Smart City concepts will affect your work, whether you are a city official, a business manager or an architect. Many demonstration projects in Europe show that there is lots to gain; economically, environmentally and socially. But how can you and your partners benefit from smart solutions? How do they help you to achieving your sustainability goals? There is a strong need to collaborate and to learn from each other.

Setting priorities
The publication Smart City dynamics and this website bring together the lessons learnt from various initiatives across Europe. This collection of thoughts and concrete advice will certainly help you to set priorities. The term Smart Cities describes a way of thinking, a set of integrated solutions, from which regions, towns and communities can benefit as much as big cities.

An ongoing process
The road towards Smart Cities is an ongoing process with many new ideas and solutions along the way. This website is a place where best practices from the book are updated, new initiatives added, and relevant papers and links shared.

 

IN THE NEWS:

Smart City Event 2012, website
Planum, the Journal of Urbanism, February 2012
North Sea Region, Smart Cities project, 16 February 2012 
European Metropolitan network Institute, 24 January 2012
Covenant of Mayors, 13 January 2012
Amsterdam Innovation Motor, Newsletter December 2011
the Climate Group, December 2011
ICT Innovatieplatform Intelligente Communicatie (IIPIC), December 2011