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Simple ways to be smart
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The term “smart city” conjures up images of futuristic, high-tech large
Simple ways to be smart
Simple ways to be smart
cities that are clean, efficient, and a delight to live in. A common
perception is that smart cities are all larger cities that function smoothly,
are well resourced and with deep skill bases, that can be drawn on
to develop sophisticated, high-tech interventions. However, smart
technologies and ideas have relevance for all cities and settlements as
they enable better city management and operation and can improve
quality of life. This report on Simple ways to be smart was conceived
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more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.
United 4 Smart Blockchain for smart sustainable cities
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Blockchain for smart The Blockchain for Smart Sustainable Cities contains insights into the
sustainable cities multifaceted potential of blockchain technology in building trust in
the SSC endeavours, by supporting the creation of an effective, secure
and scalable distributed architecture to tackle challenges related to
interoperability, security and privacy, data collection, data sharing and
data analytics. Through the analysis of a series of urban blockchain
use-cases, this report provides key recommendations on overcoming
procedural and substantive constraints in blockchain implementation
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Sustainability, Smartness and Suitability) for understanding the vital
dimensions and patterns for the application of blockchain in smart cities.

United 4 Smart Accelerating city transformation using frontier
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technologies
Accelerating city
transformation using
frontier technologies The report aims to shed light on the impact of frontier technologies in
A U4SSC deliverable cities and on citizens. This report will provide insights into the current
urbanisation trends and provide an overview of the importance of
connecting cities with the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
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