Smart Cities Case Studies
Learn and discover what Smart Cities all over the world are up to. There is a lot we can learn from and see what were the best outcomes that came to be. It is a great example of how we can apply this to future cities, whilst ensuring the most important factor – People are always the ones benefiting from the development.
Metro Vancouver
Greater Vancouver, also known as Metro Vancouver has the third highest GDP among the metropolitan areas in Canada, with a total adding up to about $135.6 million (CAD) and $39,914 per capita in 2017. Between 2013 and 2017, Metro Vancouver...
Prince George’s County
Prince George’s County is located in south-central Maryland and lies in the mid-Atlantic region. It has a total area of approximately 1,250 km2 of land and 41 km2 of water, situated between Baltimore and Washington D.C. This region receives 1.11...
Egypt
Egypt is a well-established country for having rich history including the Pyramids and early literacy culture. Now, Egypt has one of the highest number of population (100,800,000+ as of September 18, 2019) in Africa and this may mean that there...
Toronto
Toronto is often referred as the most diverse city in the world, and it is not surprising as more than half of its population were born outside the country. With this comes numerous innovative schemes including a 5-hectare Quayside Project1, which...
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is one of the most technologically progressive cities in the world. A multitude of smart projects are being performed today including smart parking, energy lab, and solutions lab to meet the challenges as the city’s population grows....
Singapore
Smart Nation Programme initiated in 2014 in the Prime Minister’s office as a coordinating office.One of the very first projects was called Lab on Wheels 1 , where a roving bus was transformed tointroduce technological exploration such as cyber...
London
London is one of the most world-class places for finance, culture, art, and technology; it is no surprise that London has been implementing a vast number of smart city projects for a while. Demand for London seems to be increasing nonstop,...
People-Centric Smart Cities
When building Smart Cities, policies and strategies surrounding it should be centred around people, not technology. “Smart” is not just about installing digital interfaces in traditional infrastructure or streamlining city operations. It is also...
Smart Cities in Developing Countries
In the previous article, we looked at how smart cities could transform many aspects of our lives. Then, what can smart cities do for developing cities? Well, the majority of world population growth will occur in the urban areas of developing...
Smart Cities Today
The former Denver Mayor W. Webb said “The 19th century was a century of empires, 20th century was a century of nation states and the 21st century will be a century of cities.” Back in 1800, about 3% of the world population dwelled in cities. In...