Masdar, near Abu Dhabi, was originally planned to become the first zero-carbon citiy in the world. However it turned out that this plan was not feasible. ...
Civic participation for smart city contest in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala (India), has launched 30 idea boxes distributed over the city where the population can drop proposals and ...
Singaporean delegation on smart city mission in Copenhagen
A delegation from Singapore inclulding researchers, officials and business representatives visited the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to strengthen ...
Kiev between smart city and decay
A group of activists in Kiev are working on transforming Ukraine’s capital into a hi-tech metropolis. On the other side, there is little done by ...
GIZ at the Habitat III conference in Quito
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) takes part at the the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban ...
17,000 visitors at INTERGEO this year
For the last three days 531 exhibitors from 37 countries presented their newest technology in the field of geodesy, geoinformation and land management at ...
Neighborhood Hotspot for urban development in Nigeria
Makoko Neighborhood Hotspot provides urban services and works as a business incubator promoting renewable energy and biogas linked community toilets. ...
Accra: An ideal place for the “Smart City” concept?
Not only is Ghana a politically stable country, it has a growing economy as well. Especially the capital Accra has made some progress in the social and ...
Smart mobile networks for IoT and smart city
While expectations for the positive impact of the “internet of things” and smart city initiatives are high, the question is how mobile networks have to ...
Global smart city sector to grow by 20% in coming years
A new report has been published that forecasts the expansion of the smart city sector, ICT applied to urban development. The “Global Smart City ...
