Special Reports

Carlsbad’s new Chief Innovation Officer is looking to go beyond the city delivering basic services, towards offering Amazon-like user experience for citizens.

Charles Carter looks at the latest initiatives to tackle air pollution and one of its biggest causes.

Smart cities are about people – and that includes the workers required to drive the transformation. Sarah Wray examines the skills challenge facing cities.

Smart city conversations don’t typically encompass housing. That could be changing, writes Sarah Wray.

The world’s first autonomous passenger ferry demonstration took place off the coast of Finland last month. Are we set to see such services scale up?

Kansas City’s smart sewers could save over $1 billion.

New initiatives around city data-sharing look way beyond open data.

Smart city initiatives aim to make our lives easier but cities can’t be truly ‘smart’ if they fail to serve entire groups of society.

Many cities are curious about the benefits that blockchain could offer for citizens and public services, but they’re understandably wary of taking the plunge. Ernst & Young’s Paul Brody shares how to move beyond the status quo.

Delta Electronics’ M.S. Huang urges cities and technology vendors to practise what they preach for a more sustainable future.