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Having the ability to decide either to do something or not, and to act accordingly, is a basic definition of freedom. Smart buildings challenge this freedom.
As states and nations struggle to regulate growing AI use, municipal authorities are often leading the way. An emerging paradigm known as AI Localism can help us better define the way forward.
Informal workers are victims of the smart city drive in Africa.
‘Smart’ solutions to urban solid waste are creating serious challenges for low-income women waste workers in India.
Smart cities’ focus on technology has made the digital divide worse, not better. The new infrastructure law could change that.
Smart street furniture can do a lot of things at once. Some of these functions offer the public clear benefits, but the data collection and surveillance capabilities raise a number of concerns.
We have the technology to make it easier for older Australians to pursue active ageing in their own communities. The smart city just needs their input to make it work for them.
We need to change how we imagine the cities of the future in order to respond to today’s concerns.
The Internet of Things will transform industry, agriculture, and our cities. But we need to consider carefully the risks as well as the rewards.
Despite the exams algorithm fiasco, UK government bodies are making positive uses of the technology.
Smart city solutions have proved handy for curbing the contagion, but recent experience has also shown how much they rely on public trust. And that in turn depends on transparency and robust safeguards
The COVIDSafe app hasn’t come out of nowhere. The promises of ‘smart city’ data collection may be seductive, but we must always weigh up what we’re being asked to give up in return.
Deep learning algorithms can help us understand if and how social distancing is taking place.
‘Smart cities’, featuring networks of automatic lights, video cameras and environmental sensors, have been hailed as an enhancement to urban life. But they are also tools of surveillance and control.
A new report assesses the smart city performance of local government areas representing 85% of Australia’s population. NSW leads the way, and all the leading performers are in the major cities.
Cities around the world are struggling to manage their mountains of waste. We can use the Internet of Things for smart waste systems that collect, sort, reuse and recycle most of what is thrown out.
Constructing fancy ‘smart cities’ might not be the best solution for Africa’s rapidly urbanising populations.
According to a new smart cities index, the real test for smart cities is whether citizens feel the benefits.
If governments can’t get something like Quayside right, that bodes ill for Canada’s digital future. The election gives us a chance to see where the parties stand on vital data governance issues.
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Professor, Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Winnipeg
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Engaged Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor in Human Geography, UCL
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow & Associate Professor, University of Canberra, Stockholm Environment Institute
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Director, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Director of the Australian Smart Cities Consortium, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Queensland University of Technology
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Interim Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
