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Strategic opportunity analysis of the global smart city market
Posted on: 21 October 2013
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This presentation highlights examples of projects, companies and technologies that will change the global smart city space in the next decade and provides critical insight on market size, business models, funding mechanisms and stakeholder analysis.
This Big City
Posted on: 18 October 2013
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This Big City is an award winning online publication sharing ideas and encouraging discussion about sustainable cities since 2009. It explores urban trends, ideas and analysis.
Smart cities: Opportunities for the UK
Posted on: 15 October 2013
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This report was commissioned by The Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and considers global market opportunities for UK industry in smart city technology across five urban market verticals: energy management, water management, transport management, waste management, and assisted living services. The study explores the market structure and size, the trends in the market, and global regional highlights. The UK’s strengths, barriers, and opportunities are identified and the role of Government in strengthening UK capability in global markets is considered, taking into account the Governments previous and existing activity on these topics. This report has been written in tandem with the Global market smart cities study: Case studies report which reports on the experiences and identifies lessons learnt from six leading cities around the world. These are Chicago, Boston, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, Barcelona and Hong Kong.
Global ageing and environmental change: Attitudes, risks and opportunities
Posted on: 15 October 2013
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Global ageing and environmental change bring together two key policy challenges which need to be addressed to ensure a safe, secure, equitable and sustainable future. Growing old in the twenty-first century will bring with it the unique challenge of a changing global environment with variable climate and weather patterns which will impact on all aspects of life. This study reviews the key issues relevant to global ageing and environmental change. It examines older people not only in terms of their vulnerability to environmental threats but as contributors to environmental sustainability.
The guide to greening cities
Posted on: 10 October 2013
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This is described as the first book written from the perspective of municipal leaders with successful, on-the-ground experience working to advance green city goals. Through personal reflections and interviews with leading municipal staff in cities from San Antonio to Minneapolis, the authors share lessons for cities to lead by example in their operations, create programs, implement high-priority initiatives, develop partnerships, measure progress, secure funding, and engage the community. Case studies and chapters highlight strategies for overcoming common challenges such as changes of leadership and fiscal austerity. The book is augmented by a companion website, launching with the publication of the book, which offers video interviews of municipal leaders, additional case studies, and other resources.
Policies for shareable cities: A sharing economy policy primer for urban leaders
Posted on: 26 September 2013
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A new report from the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) and Shareable details policy steps that city governments can take to benefit from the growing sharing economy by supporting innovations such as ride sharing, car sharing, co-housing, cooperatives, and urban agriculture.
Climate-friendly urban regeneration: Lessons from Japan
Posted on: 9 September 2013
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As part of their research within the Sustainable Urban Futures Programme, two United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) academics examine the potential role of urban regeneration in climate change mitigation and adaptation. The research was based on two case studies in Japan where the focus of urban planning has shifted from growth to reorganization that is designed to create compact cities in the country’s era of depopulation. There are recent attempts to convert existing regeneration sites into smart districts, where carbon emissions and environmental footprints are lowered. However, further research that strengthens the links between urban regeneration and climate change is required to foment the scale-up of these initiatives.
4th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation. Bonn, 31 May – 2 June 2013
Posted on: 22 July 2013
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The aim of this event was to provide current, actionable advice for local governments to create more resilient cities. Themes tackled include: risk and vulnerability assessment; adaptation and resilience planning and policy making; multi-stakeholder and community-based collaboration; governance; implementing specific adaptation solutions; financing resilience; and resilient urban food systems. Presentations and a conference report are available online.
Solutions for cities: An analysis of the feasibility studies from the Future Cities Demonstrator Programme
Posted on: 8 July 2013
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The Technology Strategy Board has published a report that draws out the common trends and themes that unite the unique city visions of a smarter, more sustainable future. The aim is to identify areas for future collaborations between cities and industry, new challenges for the research base, and new business opportunities for innovative companies. The report is a major milestone for the Future Cities Demonstrator competition, which challenged UK cities to show how they would integrate their city systems to create better places to live and work.
How to create space for change? Rediscovering the power of community. Berlin, 6-7 June 2013
Posted on: 5 July 2013
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The InContext Final Conference & Informed Cities Forum 2013 brought together over 120 participants, from more than 20 countries: researchers, community activists, local government representatives, entrepreneurs and artists. What they all had in common was a belief that better places, stronger communities and resilient societies are within our reach, if we learn to work together in a respectful and trustful way. Presentations are available online.
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