An intelligent and sustainable city is a physical place, but also a virtual space, within which public and private, institutions and citizens must meet, to face problems, propose solutions, welcome ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

Smart cities represent the convergence of urbanization, digital transformation, and sustainability goals through integrated technological frameworks. As urban centers face unprecedented population ...

One of the biggest questions worldwide before the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is how we could get our cities more resilient and sustainable? We need new innovative solutions and ...

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In May 2020, the smart city concept appeared to have been dead and buried when Sidewalk Labs ended its collaboration with the City of Toronto to create Quayside, a data-infused, sustainability-focused ...

Since the notion of a “smart city” is somewhat vague on its own, it helps to have a clear definition of what a smart city is and is not.

What is a smart city? A smart city is an urban area that uses technologies and networking to help improve local services and infrastructure management. For example, a smart city can harness the power ...