The success, and the issues, of Moscows digitization
In 2010, the city of Moscow stepped up in its digital efforts. Backed by the government, the city launched its Information City Service, to inform…
Governance and economy
Smart cities: the promise of public-private co-operation
City policy-makers need to revisit the approaches they adopted to combat urbanization challenges. Traditionally, the provision of urban infrastructure and services to meet people’s basic…
NL Smart City Strategy presented in New York at #SCNYC17
This week, a Dutch Delegation was present at the Smart City event in New York #SCNYC17 to present the NL Smart City Strategy. Smart Cities…
This is how Eindhoven runs its Smart Society Programme
In our series of interviews with thought leaders in smart city initiatives, we talk to Guus Sluijter, programme manager for the Smart Society Programme of…
Urbanization: insights in a global megatrend
Within the next minute, the global urban population will increase by 145 people. Urbanization is inevitable and is one of this century’s most important…
‘Harnessing Public-Private Cooperation to Deliver the New Urban Agenda’
We would like to share with you a copy of the new World Economic Forum report ‘Harnessing Public-Private Cooperation to Deliver the New Urban…
Asia, not USA, will be smart city leader of the future
Yes, Asia, not USA. That is the conclusion of a white paper called “Evolution of Smart Cities and Connected Communities.” Asia, has more government…
Report: Trends in Smart City Development
‘Trends in Smart City Development’ is a report from the National League of Cities featuring case studies about how five cities – Philadelphia, San…
Why smart cities need privacy officers
With the great power of smart cities tools comes the great responsibility to competently manage them. An often neglected subject is the subject of…
Helsinki: open data for the benefit of anyone
The city of Helsinki releases all of its data as open data for anyone to use. What is special? Open data is more than…