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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
The 15 Minute City
Thinking the city, starting from the way people lead their daily lives and then seeking to improve this, is kind of self-evident but not always applied. Time is increasingly a scarce resource for city dwellers, so an important domain in which to design solutions...
Finance for energy in Africa
↑ A 500W solar system in a rural village in Uganda Image: USAID on Flickr This excellent article show how a conceptual and business model prardigm shift can unlock opportunities and possibilities that are not apparent in the traditional energy market framework ...
La ville de demain sera électrique
L'intelligence et la durabilité des villes de demain sera consitué, pour une part importante, des bâtiments qui fonctionneront de manière intelligente. le 5 mars 2020 EMMANUEL FRANÇOIS : “LA VILLE DE DEMAIN SERA ÉLECTRIQUE” L’année 2020 sera marquée par une...
Insurance Companies in the New Mobility Service Market
This article examines the insurance questions that deployment of MaaS implies by Jacob Bangsgaard, CEO of ERTICO - 2 March 2020 Insurance Companies in the New Mobility Service Market Our transportation systems are rapidly changing and developing, as...
Magic Carpets and the way we think about Transportation Policy
This article argues for a much more integrated approach to transportation policy and regulation This post is authored by Carlos Pardo, NUMO’s senior manager of pilots. 27 Feb. 2020 How Magic Carpets Could Change the Way We Think about Transportation Policy We need...
Padam Mobility joins the “Drive Sweden” program
This is a Press Release that points to a sort of PPP trend in Smart Cities PADAM MOBILITY NEWS - March 2020 PADAM MOBILITY JOINS DRIVE SWEDEN PADAM MOBILITY JOINS DRIVE SWEDEN AND IS NOW PARTNER OF THE SWEDISH PROGRAM Launched by the Swedish government, Drive Sweden...
Four steps to Smart urban regeneration
Very fundamental advice here. You need to start from a vision and build from there, listening always to the city's "customers" ...
Smart Cities need a rail transit backbone
↑ Digital Singapore. The city-state is known as one of the world's smartest cities with a host of industries powered by digitisation. Image: Erwin Soo , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Rail transit provides scalable capacity, low and clean energy consumption, but heavy up-front...
La «Google City» à Toronto
↑ Toronto, ville choisie par Google pour développer sa vision de la ville de demain. Crédit : Shutterstock. Excellent article en français qui récapitule la saga de Sidewalk Labs au quartier Waterfront de Toronto (qui fait l’objet de pas mal...
Smart Retail Parks : Un concept Mutable Au Service du Dynamisme Territorial
↑ Berlin Modern Cityscape GettyImages-1050936146 Cet article considère le rôle des Smart Retail Parks dans le cadre des villes et des régions...
Communities Against Rider Surveillance (CARS)
Getty Images This is capitalism applied to ownership of data. We are too numerous on this planet now and too urbanised to consider that a laissez-faire policy of the type promulgated by Uber and CARS can assume the responsibilities that need to be assumed by a...
Smart Cities should get Back to Basics
SHUTTERSTOCK/EKAPHON MANEECHOT The basics of what smart cities are is grounded in capturing data, using data management and digital communications techologies to share and enhanced understanding of what the urban metabolic processes are, to make them more effcient and...
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