LibGuides: ENGL 1020: Money &amp; Sustainability (Blaum): Smart Cities

Smart cities

New Cairo, city planned in Egypt

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U.S. Green Building Council
Government entity dedicated to advancing green and sustainable building
Smart Cities Council
We envision a world where digital technology and intelligent design have been harnessed to create smart, sustainable cities with high-quality living and high-quality jobs. To tap into the transformative power of smart technologies, cities need a trusted, neutral advisor. The Smart Cities Council provides that help. We are a network of leading companies advised by top universities, laboratories and standards bodies.

"Trends in Smart City Development," National League of Cities, published 2016, available from http://www.nlc.org/resource/smart-city-development.

"FACT SHEET: Administration Announces New ‘Smart Cities’ Initiative to Help Communities Tackle Local Challenges and Improve City Services," The White House, news release, September 14, 2015, available from https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/14/fact-sheet-administration-announces-new-smart-cities-initiative-help.

"FACT SHEET: Announcing Over $80 million in New Federal Investment and a Doubling of Participating Communities in the White House Smart Cities Initiative," The White House, news release, September 26, 2016, available from https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/26/fact-sheet-announcing-over-80-million-new-federal-investment-and.

"Google’s Sidewalk Labs and U.S. DOT Team Up on Traffic Data," Rachel Kaufman, Next City, March 17, 2016, available from https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/google-sidewalk-labs-dot-announcement-traffic-data.

“Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs aims to transform 16 cities into tech-friendly laboratories,” Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, October 18, 2016, available from http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/18/13316500/sidewalk-labs-google-alphabet-smart-city-transportation.

“Free gigabit Wi-Fi hot spots launch in London,” Sean O’Kane, The Verge, June 27, 2017, available from https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/27/15879824/inlinkuk-bt-london-uk-free-gigabit-wifi-linknyc.

“Intersection raises $150 million for the global expansion of its free Wi-Fi,” Jonathan Shieber, TechCrunch, November 7, 2017, available from https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/07/intersection-raises-150-million-for-the-global-expansion-of-its-free-wifi/.

"Alphabet Announces Plan to Turn Toronto Neighborhood into Living Laboratory," Benjamin Schneider, CityLab, October 17, 2017, available from https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/10/sidewalk-labs-living-laboratory/543165/.

"Building a Connected City From the Ground Up," Lisa Prevost, New York Times, April 3, 2018, available from https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/business/smart-city.html.

"Chicago Launches Array of Things," Government Technology, August 30, 2016, available from http://www.govtech.com/fs/Chicago-Launches-Array-of-Things.html.

“Inside One of the Most Aggressive Intelligent Transportation-IoT Efforts in the U.S.,” Ben Miller, Government Technology, October 10, 2016, available from http://www.govtech.com/Inside-One-of-the-Most-Aggressive-Intelligent-Transportation-IoT-Efforts-in-the-US.html.

"8 Cities That Show You What the Future Will Look Like," Adam Rogers, Wired, October 2015, available from https://www.wired.com/2015/09/design-issue-future-of-cities/.

"Baltimore Rolls Out Smart Trash Cans," Skip Descant, Government Technology, January 29, 2018, available from http://www.govtech.com/Baltimore-Rolls-Out-Smart-Trash-Cans.html.

"Will Kansas City’s Streetcar Be a Connector or a Divider?" Sandy Smith, Next City, May 22, 2015, available from https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/kansas-city-streetcar-line-open-downtown.

"How Will Kansas City Run Its Plugged-In, Sensor-Filled Future?" Henry Grabar, Next City, October 26, 2015, available from https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/kansas-city-streetcar-smart-city-connected.

“Smart cities must be people-centered, equitable cities,” Brooks Rainwater and Nicole Dupuis, TechCrunch, February 24, 2017, available from https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/24/smart-cities-must-be-people-centered-equitable-cities/.

"Building Smart City Security," Steve Durbin, TechCrunch, September 12, 2015, available from https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/12/building-smart-city-security/.