The concept of ‘smart cities’, which integrates technological, human and institutional dimensions, has emerged as a focal point of contemporary research 1. However, scientific inquiries into this ...

The concrete jungle of New York City, sprawling suburbs of Greater London, and massive bike culture in Copenhagen share a key feature that links them and many other global communities. It's not the ...

Although the timeline for accomplishing the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) has reached its midpoint, the world has made only limited progress towards achieving them 1. The 17 ...

In May 2020, the smart city concept appeared to have been dead and buried when Sidewalk Labs ended its collaboration with the City of Toronto to create Quayside, a data-infused, sustainability-focused ...

The idea of smart cities is starting to take shape as the digital era develops. A city that has developed a public-private infrastructure to support waste management, energy, transportation, water ...

Singapore’s planned eco-smart city Tengah aims to use artificial intelligence to support smart energy management. Fukuoka, Japan, is drawing on sensor data to build models that can help monitor water ...

Municipalities are increasingly incorporating smart city strategies into their development plans. But such projects don’t always include adequate cybersecurity safeguards against their complex, ...

The Canadian federal government launched the Smart Cities Challenge in 2017 to award up to $50 million to municipal governments that are best able to leverage technology to improve life in their ...

The concept of a "smart city" — one that uses technology to run more efficiently — is nothing new and has been around for about two decades. The cities embrace the use of digital tools, such as ...

India's urban areas are rapidly modernizing, driven by the Smart Cities Mission. Over 90% of planned projects are complete, ...

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