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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. 

Lily Maxwell8 min read

Blockchain Technologies: The Next Frontier of Smart Cities - Part 2

As we discussed in our previous article (Blockchain: The Next Frontier of Smart Cities - Part 1), blockchain has the potential ...
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Lily Maxwell12 min read

Rising Stars: Eight European Smart Cities to Watch in 2018

The term ‘smart city’ is everywhere at the moment, but it is still mostly discussed in reference to familiar names - Amsterdam, ...
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Lily Maxwell7 min read

Why The Smart Home Is Facilitating Smart Communities

As John Friedmann highlights (2011), the household is just as much a socio-political space as the public realm: although it may ...
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Lily Maxwell6 min read

The Need to Redefine the Smart Home and its Link to Smart Cities

If the smart city is one that is hyperconnected, energy and cost-efficient, and sustainable, aiming to improve the lives of all ...
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Lily Maxwell12 min read

How to ensure that your smart city strategy is inclusive

Many proponents of the smart city claim that it is by nature inclusive. However, like all other aspects of urban design and ...
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Thomas Mueller2 min read

Announced: The Top 7 Intelligent Communities of the Year 2018

In early February 2018, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) named the world’s Top 7 Intelligent Communities of 2018. This is ...
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Thomas Mueller2 min read

Revealed: The UK's Leading Smart Cities

On October 23, Huawei and Navigant Consulting have released the 2nd "UK Smart Cities Index - Assessment of Strategy and ...
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Thomas Mueller1 min read

Call for a Human-Centric Smart City Approach

Over the past seven years, the smart city approach has changed fundamentally in terms of the strategies that cities and ...
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Dr. Alexander Gelsin1 min read

Collective Intelligence: Key Success Factor for the Smart City

As expressed by a number of urban strategists in the past two years, we have witnessed a gradual shift towards citizen-centric ...
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