Smart Cities Seen as Crucial for Kickstarting the UK Economy
Cities are complicated, interdependent ecosystems that are being targeted by national governments as the crucible for reanimation of the..
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Why Smart Cities Need Smart Grids
The correlation between smart cities and smart grids is strong. Around one-third of the smart city projects that Pike Research is..
Sensors Lead to Burst in Government Technology Creativity
At the IBM Pulse conference here this week, City of Boston CIO Bill Oates , told an audience how residents are using city-made apps that..
To Become Smart Cities, Process and Strategy are Key
Most cities are executing a smart city strategy purely based on the aggregation of projects without having a clear understanding of where..
How Will Our Future Cities Look?
No-one really knows what the future holds, but the reality now is that our urban spaces are overcrowded and polluted. Almost half of the..
Japan Embraces Smart City Development
Four cities in Japan are forging ahead with a variety of operational experiments in order to create smart cities. Smart cities are a new..
Asian Smart City Market $260B by 2020
Smart cities and communities are a towering market opportunity for companies in the smart grid value chain such as utilities, and vendors..
International Study on Smart Cities Released
The Committee of Digital and Knowledge-based Cities (CDC) of the United Cities Local Governments (UCLG) published the “Smart Cities..
Japan Adopts Smart-City Approach Post-Tsunami
Japan has launched its “Smart Communities” projects, to develop smart grids and promote clean, renewable energy generation and energy..
How Smart Cities Save Money (and the Planet)
In the face of shrinking budgets and limited resources, we can’t just continue to build new roads, buildings and infrastructure to..
