The city of MedellÃn is an essential example of urban transformation via smart city interventions, towards an inclusive and intelligent city. Continue reading
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Chatty maps is an innovative project aiming to produce detailed sound maps of large cities, such as Barcelona, London, New York and Washington DC. This project constitutes a very interesting attempt to combine big data coming from pictures and their tags, collected via social media, with sounds and emotions that characterise these areas. Continue reading
What Works Cities is a national initiative launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April 2015. This program aims at enhancing data usage and improving public services in 100 mid-sized American cities, while at the same time helps local decision-making and residents’ engagement. Continue reading
Innovation clusters: Understanding life cycles is a report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit. It focuses on the life cycles of five innovation clusters and the possible factors that determine their success. The report is based on desk research and expert interviews, referring to five case studies sited at Silicon Roundabout (UK), Bangalore (India), Boulder (United States), Singapore, and Estonia. Continue reading
The Black & Veatch Insights Group report tries to reveal emerging issues regarding the increasing global trend of smart cities. According to this report, aspects of increased sustainability, resilience and improved quality-of-life have been identified as core elements of a smart city, paving the way for the creation of smart utilities. Continue reading
“Intelligent Assets: Unlocking the Circular Economy Potential‘ is a report produced by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, trying to reveal opportunities arising by the intersection of the circular economy and intelligent assets. These intelligent assets, regarded by many as the impending “fourth industrial revolution’, could possibly lead to the creation of large scale opportunities through their interplay with circular economy value drivers.