smart cities

The unstoppable advance of ICTs in cities and rural territories, and the social, economic and cultural context that sustains it, requires skills and competences that position us advantageously in new scenarios and environments of territorial innovation....

Making a city "smart" is not easy. According to the report Smart cities: understanding the challenges and opportunities, the budget constraints and the lack of infrastructure are the two main barriers for populations wanting to implement Smart cities...

The commitment to so-called smart cities is currently one of the major commitments to technological innovation in the public sector, especially in the local sphere. This type of initiative aims to address challenges to sustainability in the urban context...

Following initial contacts with Open Data and Smart Cities, the attendees at the International Open Data Conference enjoyed a second session dedicated to Open Data and Cities, moderated by Stephen Larrick from Sunlight Foundation,...

Every day the need of information increases in urban areas. The cities are becoming sophisticated ecosystems that, using the technological advances, are able to respond to the demands which arise in sectors so diverse as transport, health, education,...

Funded by the European Union HORIZON 2020 programme the CITYkeys project is an initiative to develop a performance evaluation system to assess the results of Smart City solutions across Europe. Several research institutes from Finland, Austria and the...

The relationship between Smart Cities and re-use of public sector information is unquestionable, as several reports have shown at both national and international level. From a legal perspective it is necessary to consider certain implications that will...

The Spanish thematic network on Open Data and Smart Cities was created in December 2014, an initiative fostered by research groups, technology centers, public administrations and private companies. On Thursday of this week, the network is hosting a...

La apertura y reutilización de la información pública son pasos fundamentales en el camino hacia el Gobierno Abierto y las Smart Cities al permitir la colaboración ciudadana y brindar la materia prima necesaria para nuevos productos y servicios digitales...

Del 22 al 25 de mayo de 2015, se reunirán en Austria, durante la Conferencia Internacional de Democracia Digital y Gobierno Abierto (CeDEM por sus siglas en inglés), un nutrido grupo de especialistas internacionales en materia de democracia digital y...