The importance of smart cities & smart citizens: In our interview series, smart city leaders comment on the future of smart cities, the role of technology, and the benefits for citizens. In our second interview of the series, we have asked urban strategist and smart city expert Boyd Cohen to share his expertise, thoughts and insights with us on a number of important smart city topics.
Boyd Cohen on the Future of Smart Cities: Sustainability, Technology & Citizen-Centricity
Topics:
Co-Creation
Smart City
Internet of Things (IoT)
Sustainability
Renewable Energy
Smart Citizens
Urban Innovation
Blockchain
Blockchain Cities
IoMob
Urban Mobility
Regulation
Citizen-Centric
Smart City Initiatives
Urban Sustainability
Happy Citizens
Human-Centric
Livable Cities
Blockchain Cities Alliance
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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 to transform our communities, making the places we call home more collaborative, democratic and sustainable places. It is no surprise then, that a whole bunch of cities - from Santiago de Chile, Toronto, Tel Aviv, Oslo, and Milan, to London, and Stockholm - are already developing blockchain-based projects. Dubai is going even further, aiming to become the world’s first fully ‘blockchain-powered city’ by 2020. Lofty ideals aside, as we examined in part 1, blockchain does actually seem to offer some concrete benefits for communities, as we shall see below.
Topics:
Smart City Solutions
Collective Intelligence
Transparency
Smart City
Internet of Things (IoT)
Smart Cities
Decentralized Governance
Democratic Participation
Blockchain
Data Security
Data Control
Blockchain Cities
IoMob
Security
Behavioral Change
Trust
Safety
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