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Smart Or Stupid: Will Our Cities Of The Future Be Easier To Hack?
As more and more machines are entrusted with managing city infrastructure systems, the prospect of disruption – and…
2015-02-28
6 Ways To Grow Our Cities In A More Sustainable Manner
As we stand at the crossroads of urban development and environmental sustainability, the challenge of growing our cities…
2024-01-02
What Are The Benefits Of Smart Fridges?
We would like to thank our generous sponsors for making this article possible. The humble refrigerator has become…
2023-04-06
Davos 2023: Key takeaways for cities and local economies
Last week, nearly 3,000 global leaders – including over 350 government leaders and 47 heads of state –…
2023-01-23
Top 10 Cities With The Best Public Transport
Hong Kong has been named the world’s top city for public transit, according to a new study by consulting firm…
2022-12-16
The Wealthiest Cities in the World in 2022
The USA dominates the world’s Top 20 Cities with the Most Millionaires in 2022, with New York taking the crown…
2022-10-23
These 5 global cities are leading the charge to a renewable future
A billion people live in a city with renewable energy targets or policies. Cities contribute three-quarters of CO2…
2022-03-23
What’s the Metaverse and how can cities benefit from it
The Metaverse has been on everyone’s lips in the past few weeks mainly thanks to the announcement by…
2021-11-24
5 Advantages Cities Have Over Rural Living
There are all kinds of ways and places you can live. Maybe you were born in a rural…
2021-09-23
Sponge Parks And Vertical Gardens – How Cities Are Using Nature To Overcome Extreme Weather
West Gorton Park had ‘drunk’ the rainwater, releasing it into the sewer systems over time rather than all…
2021-04-30
What Is A Smart City Like In 2021?
The concept of a ‘smart city’ should not be difficult to define in 2021, since we have actual…
2021-03-25
Cities Are At The Heart Of Our Journey To Net Zero. Here’s Why
The world is at a critical juncture. Never has there been a moment where businesses, energy consumers and…
2021-03-12
Why COVID-19 Won’t Kill Cities
For those of you who live in cities, ask yourself: What it is about your urban lifestyle that…
2021-01-29
Climate-Friendly Transportation In U.S. Cities
A new index on carbon-friendly transportation shows which U.S. cities are leading the fight on reducing emissions and fostering clean…
2021-01-22
How Cities Take Advantage Of Server Databases In 2020
Modern cities are inextricably intertwined with digital technologies, not just in terms of the devices that individual residents…
2020-10-27
Opening A City Hotel: 4 Smart Tips
Starting any business in the city is a daunting task, but the prospect of opening a hotel in…
2020-10-09
What It Would Mean To Live In A Smart City
Smart cities are the future, with more and more cropping up around the globe, using technology to provide…
2020-10-06
How COVID-19 Is Shaping Our Cities And Communities
The emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020 turned our world upside down, forcing the global population indoors and…
2020-09-23
The Urbanization Of Raccoons In US Cities
Raccoons are extremely intelligent, incredibly adaptable, and strangely cute! They are also known as “Nature’s Bandit”. This wild…
2020-06-18
How To Design And Build An Eco-Friendly Smart Home
Smart cities can only come to fruition once homes themselves have been optimized. This is a bit of…
2020-04-06
Europe’s Worst Cities For Traffic Congestion
Among the cities of Europe, Moscow has the worst traffic congestion. This is according to the 2019 edition…
2020-02-18
To Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Cities And Buildings We Need Systemic Efficiency
We cannot solve climate change without transforming our cities and buildings. This requires massive efforts from the private…
2020-02-08
The World’s Top Cities Face Stiff Competition, Here’s Why
As concerns about geopolitics, demographics and climate change rise and technological advances redefine established city hierarchies, the attention…
2020-02-06
Modern Security Solutions For Rapidly Growing Cities
68 percent of the world’s population will be living in urban areas by 2050, according to projections by…
2020-01-21
Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities In The World 2019
Which cities are the most beautiful in the world? FlightNetwork asked thousands of travel writers, travel bloggers, and…
2019-11-20
Urban Mobility In The Smart City Age
The rapid development in operational and information technologies can reshape the existing paradigm of urban mobility in cities…
2019-11-02
How Data Is Powering Smart City Micromobility And Public Transport
The massive volumes of information brought upon by the digital age allow us to move forward in ways…
2019-09-23
10 Priorities For Health And Wellbeing In Cities
The world is developing fast. As time goes on, we live longer, more urban, and more connected. As…
2019-09-02
Smashing The Urban Myths: How Clean Energy Builds New Cities
Our cities are hotbeds of inspiration, connection and breathtakingly brilliant ideas. They have given us so much –…
2019-08-29
When Less Is More: Being a Minimalist in Cities
A minimalist mindset could be exactly what you need to have a better city living. Minimalism is green…
2019-08-12
Digital Earth: The Paradigm Now Shaping Our World’s Data Cities
Today’s smart cities rely on networks: squillions of semiconductor devices that constantly pulse electromagnetic waves (light and radio…
2019-07-25
The Cities With The Worst Traffic Congestion
Traffic congestion is a problem of almost every city. Too many cars on the streets affect mobility, environment…
2019-06-28
The Top 10 Small Cities For Gamers In The U.S.
Fast internet. Gaming communities. Esports leagues. Tech jobs. These cities have it all. With the popularity of esports…
2019-06-06
Cities Are Growing Insanely Fast: How Can We Prepare
The world is going urban. More than half (55 per cent) of the global population are city dwellers.…
2019-05-29
4 Tech Must-Haves for Extreme Weather Cities
Cities across the U.S. and Canada experienced bitter winter temps at the end of 2018 and into 2019.…
2019-05-23
How New York Is Becoming A Leading Smart City
Smart cities relate to destinations that have chosen to adopt technology, to improve a city’s efficiency for its…
2019-05-21
Why The World Should Be Watching India’s Fast-Growing Cities
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) predicts that future increases in the world’s urban population will…
2019-01-24
A Living, Breathing City Through Smart Technology
As cities become more congested – the United Nations estimate 70% of all humans will be urban-living by…
2018-12-17
Why Walkable Cities Are Good For The Economy, According To A City Planner
People spend more money when cities are less vehicle-oriented. You’ve probably seen the term “walkability” thrown around in…
2018-11-13
Will Smart Technology Solve The Urban Waste Crisis?
The migration of people into the world’s urban centres has created crisis levels of waste. According to the…
2018-11-06
How To Make Creative Cities — From Buildings To Buses
“I am in love with cities,” says British designer and architect Thomas Heatherwick (TED Talk: Building the seed cathedral). “It’s just…
2018-09-17
Why The Actions Of Cities — Not Nations — Will Be The Key To Our Survival On Earth
While some world leaders resist global cooperation, city leaders are working across borders to tackle big issues like…
2018-09-14
These Are The World’s Most Future-Proof Cities
As technology changes the way people live and work, cities are undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Those that have…
2018-07-18
Here’s How Data Could Make Our Cities Safer
Across Europe, fast-growing cities and city regions are increasingly confronted with urban violence from extremists seeking to further…
2018-06-04
The Tech That’s Changing How Cities Help The Homeless
Every day, a team of community health paramedics in Austin, Texas, fans out across the city to provide…
2018-06-04
Robot Cities: Three Urban Prototypes For Future Living
Before I started working on real-world robots, I wrote about their fictional and historical ancestors. This isn’t so…
2018-04-18
It’s Time To Regulate ‘Smart City’ Technology, Too
This isn’t just about Facebook: When Google is building cities and cars are turning into data-harvesting machines, the…
2018-04-17
Which are The Best Public Transit-Friendly Cities in America?
Living in a city that has great public transit access can be a big bonus to getting around…
2018-04-06
Do Cities Still Want A Sharing Economy?
Much has been said in recent months about Uber and its travails as a company, with big leadership…
2018-02-26