This book chapter by M. R. Johannessen and L. Berntzen (2017) explores the concept of Transparent Smart City providing useful insights on how city councils and city administrations can apply smart technology for increased transparency. The authors also provide an overview of available technologies from a case study in Norway. Continue reading
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In a latest article published in Engadget, by Nick Summers, a smart city project that is under development in Toronto Canada is presented. According the author the project started with an email sent by Eric Schmidt, Google’s former executive chairman, to Dan Doctoroff, of SideWalks, in 2014, having as subject line “The City of the Future”. Continue reading
There is very little in the literature about what Japan is doing in the field of smart cities. The report “Japan’ s Smart Cities” by Andrew DeWit shows a series of domains in which smart city concepts and technologies have been applied. Continue reading
Realizing the Potential of Blockchain: A Multistakeholder Approach to the Stewardship of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies is a white paper produced by World Economic Forum, that tries to shed light on blockchain governance challenges and multistakeholder cooperation opportunities. More specifically, this report provides a structured analytical framework and taxonomy for use by industry, technical, governmental, civil society and other stakeholders in considering how they might collaborate to resolve problems and unlock opportunities beyond the reach of any single actor. Continue reading
The UN’ s prediction that, by 2030, two-thirds of the world’ s population will be living in megacities, means that smart technologies can play a key role in reducing the pressures and impact of overcrowding.
The 2017 Smart Cities Index, published by Stockholm-based smart parking service Easypark, ranks the top 100 smart cities around the world along 19 factors related to smart city technology such as public transport, clean energy, citizen participation, urban planning, smartphone penetration or living standard. The top smart city was Copenhagen, while the top five also included Singapore, Stockholm, Zurich and Boston.
The Muni-Expo International urban innovation conference will be held on February 13 and 14 at the Tel Aviv Exhibition Grounds. The event is meant to highlight smart city technologies, and will draw more than 80 municipal delegations from around the world. The high interest in the event is taken as a sign of international attention focusing on Israel’ s progress.