Global Resources and Promising Practices for Building and Refining Accessible and Inclusive Smart Cities from Darren Bates LLC.
“Smart City” is the concept that will change the way we see and live in cities. Thousands of experts worldwide analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this new technological and social revolution from all perspectives. To date, however, accessibility is still a nascent dimension of this movement and must firmly be incorporated into the very definition of a Smart City.…
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Build Global Cities That Are Engines of Inclusion – 100 Resilient Cities Cities are increasingly punching above their weight as engines of global economic growth, and the leaders are doing it while emphasizing inclusiveness. Urban development has historically focused on the structure of the local economy, business development, job creation and, increasingly, education and workforce preparedness. But cities have rarely…
Read MorePart 3: Inclusive Cities Are More Resilient Cities Speaking at the 2015 McKinsey & Company Global Infrastructure Initiative, 100RC President Michael Berkowitz discussed a host of topics relating to urban resilience. and inclusion. “One of the key attributes of a resilent city is inclusiveness. We can evaluate that in a number of different ways, but certainly it’s that the most poor and vulnerable…
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