The UN summit on cities will start in Quito, Ecuador on Ocotber, 17. Even if its public awareness might not be high and the agreement is not binding, it ...
New bike-share program in Las Vegas
Plans match the cities “downtown master plan” which envisions the urban core as a far friendlier place for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit users. ...
A standardized approach for smart cities
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced to launch a standardized framework for IoT-enabled smart cities later this fall. At ...
Trivandrum engages citizens for smart city proposal
The city of Trivandrum in India launched a social media intiative to involve the public in the making of its smart city proposal. The Hindu …
World Habitat Day and the smart city mission
On the occasion of the World Habitat Day on the 3rd of October, leading experts of architecture and urban development of the Indian city of Ludhiana are ...
Wie Fitness-Apps Radwege besser machen sollen
Fitness-Apps sollen laut Forschern aus den USA auch für die Stadtplanung eingesetzt werden. Basierend auf den mittels GPS aufgezeichneten ...
Mapping urban underground infrastructure
The costs for street projects could soon be drastically reduced: the goal of a project of UI labs in Chicago is to map all of a city’s underground ...
The benefits of city trees
Jill Jones describes in her new book the benefits and effects of trees in cities. She outlines aesthetic, health and environmental aspects as well has ...
Preserving historic buildings means more than maintainance
Stephanie Meeks collected 50 years of work on preserving historic buildings in her new book “The Past and Future City”. It deals with both ...
The key role of wireless connectivity for the smart city
Industry experts gathered at the HetNet Expo 2016 and discussed the importance of a heterogenous network and its capacity and quality for the development ...
