Laura Puttkamer
Digital Twins for Climate Change
Twins are “two offspring produced by the same pregnancy” – but they can also be made up of two similar or connected members, as ...
ULEZ Expansion London
London has one of the world’s most innovative and biggest low-emission zones: Currently, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) ...
What are smart parks?
Smart cities make us think of technology, apps, sensors, and screens. But there is so much more to an intelligent city of the ...
Building smart cities from scratch
Building cities from scratch to make them smart has become a trend in urban planning. Examples such as Masdar City outside of ...
Heat resilience in the smart city
As Europe’s temperatures in summer 2023 set yet another terrible record as the highest summer on record, even the last sceptics ...
Women in the Gender-Inclusive Smart City
On July 11th is World Population day and the motto is: Unleashing power of gender quality: Uplifting the voices of women and ...
Smart city preparedness: Which city is ready for the future?
The Swedish software company ProptechOS recently published a smart city index that not only looks at how smart a city already ...
Smart City London: Europe’s Smartest City
London is regularly voted as one of the smartest cities in the world. But what does smartness look like in the British capital? ...
Exploring the Potential of ChatGPT in cities
Open AI’s chatbot ChatGPT has caused widespread debates over the opportunities, benefits and risks that artificial intelligence ...
How can urban planners and architects benefit from ChatGPT?
In this next installment of our series on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the future city, we look at the benefits ...
Smart City Stockholm: A connected, sustainable, data-driven city
Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the country’s largest city. Built on 14 islands and connected by over 50 bridges, the ...
Interview with Chat GPT on the Smart City
Artificial Intelligence or AI is without a doubt part of future cities – in fact, many of today’s cities already rely heavily ...
Smart Health: How can smart city technology leverage wellbeing?
Lessons learned from the pandemic have made health a key area of the smart city. The evolution of technologies that improve ...
A water smart city: Learning from Singapore
March 22 marks the annual World Water Day, a United Nations observance day highlighting the importance of fresh water. It is ...
The Line: A 170-km long future city in Saudi Arabia’s desert
Do cities always have to have cars, streets, and carbon emissions? Do they even need to have a roughly circular layout? Saudi ...