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At SmartCitiesWorld’s inaugural advisory board meeting, Jeff Risom, chief innovation officer at Gehl Architects, explored how the public realm might be managed in the post-pandemic era.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

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Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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The latest news on climate change concerning smart city projects across the world.

Melbourne transforms city from “grey to green”

Melbourne transforms city from “grey to green”

Parks and green space10 May 2024

The Australian city’s draft budget puts forward proposals to further green the city, including nine new parks and open spaces and expansion of its tree canopy.

How Melbourne is realising its ambitious climate action plan

How Melbourne is realising its ambitious climate action plan

Climate action30 Mar 2023

Having declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in 2019, Lord Mayor Sally Capp believes the city is on the doorstep of achieving some of its bold aims.

Urb unveils designs for smart, self-sufficient African city

Urb unveils designs for smart, self-sufficient African city

Planning and redevelopment26 Oct 2022

The Parks, a 1,700 hectare sustainable city in the eastern region of South Africa, aims to produce 100 per cent of its energy, water and food on site to become a self-sufficient destination.

London to invest £4m in green infrastructure

London to invest £4m in green infrastructure

Climate action08 Aug 2022

Nineteen projects led by boroughs and TfL will receive funding, which include pocket parks, tree pits and rain gardens as part of the city’s urban climate action plans.

Melbourne invests $50m to become a green, sustainable city

Melbourne invests $50m to become a green, sustainable city

Climate action17 May 2022

A raft of measures in the 2022-23 draft budget include creating new open space, protecting parks, progressing the Power Melbourne project and cutting emissions.

Vancouver opens ‘park of the future’ and builds resilience

Vancouver opens ‘park of the future’ and builds resilience

Parks and green space09 May 2022

The park area aims to deliver a community connection in a dense urban setting with a third of the area planted with 6,000-plus shrubs, perennials, climbers and trees, significant to indigenous culture, food, and medicine.

Liverpool partners to build sustainable travel corridors

Liverpool partners to build sustainable travel corridors

Climate action07 Mar 2022

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Sustainable Green Travel Corridors project is using AI and machine learning to capture accurate, detailed and anonymous data 24/7 on traffic flow and travel patterns.

Wellington announces suburb-to-city routes for lower carbon commutes

Wellington announces suburb-to-city routes for lower carbon commutes

Planning and redevelopment28 Feb 2022

Street changes will support growing neighbourhoods and new ways of living in and moving around the city, as well as make the transport system more resilient in the face of major events.

Lakeview Village on course to build sustainable, future-ready city

Lakeview Village on course to build sustainable, future-ready city

News17 Nov 2021

Partners behind the project are focused on creating a highly inter-connected, environmentally conscious 15-minute community while restoring the ecological ecosystem decimated by years of industrial use.

London borough makes school streets healthier and safer

London borough makes school streets healthier and safer

News08 Sep 2021

The programme, which uses AI-powered air quality sensors, is part of the Healthy Streets Everyday initiative, funded by the London mayor, and aims to deliver pedestrian-priority streets.

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Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

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OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

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Londoners are being encouraged to mark the day on Sunday 22 September with 200 streets transformed into temporary spaces for play and social gatherings.

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Displays offer live departure information and will soon offer details of diverted routes and disruptions for multiple operators, including train and air travel.

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Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.

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Air Quality Trend Report 2024

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We assess the current trends in air quality monitoring and improvement, identifying projects, policies and technologies that are aiding cities in creating more liveable and breathable urban environments.

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Panel discussion: How Madrid is unlocking the potential of AI to transform city experiences

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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune into the latest Urban Exchange podcast, where guests from the city of Buenos Aires City Government and Yale University discuss the links between climate, health and inequity.

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London transforms streets for World Car Free Day

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – San Diego

Delve into the latest City Profile from SmartCitiesWorld, focusing on how the City of San Diego is innovating through policy and technology to best serve its communities.

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Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: lessons and takeaways

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: lessons and takeaways

With Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 at a close, look back at some of the key actions and considerations for cities that came from a packed two days of discussion and insight. The report explores actionable insights for city administrations to accelerate climate action, emphasising the development of policies, the deployment of cutting edge technologies and the methods of financing projects in climate action across energy, mobility and the built environment.