by Seth Rosenberg | Jun 27, 2013 | Smart Cities
Washington: President Obama announces Climate Action Plan On Tuesday at Georgetown University President Barack Obama gave a speech outlining his vision for the country’s response to climate change. In his well-crafted call for action, Obama tactfully dismissed...
by Lynn Patterson | Jun 25, 2013 | Smart Cities
Years ago, I saw a little ad in the Globe and Mail for two-week course that Jay Ingram was leading at the Banff Centre on ‘science communications.’ Two weeks! Jay Ingram! Banff! I got totally jazzed thinking about how I could spend two weeks in the Rockies, rubbing...
by Josef Scarantino | Jun 24, 2013 | Smart Cities
Collaborative spaces within the city are more than just rising hotbeds of innovation; they can serve as social equalizers to disenfranchised populations, such as people with physical and cognitive disabilities. Collaborative spaces can help promote social inclusion by...
by Issi Romem | Jun 11, 2013 | Smart Cities
How will self-driving cars affect our cities? In a recent blog post I predicted that self-driving cars will gradually but dramatically cause our cities to expand. “Faster and more efficient transportation” I wrote, “will convert locations that are currently too remote...
by David Waverman and Jeanette Southwood | Jun 10, 2013 | Smart Cities
This blog post accompanied a webinar, Creative Repurposing — Unlocking the Past for Our Sustainable Future. Click the link for an archive recording of the event. Leafy, tree-lined streets with rows of houses dating back a century may be pleasant for a stroll or a...
by Clara Brenner and Julie Lein | Jun 10, 2013 | Smart Cities
Urban innovation isn’t just coming from government or large companies. There’s a real movement of entrepreneurs looking to solve problems in their own communities. These urban impact entrepreneurs are creative and nimble – and have the ability to scale their...
by Frank Teng | Jun 9, 2013 | Mobility, Technology
How do we measure a “smart city”? As “smart city” has evolved into a meme, some experts are trying to bring clarity to the definition of a smart city for practical purposes. The UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network has launched an effort to...
by Steve Tiell | Jun 3, 2013 | Smart Cities
This past Friday, BART, one of the primary mass transit systems in the San Francisco Bay Area experienced unplanned downtime during the morning commute. BART averages 360,000 riders a day, 150,000 of whom cross the Bay and would have been affected by the delay. Yet,...
by Seth Rosenberg | Jun 3, 2013 | Smart Cities
It is estimated that in the early 1800s, only about 3% of the world’s one billion people lived in cities. Until this time, a vast majority of the human population labored in agriculture on small farms. Today, in a world of more than 7 billion people, over half of the...
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