Flavia Marzano, Assessora Roma Capitale per l’Innovazione e la Trasformazione Digitale e Raffaele Gareri, Direttore del Dipartimento Trasformazione Digitale del Comune di Roma, intervistati da Cities-Today. Focus sui problemi affrontati e i lavori in corso per la digitalizzazione di una grande città come Roma. Leggi l’intervista completa in inglese qui: https://cities-today.com/the-eternal-city-goes-digital/ Intervista in italiano La […]
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The Middle East Mega City Infrastructure Annual Report 2019
With insightful contributions from respected organisations and governments in the Middle East and world over including: Abu Dhabi Police, Emirates Green Building Council, Ministry of Emiritisation, Smart City Association, Italy and more.
IoT Platforms for Cities: a Comparative Survey
A report developed by TASC. Thousands of city governments all over the world are currently running their first Internet of Things (IoT) smart city projects. As they do so, software platforms get introduced that help manage data flows, support application development, and provide basic analytics. However, the IoT platform selection process is challenging and differs […]
Should cities turn to special utilities to manage data?
Can data utilities provide an alternative to current private- and public-sector modes of handling privacy-sensitive data? What would the advantages be? Do broadband utilities such as Stockholm’s STOKAB or city-owned utility models such as Germany’s Stadtwerke serve as a precedent and example? Communities and their local governments are faced with an increasingly large and complex […]
Smart Regions: Paving the Way for Successful Digitalization Strategies beyond Smart Cities
Cities have been the focal point for innovation and digitalization strategies for over a decade. From broadband deployment strategies, smart city pilots, projects and programs, to intelligent urban mobility schemes or open data initiatives: cities have led the way. Innovation agendas cannot and must not stop at city limits however. Smart regional approaches represent the […]
Un modello di governance per lo sviluppo delle comunità locali
La crisi economica che da diversi anni ha colpito il nostro paese, ha ormai definito delle nuove regole di equilibrio finanziario nelle quali il sistema degli enti locali è chiamato a reinterpretare il proprio ruolo se intende continuare a svolgere la funzione di volano dello sviluppo socio-economico delle rispettive comunità. Nel contempo il definitivo affermarsi […]
New governance models for local governments to face financial crisis and turn to sustainable approach
Abstract This article reports the attempt of the Province of Brescia of experimenting new governance models together with surrounding municipalities in order to improve quality of public services even with heavy finance cutting. The basic idea is to aggregate the expenses of local governments in order to gain scale economy but also to focus on […]