After surviving decades of occupation by a foreign power, how does a city restore and capture the value of its strengths in the arts and cultural heritage? This is a question that Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania, faced in the early 1990s after the country regained its independence from the Soviet Union.
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Smart City Vilnius: Embracing the Arts and Cultural Heritage
By Jon Glasco on May 7, 2022 5:56:00 PM
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Leading Smart Cities
City Portraits
Inclusivity
Inclusive Cities
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A Portrait of the Smart City Eindhoven
By Lisa Smith on Feb 27, 2018 10:43:53 PM
This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city approach and intelligent solutions implemented in the Dutch City of Eindhoven. For its achievements, especially in regards to open innovation, the City of Eindhoven was named the "Intelligent Community of the Year 2011" by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).
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Smart Mobility
Smart Lighting
Open Data
Leading Smart Cities
Smart Economy
City Portraits
Smart Collaboration
Smart City
Internet of Things (IoT)
Air Quality Monitoring
Smart Parking
Affordable Housing
Triangulum Project
Strijp-S
Eindhoven
Philips Lighting
Eckart Vaartbroek
Smart City Continuous Innovation Process
Open Innovation
Citybeacon
Brainport Development
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A Portrait of the Smart Nation Singapore
By Lisa Smith on Feb 12, 2018 9:17:09 PM
This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city strategy and intelligent solutions implemented in the City and nation-state of Singapore. Cities all over the world are applying new technologies to solve their problems and become smarter. Singapore’s take on technology, as endorsed by bee smart city, is that it should not be an end in itself – it should be made to serve the people, who should be firmly at the centre of the smart city concept. Singapore’s holistic strategy and innovative solutions can serve as best practice examples for many other cities around the world.
Topics:
Smart Mobility
Broadband Connectivity
Open Data
Leading Smart Cities
City Portraits
Smart Collaboration
Smart City
Roland Berger
Self-Driving Vehicles
Intelligent Community Forum
Singapore
Smart Nation Singapore
National Steps Challenge
Smart City Technology
Contactless Payments
Health Hub Portal
Smart City Apps
Juniper Research
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Smart City Vienna: A Collaborative Smart City
By Lisa Smith on Jan 28, 2018 2:40:16 AM
This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city strategy and intelligent solutions implemented in the Austrian City of Vienna. The city has placed a strong focus on the collaborative nature of growing smarter. In 2014, Austria’s capital decided to adopt a strategy generated with the help of businesses, research institutes, public servants and private citizens to decide on the directions the city should take as it develops.
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Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Leading Smart Cities
City Portraits
Smart Collaboration
Life Quality
Sustainability
Austria
Smart City Wien
Resource Management
Vienna
Roland Berger
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Smart City Portrait: Barcelona
By Lisa Smith on Jan 22, 2018 12:02:31 AM
This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city strategy and intelligent solutions implemented in the City of Barcelona. The city is no newcomer to the smart city scene. In 2011 it launched a project designed to make the city more innovative, listing the sustainability of energy use and of mobility, open data initiatives, flexible smart services and social initiatives as key areas for development, and it encouraged connections among researchers in both the public and private sectors with a focus on these topics.
Topics:
Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Leading Smart Cities
City Portraits
Barcelona
Internet of Things (IoT)
Francesca Bria
Air Quality Monitoring
Smart Parking
FabLab
Sustainability
Affordable Housing
Spain
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Amsterdam Smart City: A World Leader in Smart City Development
By Lisa Smith on Dec 10, 2017 7:32:31 PM
This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city strategy and intelligent solutions implemented in the City of Amsterdam. The Dutch capital city, is one of the early adopters of smart city strategies in Europe, following their strategic smart city approach since 2008. Today, the city is one of the leading smart cities in Europe.
Topics:
Smart Living
IoT applications
Open Data
Leading Smart Cities
Smart Economy
Amsterdam
LoRaWan
City Portraits
Netherlands
Circular City
Startup Ecosystem
Smart City Platform
Amsterdam Smart City
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A Portrait of the Smart City Toronto
By Lisa Smith on Dec 9, 2017 3:38:35 PM
This smart city portrait provides an overview on the smart city strategy and intelligent solutions implemented in the City of Toronto. Canada's largest city, has long been working on becoming smarter, being awarded the "Intelligent Community of the Year" by the Intelligent Community Forum in 2014. In 2015 the city made a big leap through a partnership with CityZenith. With a citizen-centric approach and the recently announced partnership with Google's Sidewalk Labs, the city now aspires to take another big leap forward to become one of the smartest North American cities.
Topics:
Smart Living
Open Data
Leading Smart Cities
Smart Economy
Canada
Google
Toronto
City Portraits
Sidewalk Labs
Sidewalk Toronto
Waterfront Toronto
Quayside
Waze
CityZenith
Intelligent Community Forum