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Transforming the City

Hello,

Here, I will be posting and commenting articles – mainly in English and in French – that I find interesting and useful in illustrating way cities are transforming themselves to become “smart”.

More specifically, I’ll be looking for stories that speak to the way cities working internally as municipalities, with regional & national government, with service operators, with suppliers of software (Apps) and hardware (IoT) solutions … to overcome obstacles, to achieve efficiency and to deliver real value to their inhabitants and visitors.

If you want to send me an article that you have come across that does this, please do so and I will publish it here. My email address is: jonathan.woods@eukalypton.com

Could the City itself be the Problem?

Apr 21, 2020 | Cities

↑ A deserted street  in the Saint Michel district of Paris. Cyril Marcilhacy/Bloomberg This article examines what intrinsic aspects of cities can legitimately be shown to be problematic or assets in epidemics and points to ways smart cities should address problematic...

Dubai’s soon-to-be-published Data-Sharing Toolkit

Apr 17, 2020 | Cities

↑ The toolkit further adds to Dubai's portfolio of data initiatives and services The way data about citizens in cities, regions and countries is collected processed and shared, it a vital matter to prepare and communicate along with a reaffirmation of the ethics...

Villes intelligentes pour l’Afrique

Apr 15, 2020 | Cities

↑ (Crédits : Shutterstock) Adapter la vision et les ambitions authentiques des villes intelligentes aux réalités dans les villes africaines requière une adaptation des concepts mise en place ailleurs au terrain africain et aussi des esprits des leaders municipaux au...

Asset Management platform & Smart Street Lighting

Apr 4, 2020 | Cities

Smart Street Lighting is a very attractive investment for cities starting a Smart City program to start with. It is: easily understood and appreciated by city stakeholders (inhabitants, businesses, commuters & visitors) brings energy savings AND benefits...

Covid-19 and the trade-off between privacy and public health

Mar 25, 2020 | Cities

↑ MICK DE PAOLA / UNSPLASH This article raises the issue of a confrontation between the protection of our Privacy and our Public health ... in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic. It's basically the same confrontation as in mobility: between persinal data privacy...

L’engagement citoyen à l’heure du digital

Mar 19, 2020 | Villes

↑ Manifestation contre la réforme du droit d’auteur dans l’Union Européenne Il est souhaitable que les obstacles à la mise en place d'une solution pour voter à distance sur son smartphone soient traités et lévés pour que l'acte démocratique puisse être fait sur...

End Users & Smart City Innovation

Mar 18, 2020 | Cities

↑ Photo: Getty The focus on citizen needs, on end-users, has developped into a key theme to re-orient ("transform") Smart City thinking, planing and execution. In essence it is no different to what marketing people and product designers...

L’habitat traditionnel, source d’inspiration pour les cités du futur

Mar 11, 2020 | Villes

↑ Un bâtiment en blocs de terre compressés conçu par Élémenterre, l’entreprise du Sénégalais Doudou Dème. (Crédits : Elementerre) Il est évident et essentiel que le développement des villes se fassent par rapport à leur environnement climatique, démographique,...