and with almost no trouble, and if the tree takes root it will far outlive the visible effect of any of your other actions, good or evil.”
Micro-mobility milestones

Micro-mobility milestones

Editor's Blog05 Feb 2021
Covid has stopped many of us flying for business and leisure. ‘Think of the positive environmental impact’ is a common refrain in my house. And its true; transport accounts for 16 per cent of greenhouse gases.
Fourteen Israeli cities take part in project to monitor sewage for Covid-19 outbreaks

Fourteen Israeli cities take part in project to monitor sewage for Covid-19 outbreaks

News28 Oct 2020
The anticipation is that BGU scientists and collaborators might eventually be able to predict outbreaks based on the neighbourhood or even at street level.
What will post pandemic mobility look like?

What will post pandemic mobility look like?

Opinions28 Sep 2020
Governments need to do more to support the development of next generation vehicles, writes TomTom’s Stephanie Leonard.
US, Brazil, Canada lagging in shift to clean energy, International Renewable Energy Agency warns

US, Brazil, Canada lagging in shift to clean energy, International Renewable Energy Agency warns

News24 Sep 2020
International Renewable Energy Agency partners with World Economic Forum to support sustainable energy’s future
New board members and Global Steering Committee for Resilient Cities Network

New board members and Global Steering Committee for Resilient Cities Network

News23 Sep 2020
RCN to focus on resilience, healthcare and environment with new board members
SBF and IMDA renew commitment to drive digital transformation

SBF and IMDA renew commitment to drive digital transformation

News23 Sep 2020
Digital transformation "key" to remaining relevant and competitive in Covid-19 era.
Reimagining an EV future

Reimagining an EV future

Opinions08 Sep 2020
Changing work patterns gives a real opportunity to embrace healthier and safer transport networks, writes Simon Brammer, head of cities, Ashden
Where's the return on investment?

Where's the return on investment?

Opinions31 Aug 2020
Delivering a return on investment for smart cities requires three dimensional change, writes Itai Dadon, head of smart cities and IoT, Itron.
Resilient cities are being redefined by the coronavirus

Resilient cities are being redefined by the coronavirus

Opinions24 Aug 2020
Covid-19 is showing us what resilience in cities actually is, writes Stephen Zoegall, director of global cities and infrastructure consulting, Accenture.
Connected Cities: Has the future changed in light of Covid-19?

Connected Cities: Has the future changed in light of Covid-19?

Opinions20 Jul 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic should force us to change how we use buildings, argues Meagan Crawford, Executive Director of Urban Economic
Why smart and healthy buildings will get us back to work and play – faster and happier

Why smart and healthy buildings will get us back to work and play – faster and happier

Opinions14 Jul 2020
Businesses could use the healthiness of their buildings as a competitive advantage in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, writes Glenn Lurie, President and CEO, Synchronoss
Robots can deliver smart policing in the post Covid-19 reality

Robots can deliver smart policing in the post Covid-19 reality

Opinions22 Jun 2020
Robots can play a key role assisting police forces and ensuring socially distancing support in the Covid-19 era, writes Muhammad Rahman
How the holistic approach is central to the Covid-19 recovery

How the holistic approach is central to the Covid-19 recovery

Special Reports21 May 2020
SmartCitiesWorld talks to Lauren Sorkin, acting executive director of the Global Resilient Cities Network, on how cities can rebuild post Covid-19.
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