October 1, 2015 | by Trond Johannessen As EU leaders meet to deliberate and negotiate a solution to the ever-growing refugee flows from Syria and many other nations, 23 million Europeans are out of work. The European economy is in its first year of return to growth, while the European Central Bank is pouring liquidity […]
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29 June 2014 | by Vineeta Shetty Last week, India’s putative Smart City mission threw more figures on the mountain of numbers being crunched by journalists, analysts and numerologists. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcements, while signifiying a political declaration of will to a massive audience of stakeholders, left questions unanswered. Many operational details of investment […]
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23 June 2014 | by Brigid McAleer What’s in a name? Intelligent city, digital city, smart city: as always, it’s what lies beneath where the real meaning and purpose are found. Brigid McAleer interviews Júlia López, Project Manager of European and Regional Digital Strategy, A.K.A Smart Cities, for the Municipality of Barcelona. An engineer by […]
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27 April 2015 | New Delhi, India The condition and quality of Indian building stock is poor when it comes to seismic performance India has many instances of buildings collapsing even without an earthquake – laxity in enforcing regulations is to blame In Delhi, 70-80 per cent of buildings violate regulations; civic agencies cite lack […]
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22 January 2015 | by The Smart Citizen contributors “The city fosters competition among developers to combine architectural, ecological and social qualities while remaining affordable for everybody and guaranteeing a functioning and social mix in all housing areas.” Dr. Michael LudwigExecutive City Councillor for Housing, Housing Construction and Urban Renewal of the City of Vienna […]
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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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