PH: Luzon: Subic Bay: 911 emergency hotline launched in freeport
In line with the agency’s SMART Subic Project, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) inaugurated the Go Live SBMA 911 at this premier Freeport on Thursday morning.
According to SBMA Chairman and Administrator Jonathan D. Tan, the Go Live SBMA 911 is part of the Philippine Emergency Hotline 911 and is in partnership with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the IC Bestlink Telecoms Corporation.
KR: Seoul to showcase smart city vision globally
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will host three global events from Sept. 25 to 26 to highlight its smart city vision.
According to the city government, Sunday, the events will feature the Seoul Smart City Prize, the Seoul City Forum and the sixth general meeting of world smart sustainable cities organization WeGO.
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Generative design tools powered by artificial intelligence stand to transform how architects and planners do their jobs, and how residents see urban problems.
When designers laboring away on a virtual cityscape began observing and tweaking their creation, one of the first things that jumped out at them, when they scanned down boulevards or looked across main streets, was the trees. More aptly, it was the unsettling lack of tree cover.
IN: Madhya Pradesh: Ujjain: Delegates from 30 different countries visit Smart City project
In a three-week international development program on project and risk management, delegates visited to the Ujjain Smart City Project Mahakal Mahalok.This educational program was organized and conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program, supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
The delegates from Cote D'Ivoire, Algeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Nigeria, Togo, South Sudan, Uzbekistan, Comoros, South Africa, Iraq, Republic of Sao Tome, Ecuador, Myanmar, Laos, Uganda, Tajakistan, Mongolia, Mali, Cambodia, Bhutan, Vietnam, Ethopia, Ghana, Burundi, Palestine, Mozambique, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Madagaskar and Sierra Leone were briefed about the valuable insights into project management techniques and risk mitigation strategies, with a special focus on the Ujjain Smart City Project.
US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia’s smart cities team reflects at the 4-year mark
Its Smart Cities Roadmap looks for public-private partnerships to inject technology solutions throughout city departments.
When Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology published its "Smart Cities Roadmap" in early 2019, the concept of a smart city wasn’t universally understood, city officials said.