The city of Melbourne, Australia – in a bid to strengthen its climate resilience – is developing a tool to map heat hazards and strengthen its responses to extreme heat events. The heat risk platform Read More
America’s smart city journey, which is almost a decade-long*, has been defined by rapid evolution on several fronts. Of course technology has advanced, but what is more interesting (at least to me) is how cross-sector Read More
The city of Dresden in Germany has created new digital tools with the aim of helping its private residents adopt solar energy. Two interactive maps of the city have been published – one 3D and Read More
Chicago, IL Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP), and NeighborSpace recently announced that the first round of applications for the City’s Community Growers Program is now open. Read More
The small town of Adjuntas in Puerto Rico, when faced with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, came up with a novel plan for providing electricity. As an emergency measure, small stores near its Read More
Urban Data Collective has partnered with the SHIFT innovation district in East London to conduct a three-month advanced data-sharing trial. The pilot program hopes to successfully demonstrate the concept of an ‘urban data commons’, where Read More
Boston, MA, Mayor Michelle Wu has announced the appointment of the Director of Nightlife Economy for the city. Corean Reynolds is initially charged with establishing a new team within the Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Cabinet Read More
The United Kingdom’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has chosen eight local authorities to take part in its Future Councils pilot. The pilot program has the aim of creating “replicable pathways to Read More
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently appointed the city’s first Chief Public Realm Officer. Ya-Ting Liu will coordinate across city government, community organizations and the private sector to create “extraordinary public spaces” with the Read More
Nottingham, UK’s City Council has approved a pilot project to power an electric vehicle fleet with solar energy. The pilot aims to maximize the use of renewable energy that is generated locally by using batteries Read More
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