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Blockchain: Hype, hope and growing up in public

A recent Smart Cities World event looked at where things currently stand with blockchain for smarter cities and how we proceed from here.

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Canberra judged most sustainable city in the world

Digital twin to accelerate the energy transition in Vienna

Budapest recognised for top mobility programme

Why do people choose to stay in or leave their cities?

European Commission names Leuven as capital of innovation

Vienna returns to top of the EIU Liveability Index

Singapore tops smart city ranking for second year running

Nevada ‘blockchain city’ to break ground in 2022, despite staffing changes

Copenhagen and Bern named most liveable cities

Vienna ranked top for smart city strategy

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With a metro area population of over 190,000, Vienna is the most populous city in Austria, and sixth-largest in the European Union. The city is also the nation’s capital. Vienna has a GDP of €100 billion and is Austria’s political, economic, and cultural centre. The city is renowned for its high quality of life, and was classed the most liveable city worldwide by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2005. Vienna has also ranked highly in global innovation, reputation, start-up culture,

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City Lights: Thomas Madreiter, Director of Urban Planning, City of Vienna

City Lights

SmartCitiesWorld talks to Thomas Madreiter, Director of Urban Planning, City of Vienna, about the city’s climate change focused strategy and how the term "smart cities" should be replaced with "sensible cities".

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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.

UK train station harvests kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps

The project at Leighton Buzzard station aims to show how untapped footfall energy at transport hubs represents a real opportunity to provide sustainable energy sources.

Manchester launches People’s Panel for AI

The panel aims to provide residents with access to education and training on AI, enabling local communities to influence the development of AI initiatives.

SmartCitiesWorld to host second Cities Climate Action Summit

The in-person (London) and online event takes place 26-27 June and will convene city leaders, climate experts and organisations from around the world.

Riyadh to deploy smart pole infrastructure pilot

The project follows an agreement between Apollo International and Riyadh-based House of Invention to deploy smart poles and infrastructure across the Kingdom.

SmartCitiesWorld Newsletters (Daily/Weekly)

Our editorial newsletter pulls together our latest news items into one email, direct to your inbox. We also feature our latest city interviews, Special Reports and Guest Opinions.