A more unified definition, one built around responsible governance rather than cutting-edge technology, would be useful.

The concept of smart cities has evolved from a futuristic vision to a tangible reality, with urban centers worldwide integrating technology and sustainability to enhance the quality of life for their ...

The Gulf region is charging ahead with smart city plans, fuelled by ambitions to become a trillion-dollar digital economy by 2025. As the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) looks to diversify its ...

Cities are engines of economic growth, innovation, education and culture — they are also home to concentrations of poverty, social exclusion, and environmental degradation, and are responsible for 80% ...

In response to modern problems, there are plenty of proposed solutions to alleviate overpopulation and seawater rise, with one from a Japanese company called N-ARK, with the floating sustainable ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Overflowing public trash cans: Gone. Trudging to City Hall for a license: Done. Circling city blocks to find parking: Don’t have to worry ...

All of the above are challenges for cities as they work to transform themselves into smart urban spaces. But with tight budgets and economies teetering on recession, governments need to find ways to ...

For residents of European cities—with their snarled traffic, drafty old buildings, creaking public services and gray ...