Cities are growing rapidly. Here’s how they can continue providing adequate public safety, emergency response and other critical services while prioritizing energy resilience. Keeping up with this ...

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 concept of smart cities has evolved from a futuristic vision to a tangible reality, with urban centers worldwide integrating technology and sustainability to enhance the quality of life for their ...

Smart city innovation is accelerating—so fast, in fact, that distant visions of the future are now becoming present-day realities, transforming how communities live, work and play. At the heart of ...

Urban technologies were meant to connect, protect, and enhance the lives of citizens. What happened? In 1959, in a short essay called “The Great Game to Come,” a little-known Dutch visual artist named ...

Since the notion of a “smart city” is somewhat vague on its own, it helps to have a clear definition of what a smart city is and is not.

If a smart city is defined as a civilization that uses technology to support the community, then the origins of this concept date back at least to the Neanderthals. While the concept has, of course, ...

You probably live in a city that's getting smarter. Maybe you've noticed new cameras at intersections or sensors embedded in streetlights. These systems promise efficiency and sustainability, yet the ...

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