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Over the past 10 years, urban planners, technology companies, and governments have promoted smart cities with a somewhat utopian vision of urban life made knowable and manageable through data collection and analysis. Emerging smart cities have become both crucibles and showrooms for the practical application of the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and the integration of big data into everyday life. Are smart cities optimized, sustainable, digitally networked solutions to urban problems? Or are they neoliberal, corporate-controlled, undemocratic non-places?

An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. We live in a world defined by urbanization and digital ubiquity, where mobile broadband connections outnumber fixed ones, machines dominate a new "internet of things," and more people live in cities than in the countryside.

Barcellona, Manchester o Salonicco, Torino, Bari o Genova: cosa hanno in comune queste città? Il fatto che possono essere considerate smart, misurandole con diversi parametri che vanno dai trasporti all'istruzione, dalla sanità alla sostenibilità ambientale all'innovazione tecnologica. Smart city è dunque una definizione complessa cha allude ad una trasformazione delle nostre attuali città con l'obiettivo non solo del superamento delle emergenze energetiche ed ambientali, ma anche della qualità del vivere per il cittadino e per la comunità, sul piano sociale ed economico.

Il drammatico uno-due della pandemia seguita dal conflitto in Ucraina ha contribuito dolorosamente a un passaggio culturale importante, facendoci finalmente realizzare che la transizione ecologica è uno strumento per conseguire una maggiore indipendenza dalle importazioni di materie prime, energia e semilavorati, da cui le economie europee sono estremamente indipendenti. Le soluzioni proprie della crisi ecologica (dalle fonti rinnovabili al ciclo idrico integrato, dall'economia circolare alla fusione nucleare) si rivelano infatti essere ciò che serve per affrontare la crisi geo-politica, ...

Une chronique de Christine Le Brun, Leader Smart Cities & Places chez Onepoint, où nous parlerons de villes, d’outils et de technologies numériques, de données, mais aussi des citoyens et de ceux qui font les villes.

“Smart City XL - La città di genere” è un podcast in quattro puntate prodotto da Radio 24, che racconta le differenze della vita quotidiana tra donne, uomini e minoranze di genere nelle nostre città. Al centro c’è l’utilizzo dello spazio urbano, nei suoi servizi, negli spostamenti, nei bisogni specifici, nella libertà di attraversare le sue strade, nel ruolo delle donne e nella sua rappresentazione simbolica. L’idea nasce da Florencia Andreola e Azzurra Muzzonigro, co-fondatrici dell’associazione "Sex & the City".CREDITI:“Smart City XL - La città di genere” di Florencia ...

Smart City Xperience, le podcast d’aujourd’hui pour la Genève de demain! Découvrez la vision de celles et ceux qui agissent pour construire nos villes durables sur le Grand Genève.

Un'intervista settimanale per fare il punto sui più importanti filoni di innovazione con alcuni dei massimi esperti italiani: dall'acciaio verde ai robot collaborativi, dalle vertical farm alle applicazioni del grafene, dal futuro del packaging al nucleare di IV generazione, e tanto altro ancora. Ascolta anche il programma in diretta, in onda su Radio 24 da lunedì a giovedì alle 20:55

Zahlreiche Stadt- und City-Verantwortliche nutzen zunehmend den Begriff SmartCity, aber was ist eigentlich eine SmartCity? Die Definitionen gehen weit auseinander. Ist eine Stadt, die ein Glasfaserkabel-Netz besitzt oder entwickeln möchte smart? Braucht sie ein digitales Parkleitsystem? Reicht eine Internetseite „wo alles drauf steht“? – Kein Witz, das wurde uns gegenüber schon so formuliert. Der Podcast für und über SmartCity-Themen: »Smart and the City«. Informative, humorvolle und nachdenklich stimmende Gespräche mit Gästen aus den unterschiedlichen Themenbereichen rund um ...

As the central resource for cities on the intersection of government, data, and innovation, the Data-Smart City Pod from Data-Smart City Solutions at the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University features leaders and experts in governance, innovation, and research.

Plan on smart city by team Emperors

Recognizing a gap in the industry insights, we established our media platform as a leading source for insights on the digitalization of cities and utilities. We cut through the noise to provide clear and concise video content tailored to the needs of cities, utilities and industry players. Kurrantly: Stay ahead with Kurrantly by catching up on the smart city and utility industry news, including the latest initiatives, policies, projects, investments and merge and aquisitions. Kurrant Originals: Gain insights and learn about cities and utilities digitalization with Kurrant Originals' in-depth

Hop on the journey toward a better urban life and hear from top actors in the Smart City arena about stakeholders and themes most prevalent for today's citizens and tomorrow's generations. At BABLE, through our platform and services, we enable processes from research and strategy development to co-creation and implementation. Visit us at www.bable-smartcities.eu

When does a smart city become an overly-surveilled city? In City Surveillance Watch, a scripted podcast series from Smart Cities Dive, reporter Kate Kaye explores the inherent dichotomy of data-hungry technologies that - while promising to make cities safer and more efficient - can also be considered forms of surveillance tech. In three in-depth episodes, listeners will travel across the country, digging deep into stories that illuminate how and why cities are using surveillance tech. They’ll hear from people who oppose its use, from law enforcement representatives who support it, from city ...

This podcast is rated one of the "Top Smart City Podcasts " in the FeedSpot ranking. Pierre Mirlesse interviews the women and men that strive to make their city a better place for their fellow residents, citizens and visitors. They help their city become smarter and more sustainable. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smartandsustainablecitypodcast Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSmartAndSustainableCityPodcast

Woran denkt ihr, wenn ihr den Begriff Smart Cities hört? Digitalisierung, Vernetzung, Big Data, ganz viel Technik, die Städte irgendwie intelligenter machen sollen? Smart, smarter Cities ist der Podcast von Journalistin, Christiane, um zu ergründen, was das ganze Gerede über die Städte der Zukunft überhaupt soll. Technologie und Digitalisierung sind zwar hilfreich, aber sollten Städte nicht in erster Linie lebenswert sein? Wo bleibt bei der Diskussion um städtische Lebensräume also der Mensch? Ich frage nach, bei Stadtbewohnern, Unternehmen, Kommunen und allen, die dazugehören. 

With wit and sharp insight, former Traffic Commissioner of New York City, Sam Schwartz a.k.a. "Gridlock Sam", one of the most respected transportation engineers in the world and consummate insider in NYC political circles, uncovers how American cities became so beholden to cars and why the current shift away from that trend will forever alter America's urban landscapes, marking nothing short of a revolution in how we get from place to place.