18 December 2014 | by Vineeta Shetty In the second half of a 2-part article on vertical farming in the 2 city states, The Smart Citizen highlights the ecological vision for the Semi-Autonomous Region of Hong Kong. Before urban expansion ignited, Hong Kong generated over two-thirds of its own produce from local farms. In the […]
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5 December 2014 | by Vineeta Shetty Food resiliency is a growing worry in the island nations of Hong Kong and Singapore. Lacking a rural hinterland, they depend heavily on imports for sustenance. Where once Hong Kong grew 70% of its own produce, its fabled rice terraces have been dug up for luxury flats and […]
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6 November 2014 | by Vineeta Shetty As modern municipal governments go, Muscat’s is young: barely 30 years old. The capital of the Sultanate of Oman, exquisitely set between the al Hajar mountains and the Oman Sea, carries the flag for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s personal drive for the modernization of his country, […]
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31 October, 2014 | Nairobi, Kenya Mayors give voice to their citizens and play a central role in building well-planned cities and making them engines of prosperity, innovation and inclusiveness, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recognized on World Cities Day. In a world where already over half the population lives in urban areas, the human future […]
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‘La Superba’ Shines a Light on Citizen-Centric Services 30 September 2014 | by Vineeta Shetty The contrast of light and shade is a familiar motif in Genoa, lovers of Italy’s sixth largest city like to tell visitors. The shade of crooked caruggi where prostitutes and pimps ply their trade, erupt, without warning, into sun-filled piazzas, […]
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Satellite Data and GIS help Ghana Improve Returns on its Infrastructure 12 June 2014 | by Vineeta Shetty In common with many emerging countries, Ghana faces a problem in the way public sector agencies manage existing infrastructure assets. Two years ago, with a view to update management practices and to plan for long-term infrastructure needs, […]
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