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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. 

Joe Appleton7 min read

How to Win a Smart City Tender: 5 Key Success Factors

Winning a smart city tender isn’t a matter of luck. It’s a matter of skilled planning, careful estimations, honest evaluations, ...
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Joe Appleton10 min read

Citizen’s Perspectives on Data Privacy in Smart Cities

As smart cities get smarter, citizens have begun to express concerns about the use of their data, and whether their privacy is ...
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Thomas Mueller2 min read

Smart Cities Made in Germany: 32 Model Projects selected

On the 8th of September 2020, Horst Seehofer, Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Community, announced the decision ...
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Joe Appleton8 min read

Rethinking Urban Mobility for the Post-Covid City

“There’s a positive aspect of this horror,” the deputy mayor of Paris, Jean-Louis Missika, told the Washington Post. “Never has ...
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Lily Maxwell11 min read

Leading North American Smart Cities to Watch in 2019

In a 2018 report completed by the Eden Strategy Institute, 12 of the globe’s 20 smartest cities were located in the USA. ...
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Lily Maxwell10 min read

Rising North American Smart Cities to Watch in 2019

The US is, in many ways, the birthplace of innovation: it was there that Ford launched the first affordable car and there that ...
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Lily Maxwell16 min read

Bob Bennett: the Role of Smart Cities Technology and their Benefits

Bob Bennett, the former Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of Kansas City talked in our Smart City Leader Interview Series - while ...
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Lily Maxwell9 min read

Rising Asian Stars: Smart Cities in Asia to Watch in 2019 - Part 1

There were an estimated 47 megacities in existence in 2017, and the majority were located in Asia. The region is facing ...
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Lily Maxwell13 min read

Rob van Gijzel on the Importance of Smart Cities & Smart Citizens

Rob van Gijzel, the former Mayor of Eindhoven and current Chairman of the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) Foundation in New ...
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Lily Maxwell24 min read

Jonathan Reichental on the Importance of Smart Cities & Smart Citizens

The importance of smart cities & smart citizens: In our new interview series, smart city leaders comment on the future of ...
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