“Smart cities” is the urban buzz phrase of the last few years, and fans often turn to European cities for inspiration. From Amsterdam’s bike lanes to Copenhagen’s wind power, from Barcelona’s 22@ innovation district to Berlin’s dramatic redevelopment, Continue reading…

The multinational giant IBM, one of the leading companies in the field of smart cities, along with the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU) have announced the opening of a Smarter Cities Development and Education Center in Moscow, Continue reading…

With massive top-down smart city planning by technology vendors and lightweight, bottom up smart city initiatives that engage citizens, naturally rises the question of who should be in charge of smart city technology. Continue reading…

Smart cities and big data may be the hot topics of today, but the implications of how the city is being wired, how it is generating new data, how this data might force new theories and models relevant to our understanding, how we might use our strategic models and intelligence to plan the city, building on this new understanding – these are all crucial questions to be explored. Continue reading…

The Middle East Smart Cities Summit 2012 will take place in Doha, Qatar from 28-30 May. It will gather leading Smart City advocates and project stakeholders to share insights on how to develop Smart Cities Continue reading…

IBM has a new challenging target for its ongoing smarter cities programme, as it turns to the spawling african metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria, where it intends to run a pilot smart city project to modernise the rapidly developing city. Continue reading…

Despite various initiatives on smart growth and sustainability, most cities around the world today have one major drawback in common: they are unplanned or at least semi-planned! Continue reading…

Manchester City Council has revealed a 10 point plan to ensure it is one of the world’s foremost digital cities by 2020 – promoting economic growth and ensuring residents have the skills to benefit. The plan will drive the Council’s digital priorities and move the city forward rapidly as an example of best practice. Continue reading…

As one of the central cities of China and core cities of the Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou has long been the top choice for multinationals for investment deployment in China since China’s reform and opening-up. The Development Plan of the Pearl River Delta (2008-2020)  Continue reading…

Guardian has published two articles about sustainable cities and their reliance on technology. In the first, Rashik Parmar, CTO for Smarter Cities at IBM and president of the IBM Academy of Technology, examines how technology in cities can help deliver a sustainable future. Continue reading…