Tags: Smart Cities

Urban Resilience and Children’s Rights

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the theme of ‘Child Centered Disaster Management Planning in India.’ As widespread poverty and climate change exacerbate the risk of disasters on children, it is time to embed corrective policy mechanisms that protect children against such risks. State and district disaster management plans are the instruments through which this …

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Orchestrating infrastructure for sustainable Smart Cities

This White Paper is the fifth in a series whose purpose is to ensure that the IEC can continue through its International Standards and Conformity Assessment services to solve global problems in electrotechnology. The White Papers are developed by the IEC MSB (Market Strategy Board), responsible for analyzing and understanding the IEC’s stakeholder environment, so …

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Powering Progress: Smart Infrastructure and The Future of Cities: Massoud Amin at TEDxUMN

Massoud Amin witnessed the 1977 NYC blackout, the 9/11 tragedies near DC, and the collapse of the I-35W bridge. He works on enabling smart, secure and resilient infrastructures. He leads extensive projects in smart grids and is considered the “father of smart grid.” He holds the Honeywell/H.W. Sweatt Chair in Technological Leadership at the University …

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Simon Giles on Developing Intelligent Cities: Smart, Sustainable Urban Spaces

About the Speech: Simon Giles discussed the opportunities presented by ‘Smart’ cities — urban spaces that harness the latest ICT developments to deliver more efficient and sustainable services and infrastructure. From electric cars to e-health services to energy-efficient buildings that use ‘smart’ meters, intelligent cities comprise a wide range of innovations that can be of …

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Smarter Cities, Accra, Ghana

A new report by IBM entitled “A Vision for Smarter Growth: an IBM Smarter Cities Report on Accra, Ghana” highlights how the rapidly emerging West African city should turn to technology to transform its key urban systems. Based on the opinions of local experts from across public and private sectors the report identifies transportation, energy …

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