by Clara Brenner and Julie Lein | Jan 27, 2014 | Announcements
How can we find more skilled trades workers to hire locally? Or create a technology to fund the homeless and other neighbors in need? Entrepreneurs have found innovative ways to tackle some of the toughest challenges plaguing cities. In the former case, WorkHands...
by Lyle Wray and Sandra Znajda | Jan 27, 2014 | Smart Cities
The Toronto 2013 Meeting of the Minds featured a number of sessions on sustainability including how to measure it. Cities around the world are pursuing their goals for a sustainable future through a variety of projects, programs, policies and plans. There is clearly...
by Brooks Rainwater | Jan 20, 2014 | Smart Cities
Cities incubate creativity and serve as labs for innovative ideas and policies. One such idea arising more and more is the innovation district. These districts are creative, energy-laden ecosystems with a focus on building partnerships across sectors. Innovation...
by Shaina Kandel | Jan 14, 2014 | Smart Cities
In the springtime in Provence, France, the countryside explodes with plush, fluffy looking purple fields. It’s lavender season. Even more miraculous than the aroma of sweet lavender is the sound coming from the fields – they actually buzz with honeybees....
by Steph Stoppenhagen, Director of Strategy & Innovation - Connected Communities, Black & Veatch | Jan 13, 2014 | Smart Cities
A brand image generates a unique set of ideas, feelings and attitudes in people. To remain competitive, large companies and cities can alter how they are perceived and relaunch themselves as a fresh new brand. Equally, competition between urban locations to attract...
by Meghna Tare | Jan 9, 2014 | Smart Cities
Eight of the 15 fastest-growing large U.S. cities and towns for the year ending July 1, 2012 were in Texas, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Lone Star State also stood out in terms of the size of population growth, with five of...
by Geoff Cape, CEO and Founder, Evergreen | Jan 8, 2014 | Smart Cities
From the traditional banking structure, to microfinance, to bartering, there are many financial and economic tools and systems all operating together to drive our economy and well-being. In Canada, governments at all three levels have woken up to the multiple benefits...
by Blair A. Ruble | Jan 7, 2014 | Smart Cities
At the height of the Cold War, Soviet wags loved to tell ironic tales about their political leaders. Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev inspired a number of particularly endearing stories which always somehow related to his being slightly at sea in the...
by Frank Teng | Jan 6, 2014 | Mobility, Technology
Many resources flow into cities to make them run; people, products, information, energy, water, food, money. What flows out? Products, air emissions, waste water, and of course, trash. As more cities are discovering, both the waste water and trash can prove to be new...
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