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Location Intelligence and Citizen Engagement: Key Factors in Making Smart Cities

Location Intelligence and Citizen Engagement: Key Factors in Making Smart Cities – Sensing Change Blog

By utilizing location intelligence, Smart Cities enable efficient utilization of resources, people, money, assets, and information. Smart City programs have started gaining momentum with the tech-savvy generation, offering pathways to better economic conditions, sustainable development, quality of life and improved governance. This trend is being driven by a number of factors, like reduced technology costs, free mobile apps, social media platforms, cloud computing and effective ways of managing high volumes of data. The ultimate goal of a Smart City is to enable the government and citizens to understand, communicate, access and predict urban functions more efficiently…

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Intentional Citizen Engagement Makes a City Smart – Livemint

Citizen engagement makes a city smart, not infrastructure – Livemint

In June 2015, the ministry of urban development came out with guidelines for a smart city. These guidelines were divided into six key areas with solutions to various everyday problems in each of these categories. Smart facilities under e-Governance and Automated Citizen Services include public information, grievance redressal, electronic service delivery, citizen engagement, citizens’ eyes and ears, and video crime…

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#SmartCity Buba New assistive technology to be on show for people with determination (disabilities)

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Dubai: Technology has been helping people of determination to be more independent and increase their employability and many of these new devices will be exhibited in this year’s AccessAbilities Expo 2017 happening next month. AccessAbilities Expo 2017, the Middle East’s largest expo for people with disabilities, will be held from November 7 to 9 at the Dubai International Convention and…

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Smart Dubai attends Smart Cities World Congress #SCEW17 #SCEW2017

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SDO is attending the event, which takes place in Barcelona until 16th November, along with 12 its government and private-sector strategic partners. We are always on the lookout for opportunities to share our success with the world, as well as to learn from other like-minded organisations about the latest inventions and best practices to develop our own offering. Each of us brings a rich background and deep insight into our respective industries. add-to

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Google’s Sidewalk Labs signs deal for #smart city makeover of Toronto’s waterfront – The Globe and Mail

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A unit of Google’s parent company, devoted to urban innovation, has signed a deal to map out a new kind of neighbourhood on Toronto’s waterfront that could demonstrate how data-driven technology can improve the quality of city life. This is the first such project for Alphabet, and for Sidewalk Labs. If the initiative proceeds, it would include at least 3.3 million square feet of residential, office and commercial space, including a new headquarters for Google Canada, in a district that would be a test bed for the combination of technology and urbanism

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Bill Gates buys big chunk of land in Arizona to build #Smart City

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PHOENIX – One of Bill Gates’ investment firms has spent $80 million to kickstart the development of a brand-new community in the far West Valley. The large plot of land is about 45 minutes west of downtown Phoenix off I-10 near Tonopah. The proposed community, made up of close to 25,000 acres of land, is called Belmont. According to Belmont Partners,…

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San Jose, CA – #SmartCity Vision -Innovation and Inclusion

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This is San Jose’s smart city vision, making San Jose the most innovative and inclusive city on the planet by 2020. Source: San Jose, CA – Official Website – Smart City Vision

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#SmartCity Experience – Amsterdam Smart City

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Experience smart city solutions on the innovative MarineterreinThe Smart City Lab is initiated by Amsterdam Smart City. In this Lab dozens of Smart City solutions can be found from Amsterdam and other cities within several themes. Information regarding each innovation will be displayed on a Smart ID Card – a brief information card with answers to several key questions. Around…

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Philly begins major efforts to become a #SmartCity with focus on Digital Inclusion

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The “Readiness Workshop” was part of the Smart Cities grant and meant to serve as a jumpstart to help the city develop a roadmap to becoming a Smart City. The Office of Technology will also use a $200,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to create the actual roadmap. One thing that will set Philly apart from other cities’ roadmaps is…

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#SmartCities New York: The SDGs as a Framework to Ensure More Sustainable, Livable, and Equitable Cities

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The SDG Media Zone aims to engage people all over the world in the important conversations happening during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly in New York from 18-22 September. Bringing together well-known personalities and Member States as well as content creators, influencers and media partners, the SDG Media Zone will provide a dynamic space to strengthen the…

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Future Accessibility & Assistive Technology Summit Qatar | Homepage

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About Future Accessibility & Assistive Technology Summit QatarFuture Accessibility Summit Qatar will support recent initiatives launched by the Qatari Government which aim to fully transform Qatar into a leading disabled-friendly city by 2020, through ambitious initiatives designed to maximise participation and inclusion of all Qatari citizens in achieving a fully integrated society…

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Disability Access & Inclusion – Newcastle City Council

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Newcastle City Council adopted its Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2016-2019 prepared in accordance with s.12 of the NSW Disability Inclusion Act at its Ordinary Meeting on 22 March 2016. The plan outlines how council will contribute to making Newcastle an inclusive and accessible city for everyone.The Newcastle City Council Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2016-2019 was prepared in consultation with the…

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Dubai Set to Be Disability Friendly by 2020

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Dubai is making a lot of changes by 2020. The city will host the World Expo that year, and to gear up for the international event, Dubai has been working on a state-of-the-art expo site called District 2020. Once the expo is over, it will be used as residential and commercial space.It’s not only District 2020 that’s gearing up for…

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IoT Guidelines

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BETTER. FASTER. MORE EQUITABLE. New York City is committed to being the most tech-friendly, innovative, and equitable big city in the world. View the guidelines Source: IoT Guidelines

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D.C. convenes series of ‘demo days’ to accelerate smart city experimentation

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The city’s IT department hosted its second gathering of tech vendors to understand what technologies they might pilot to make the District run more efficiently. Source: D.C. convenes series of ‘demo days’ to accelerate smart city experimentation

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Spokane’s Smart city Living Lab Partnership Moves Forward

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  SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University has joined with six private and public partners on a formal agreement to develop Spokane’s University District into a smart city living laboratory.“We’re excited to be part of this group that is leading smart city innovations for healthier people, safer neighborhoods, smarter infrastructure and a more sustainable environment,” said Kim Zentz, director of…

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Let Children Plan Smart Cities For A Brighter Future

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When kids put on their urban planner hats – cities are better for everyone The 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child championed children’s participation in all social processes, but it wasn’t until the early 2000s that UNICEF took that goal further by introducing the concept of cities by and for children. In the last decade, organizations like the…

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Microsoft Inspire Conference | URBAN HUB

Microsoft Inspire Conference | URBAN HUB

Digitalization continues to change our daily lives – and it’s people who live in cities who most intimately experience these changes. Microsoft, one of the leading pioneers in the field of digitalization, hosts an annual conference for its partners in innovation. Together, they showcase many of the next major developments in digitalization. Join URBAN HUB as we look into the…

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Smart City Living Lab partnership brings smart kiosks and more to Dallas, TX

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A new partnership between the Dallas Innovation Alliance and AT&T will create a new program to test smart city tools.   Source: Living lab partnership brings smart lighting, kiosks and environmental sensors to Dallas  

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