The Smart Cities Issue News

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Better governance, citizen engagement via open data

No Indian city, as a matter of policy and practice, makes available data on important aspects of governance

4 min read2 Aug 2016
Topic

Misplaced priorities

In its current form, the smart cities project is analogous to an emperor installing an automated toilet in his palace in the name of improving sanitation in his kingdom

5 min read2 Aug 2016
Industry

One man’s effort to reclaim the Garden City

A possible solution to the ecological nightmare that Bengaluru has become lies in the mini-forest nurtured by T.V. Ramachandra on the campus of the Indian Institute of Sciences

5 min read20 Jul 2016
Opinion

We need a smart way of dealing with e-waste

If any of the smart cities had to be given an award, it should be for how they've used tech and IT to solve the challenges that all other cities struggle with

5 min read19 Jul 2016
Opinion

Missing the woods for the trees

In understanding the failure of JNNURM to meet its aim of creating self-sustaining cities lies the answer to why the smart cities project is unlikely to deliver on its goal

4 min read19 Jul 2016
Industry

Pensioner’s paradise Kakinada coming of age

According to the area-based development plan, Kakinada will be gradually transformed into a smart city through retrofitting and redevelopment strategies

9 min read19 Jul 2016
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Women’s safety in smart cities

There is increasing concern about women's safety in cities over the past few years.

4 min read13 Jul 2016
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Smart cities and blind policy

The vision of the smart city, while alluring, is unlikely to serve the needs of the majority of urban dwellers. As India prepares for its urban awakening, it may be time for the government to stop dreaming

5 min read13 Jul 2016
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Keeping an eye on the plotline

We need to specifically, structurally, institutionally, connect transport technology back to the urban development plotline that we'd like to see to upgrade urban transport

5 min read12 Jul 2016
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IoT is key to the planning of smart cities

Internet of Things will play an instrumental role not just in communication networksbut also in sanitation, transportation, healthcare, and energy use

5 min read13 Jul 2016
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