The Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) Action Fund helps sponsor data-based projects aimed at helping local governments to improve environmental quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and adapt to the effects of climate change. It recently Read More
The City of Philadelphia’s Parks & Recreation department recently published ‘Growing from the Root’ – a city-wide urban agriculture plan. The plan – the first of its kind for the city – was created with Read More
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
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
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
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
Salt Lake City, Utah’s Downtown Plan calls for the development of a Green Loop linear park network integrated with city streets. The Green Loop will feature an urban forest providing shade, landscaped areas to receive Read More
The city council of Wellington, New Zealand has a new six-phase Community Climate Adaptation program to be run over the next six years. The program was created along with local communities which are at high Read More
By Philippe Cases, Co-Founder and CEO of Topio Networks The Age of Autonomy is approaching fast, but what will it mean for Smart Cities and Intelligent Infrastructure? Autonomy is poised to power resilient and responsive Read More
The city of Barranquilla in Colombia has won the World Resources Institute’s US$250,000 grand prize for ensuring that 93% of its residents live within an eight-minute walk of a green space. An independent jury of Read More
© Copyright 2024 Smart Cities Connect, Produced by TechConnect