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Smart City Strategy

Cities around the globe are becoming smart. However, they are following different strategic approaches and a "smart city" can be defined in different ways. With our smart city strategy insights, we shed light on the latest trends in terms of smart city evolution, strategic approaches, project implementation methods and the role of different stakeholders. Learn how other cities become smart and implement smart city strategies. 

Laura Puttkamer6 min read

ULEZ Expansion London

London has one of the world’s most innovative and biggest low-emission zones: Currently, the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

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 ...
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Laura Puttkamer6 min read

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 ...
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Jon Glasco8 min read

Open Data and Innovation: Vast Opportunities, Untapped Value

More than a decade ago, governments throughout the world made a radical policy shift from storing data in government silos to ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

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 ...
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Laura Puttkamer7 min read

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 ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

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 ...
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Jon Glasco7 min read

Smart Sustainable Cities in Spain: The Commitment to a Green Economy

Climate change is currently showing on of its harshest side. Europe is groaning under the heat and further droughts in ...
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Joe Appleton9 min read

Smart City Resilience: Mitigating the Risks of Climate Change

Climate change is a very clear and present danger. Though the term usually conjures up images of melting ice sheets and dying ...
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Laura Puttkamer5 min read

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 ...
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