Standardisation means improving or developing something in such a way that makes it conform according to current standards. There are certain standards that have to be obeyed when planning a smart city, for instance, prosperity of citizens, provision of enough jobs, traffic control, protection of the environment etc. The city leaders face a lot of pressure especially when a lot of rural people migrate to cities. This causes problems like traffic congestion, increase in pollut

Kiev, Ukraine – Population 3 million. The city and country have begun a rebuilding process following an era of corruption and conflict with their Russian neighbors. It is an important center for science, industry, education and culture in Eastern Europe. Recently, it hosted the annual Eurovision competition and its mayor is the former boxing heavyweight champion of the world, Vitali Klitschko. This is the setting for their groundbreaking Smart City project – revolutionizing c

Blockchain technology is a type of a distributed or decentralised ledger that is designed to keep track of and record of all digital transactions. It is different from traditional ledgers as it does not have a central administration i.e. banks, in fact, it relies mainly on the networks of ledgers that are replicated. The replicated ledgers are linked and synchronised to one another via the internet and hence it can be visible to everyone that is part of the network. Blockchai

It’s estimated that over two thirds of our population will be living in urban areas by 2050. Our cities are going to have to adapt. With significant technological improvements to infrastructure, we’re likely to see a huge change in the way we interact with our urban environment. Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things will allow cities to become more intelligent and potentially think like a human brain. Here are Innovate UK’s predictions for the cities of the futur

In the first part of this series, we showed the different strategies and visions of some of the most iconic smart cities in the Nordic region. Today, we continue our quest to discover another five approaches taken by cities to become smarter and more sustainable. Step by Step – Gothenburg (Sweden) The second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries is set to become a sustainable city that’s open to the world by 2022. The set year is not random eith