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Making our cities smart and liveable - Financial Express

Making our cities smart and liveable - Financial Express | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Many countries are embracing the concept of smart cities, but it is India’s 100 smart cities initiative that has generated the maximum buzz among global technology firms.
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Connected wheels make city life smarter - The Networked Society Blog

Connected wheels make city life smarter - The Networked Society Blog | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Amsterdam Smart City (ASC) is great example of innovation – empowered by ICT, technology and people – that is reducing carbon emission and making city life better.
Gilles Vanderstuyft's curator insight, November 20, 2013 8:02 AM

This article is about the renewing technology that the city of Amsterdam adapts in order to make life easier. Up till now everywhere you go within the city there is WiFi-connection as well as fiber broadband and LTE networks. At this very moment the Amsterdam Economic Board is working on ASC (Amsterdam Smart City), which  is basically a partnership between businesses, government, research institutions and the citizens of Amsterdam to develop the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area into a smarter city.

Sven De Braekeleer's curator insight, December 30, 2013 9:40 PM

The city of Amsterdam uses a certain technology in order to make life easier.

 

Today, within the whole city, there is WiFi-connection as well as fiber broadband and LTE networks.

 

At this very moment the Amsterdam Economic Board is working on ASC (Amsterdam Smart City), which is basically a partnership between businesses, government, research institutions and the citizens of Amsterdam to develop the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area into a smarter city.

 

With the use of this technology, Amsterdam tries to reduce carbon emission and make the city life much better.

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Smart Cities and Big Data and Using It | Sustainable Cities Collective

Smart Cities and Big Data and Using It | Sustainable Cities Collective | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
We live in a world where cars can fold into themselves and may soon be levitating. However, this rapid pace of innovation in the automotive sector is not yet crossing over to cities at large. Cities are traditionally slow and resistant to change.
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