The number of people expected to be living in cities is set to double by 2050 to some 6.4 billion urban dwellers. To cope with this population increase, and to adjust to the new needs of larger cosmopolitan environments, cities will require new and innovative ways of managing their assets and resources.
This is addressed by various smart city initiatives, where clever ways of connecting technologies, data and stakeholders, result in completely new fashions to manage e.g. traffic, street lighting, parking, waste collection or public safety. But for a city to become truly smart, it also needs to break the often-existing silos between different city departments, as well as the silos between public and private entities.
Weiterlesen: Breaking down the silos to create efficient smart cities
The concept of a smart city has captured the imagination of urban planners and residents. These cities, powered by cutting-edge technology and data-driven solutions, promise to revolutionize the urban experience.
At the heart of the smart city revolution lies the promise of efficiency and convenience. Imagine a city where public services are integrated, where traffic flows smoothly thanks to real-time data analysis and where energy consumption is optimized to reduce environmental impact.
- Multiple factors are needed for a smart and sustainable city, such as social cohesion, human capital and economic performance.
- The IESE ranking of the world’s most sustainable and smart cities is led by European and US cities, but many cities from elsewhere perform strongly against individual measures.
- With increasing numbers of people living in cities, initiatives like the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities, which aims to tackle urban affordability, will become more important.
London, Paris, New York – it’s easy to reel off a list of the world’s most famous cities. But what makes a great city? And behind the hype and celebrity, are there other cities we should be celebrating as we look to create smart, sustainable, liveable urban spaces of the future?
Weiterlesen: These are some of the world's top smart and sustainable cities
France's Thales has expanded its partnership with Neural Labs to support the development of AI powered smart city infrastructure.
Thales is a provider of smart technologies, electronic systems, software, space, ground transportation, services, and equipment to the aerospace, defense, and security markets.
Headquartered in Spain, Neural Labs provides video analysis for smart cities to create safe transport solutions.
Weiterlesen: Thales expands AI smart city partnership with Neural Labs
At the next Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Telefónica will present its vision on the comprehensive management of smart services for cities.
At the booth Smart City Expo World Congress of Barcelona that Telefónica will occupy, a tour will be offered about the double vision of the smart cities through the prism of the city council and the citizen as active parties and beneficiaries of the city’s development.