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Digital Cities / Cyber Cities
This collection of books from 2000 to 2010 examines the role and contribution of information technologies, the Internet, innovation ecosystems and institutions to the making of the 21st century cities.
Books are presented by chronological order of publication and summaries are by the authors or publishers.
In the Megacommunity approach, companies, governments, and NGOs reach out across sectors (private, government, and civil society) and join together to take action on compelling issues of mutual importance, following a set of practices and principles that will make it easier for them to achieve results. Continue reading
A presentation by Hans Schaffers (FIREBALL project) at the Future Internet Conference Week, Session on Smart Cities, Ghent, 16 December 2010.
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“Intelligent city is a city focused on innovation; a city of global competitiveness”. View the Video from TIME VIDEO
Joe Leahy and James Fontanella-Khan produced three short videos showing the strong migration from villages to urban centres in India and the great city challenges for homes and employment in Mumbai. Continue reading
“The Future of Cities, Information, and Inclusion” published by the Institute for the Future with support of The Rockefeller Foundation is a ten-year foresight that maps intersections between urbanization and digitalization.
New technologies are expected to unlock massive streams of data about cities and their residents, turning cities into civic laboratories Continue reading
Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes shows the great capacity of visualisation to capture and reveal knowledge hidden into data. Continue reading
