Professor Tadhg O’Donovan, Deputy Vice Principal and Head of School of Engineering & Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University in Dubai discusses ways in which smart grids can lower emissions and advance the full transition to smart cities.
With the electricity grid becoming smarter and more ecological, there is no doubt that this has the potential to revolutionise the way that we live.
Weiterlesen: Decarbonising power through the synergy between smart cities and smart grids
Efforts like reducing carbon emissions are important to fight climate change, but cities should also be looking at how they can reinforce roads, stabilize electric grids and use new technologies to build resilient communities.
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warned that humankind was running out of time to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst impacts of a warming planet — that is, massive, costly and fatal flooding, heat waves and other punishments.
Weiterlesen: Building Resilient Cities That Are Ready for Climate Change
The past few years have been a bit more challenging, to put it mildly. Local organizations have been amongst the most disrupted as managing the various aspects of the pandemic like the accelerated need for digital transformation often occurred at the local level. As it turns out, around 45% of government organizations were ill-prepared for the challenges of the pandemic. This has resulted in an increased push towards improving local infrastructure and with it, the evolution of smart cities that can better manage challenging conditions and be more attractive to potential residents as more employers offer remote work options and flexibility and flexibility.
Weiterlesen: World Reimagined: The Potential of Smart Cities
Longstanding shifts in work and education that accelerated dramatically during the pandemic have changed how communities think about connectivity. One of the most profound changes for government leaders involves the notion of edgeless government — where constituent services mesh seamlessly into a world of decentralized work, hybrid learning and digital interactions in the other areas of residents’ lives.
However, governments have much work to do to meet constituents’ evolving expectations — a Center for Digital Government (CDG) survey of 150 state and local government leaders in September 2021 showed that 42 percent of respondents didn’t have a road map for connected communities.
15 minute city concepts have been demonstrated in Paris, Adelaide, London and Dublin. But is the concept as new as we might have thought?
What is a 15 Minute City?
A 15 minute city must provide must human needs and desires within a travel distance taking approximately 15 minutes. Crucially, this is not based on travel by car, but walking or cycling.
Many credit urban planner Clarence Perry as the original proponent of the term, promoting a walkable “neighbourhood unit.”