by Hannah Greinetz | Dec 29, 2014 | Resources
Last month, this post looked into urban food systems through the lens of urban food deserts. Food deserts point to a bigger systemic problem of the sustainability of our food systems in the face of a globalized, polarized, and increasingly resource-scarce economy and...
by Jim Brooks | Dec 22, 2014 | Smart Cities
Why do new residents choose one city over another or one neighborhood over another? Several factors that are consistent across many research studies include affordable housing, safe and walkable streets, access to employment and mobility networks, options for...
by Tony Surma | Dec 22, 2014 | Smart Cities
Cities today are at the forefront of innovation with engaged leaders and citizens actively tackling society’s biggest challenges. One of those challenges is information sharing during natural disaster. According to the Red Cross’ World Disasters Report, information...
by Peter Torrellas | Dec 18, 2014 | Smart Cities
After years of working inside bigger and older companies (like Siemens) and also leading edge boutique technology companies (like Optym), I’ve found that one problem related to working with cities stands out from all the others. Cities, in general, have not yet...
by Sue Lebeck | Dec 17, 2014 | Smart Cities
The City Protocol is an open and global collaborative R&D group which is helping to create a smart and sustainable Internet of Cities. By Internet of Cities, we mean: An Internet of Things (IoT) as it applies to cities A network of city subsystems working together...
by Thomas Andersson | Dec 16, 2014 | Smart Cities
Imagine a place inventing the mobile phone. Imagine that same place inventing the second generation of gsm (Globile System for Mobile Communication). And the third. And the fourth. Imagine that same place in the process of inventing the fifth generation. A standard...
by Joshua Schank | Dec 15, 2014 | Smart Cities
The Problem With Air Traffic Control The federal government plays a large role in transportation in the U.S. For most modes that role is limited to safety regulation or funding infrastructure. In aviation, however, the federal government also operates the air traffic...
by Hannah Greinetz | Dec 3, 2014 | Resources, Society
During these holiday months, most of us are gathering with family and friends, feeling grateful for what we have (and/or letting our families drive us crazy), and eating a bounty of our favorite foods of the season between Thanksgiving, Friendsgivings, work parties,...
by Jessie Johnson | Dec 1, 2014 | Smart Cities
It’s Not Only About Policy, but a Proper Application Decision Over 24 million autogas vehicles are in operation throughout the world, utilizing more than 70,000 Autogas refueling sites. Autogas, the term for LP Gas when used in the transportation sector, is the second...
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