Lily Maxwell
Smart City Antwerp: The European Capital of Things
Antwerp is the economic hub of Belgium; as the Mayor of Antwerp, Bart de Wever, is fond of saying, “Antwerp is the city where ...
Leading North American Smart Cities to Watch in 2019
In a 2018 report completed by the Eden Strategy Institute, 12 of the globe’s 20 smartest cities were located in the USA. ...
Rising North American Smart Cities to Watch in 2019
The US is, in many ways, the birthplace of innovation: it was there that Ford launched the first affordable car and there that ...
Rising Stars: Eight Smart Cities in Asia to Watch in 2019 - Part 2
As we saw in our last article on Asian smart city stars, urban centers in Asia are facing mass urbanization on a much more ...
Rising Asian Stars: Smart Cities in Asia to Watch in 2019 - Part 1
There were an estimated 47 megacities in existence in 2017, and the majority were located in Asia. The region is facing ...
Boyd Cohen on the Future of Smart Cities
The importance of smart cities & smart citizens: In our interview series, smart city leaders comment on the future of smart ...
Why BIM and CIM are Essential to Smart Cities
Cities are both a key enabler of productivity and economic development, and essential to the social and political wellbeing of ...
Jonathan Reichental on the Importance of Smart Cities & Smart Citizens
The importance of smart cities & smart citizens: In our new interview series, smart city leaders comment on the future of ...
Blockchain Technologies: The Next Frontier of Smart Cities - Part 2
As we discussed in our previous article (Blockchain: The Next Frontier of Smart Cities - Part 1), blockchain has the potential ...
Blockchain: The Next Frontier of Smart Cities - Part 1
Blockchain is a hot topic. Until very recently, it was associated almost exclusively with cryptocurrency - bitcoin, Ethereum ...
Innovative Urban Planning for the Citizen-Centric Smart City
Innovating urban planning to foster community-focused development is a critical element in the creation of smarter cities. More ...
Rising Stars: Eight European Smart Cities to Watch in 2018
The term ‘smart city’ is everywhere at the moment, but it is still mostly discussed about familiar names - Amsterdam, ...
The Need to Redefine the Smart Home and its Link to Smart Cities
If the smart city is hyperconnected, energy and cost-efficient, and sustainable, aiming to improve the lives of all by ...
How to ensure that your smart city strategy is inclusive
Many proponents of the smart city claim that it is by nature inclusive. However, like all other aspects of urban design and ...
The inclusive smart city: 7 steps to tackling digital exclusion
Although the quantity of people using technology in their everyday lives is constantly rising, a relatively high percentage of ...