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The UK pioneered smart cards such as Oyster. But now, experimentation is being stifled as cash-strapped councils struggle to deliver basic services.
Technology is already changing how we live our lives and go about our days. Are we ready with collaborative planning processes so we are not taken by surprise by more profound change?
Faced with a drought, it's tempting for cities to reduce the amount of space that needs water. But this is not a good idea.
New research has uncovered a previously unknown weakness in smart city systems: devices that trust each other. That could lead to some pretty terrible traffic, among other problems.
Toronto’s Quayside smart city project needs a new, truly consultative process. An innovative method used by Brazil to develop its landmark Internet Bill of Rights may be the answer.
Now is the time for China to put its technological and diplomatic skills on display in its quest for superpower status.
To be a smart city is to know what your people want and need. And smart city leaders make sure residents can tell them by using technology to maintain a constant two-way flow of information.
The spread of infectious diseases such as chikungunya is closely linked to urban mobility, yet small Indian cities could play a crucial role in the resilience process.
Governments have started to see automation as the key to brighter urban futures. But what will this look like?
Researchers are installing sensors to collect data about the use of public spaces. This can improve the management and public amenity of these places, but will users see the technology as intrusive?
When building a smart city, it's vital that governments and citizens know up-front who will control the collected data.
Governments are using Big Data to design improvements and upgrades of cities. But ethical questions need to be considered, lest we end up jeopardising citizens' privacy or deepen social inequalities.
Big data provides a rich picture of the physical city, but it won't tell us much about the social city – that's where agent-based modelling comes in.
With the emerging emphasis on regional City Deals and Smart Cities funding, perhaps Australia is beginning to find its way to a national cities policy, rather than just a big cities policy.
Public spaces have become more, not less, important to our experience of cities in the digital era. These technologies can be used to confound and enlarge our experiences of and connections to place.
Many cities lack the resources to analyze their own vast troves of administrative data.
With the rise of the knowledge-based economy, fab labs, maker spaces and more, cities are being transformed into production centres. This dynamic movement is ripe with promise, but also has risks.
Toronto has entered a joint venture with a Google sister company to create a high-tech urban development area. The goal is to 're-imagine cities from the internet up' – Google's internet, of course.
As adults we often trivialise the value of play. But playing games lets us play with possibilities, see how they play out – and exploring alternative realities helps us see the familiar in new ways.
Top contributors
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Engaged Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct Associate, University of Canberra
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Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Built Environment, UNSW
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Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Reader, King's College London
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Professor and past Dean, Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Winnipeg
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Associate Professor and Director of the Australian Smart Cities Consortium, University of Adelaide
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Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean International and Engagement, Faculty of Design Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global Urban and Social Studies; Co-leader, Climate Change and Resilience Research Program, Centre for Urban Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
