Smart Cities’ journey is a long story that begins in a mid-4th millennium BC in Uruk, that’s the first city in recorded history. Uruk was an ancient city in the Sumer generation, later in the Babylonia emporium, and it also was one of the most important cities in ancient Mesopotamia. The Uruk city was situated in the southern region of Sumer (modern-day Warka, Iraq), to the northeast of the Euphrates river. Since that, people started to centralize and begin the long way of the worldwide urbanization infrastructure. Moving to the modern age,, starting the digitalization of infrastructure and testing various telecommunication and internet network-based technologies for managing infrastructure queues, controlling environment behaviour, and increasing citizens’ comfort and the overall quality of city life.
1989, Copenhagen, Denmark
With the deployment of intelligent solutions in their city for the past 30 years, Copenhagen is quickly becoming a leader
1994, Craigmillar, Scotland
Based on the Knowledge Bases approach and development of the Craigmillar Community Information Service, Craigmillar (Edinburgh, Scotland)..
Blue Gate Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp is the second largest port in Europe and the 5th largest worldwide. It, therefore, plays an important economic role
1995, Helsinki, Finland
It's preferable to see Smart Cities in this approach, with the use of technologies facilitating the interaction between different utilities..
1996, Kyoto, Japan
Crowdsourcing involves obtaining work, information, or opinions from a large group of people who submit their data via the Internet...
1997, Seoul, South Korea
More than anything else, the voluntary participation of Seoul citizens and the combination of new attempts and creative challenges utilizing..
1997, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Urban public spaces are needed to sustain the productivity of cities, their social cohesion and inclusion, their civic identity, and...
1997, AOL global digitalization projects
Digital cities are being developed all over the world. Digital cities integrate urban information (both achievable and real-time ) and...
1998, Global Knowledge-based cities projects
The smart and sustainable cities concept has become a globally hot topic during the last few decades, particularly following the
1999, Smart Dubai, United Arabian Emirates
Smart Dubai aims to introduce strategic initiatives and develop partnerships to contribute to its Smart Economy, Smart Living, Smart Gov...
2000, Cape Town, South Africa
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) is a combination of leading-edge information and communication technologies used in transportation..
2000, Hull, United Kingdom
A geographic information system (GIS) is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions...
2000, Barcelona, Spain
Since the Catalan Law on Transparency, Access to Public Information, and Good Governance was passed towards the end of 2014,
2001, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
A geographic information system (GIS) is a system that creates, manages, analyzes, and maps all types of data. GIS connects
2002, Stockholm, Sweden
One growing example is the use of remote monitoring centers to provide assistance to the elderly, monitoring for any warning
2003, Trikala, Greece
The definition of telecare has changed over time as new technology has shaped the face of modern telemedicine. The basic
2004, Brisbain, Australia
Australian Government business portal as a whole-of-government website provides essential information on planning, starting, and growing...
2004, Taipei, Tchaj-wan
To pursue the long-term goal of becoming one of the most leading smart cities globally, a smart city wheel and
2004, New York, USA
Geotechnologies and geospatial analysis are used to solve problems and improve conditions, using New York City as a "living laboratory."
2005, Dongtan, China
With the rapid urbanization in China, the country faces significant challenges in sustainable urban development and actively explores...
2007, Malta
Here in Malta, IBM is building the world's first smart grid to govern electricity and water. It will also make
2007, Tianjin, China
Following earlier cooperation between China and Singapore on the Suzhou Industrial Park in China while benefiting from Singapore's...
2008, Masdar, Abu Dhabi
Many global cities are fast developing into resource-starved ecosystems, inefficient, unmanageable, and unsustainable...
2008, Osaka, Japan
Osaka has prospered as a gateway from other countries with foreign trades and diplomatic relations since ancient times.
2008, New Songdo, South Korea
Songdo is considered an extension of Incheon, a large international transportation hub that allows the city to be easily accessible
2009, Seoul Upgrade, South Korea
Beyond its dominant status as the best global e-government globally for seven consecutive years, Seoul is now leaping forward as
2010, Manhattan, USA
The Manhattan Harbour Project in tiny Dayton, Kentucky, is set to transform this river city. Manhattan Harbour's concept began...
2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's development as a smart city contributes to ambitious climate goals through technology-enabled sustainable solutions...
2014, Delhi, India
Indian cabinet green-lit a £10 billion scheme that will be divided equally between building 100 smart cities and rejuvenating another...
2014, USA Committee
Equitable City is committed to inclusive, fair, and just planning, policy development, and community outreach and engagement...
2017, Hamburg, Germany
Economically and culturally, Hamburg is one of Europe's most liveable and economically strongest cities. Therefore, Hamburg is undertaking..
2018, Dubai, UAE
Dubai is a regional, vibrant economic hub with strategically competitive sectors such as tourism, trade and logistics, real estate...
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