As a smart city, Edmonton is a world leader in leveraging technology and innovation to provide an exceptional quality of life for our communities, partners and residents. The City of Edmonton's Smart City Strategy creates and nurtures resilient, livable and workable communities that rise to the challenges we face today, provide our residents with a joyful experience and embrace the opportunities of tomorrow.
The document discusses smart and sustainable urban development. It proposes the Global Smart Eco City initiative, which promotes a holistic approach to urban planning that integrates digital technologies, environmental solutions, and social innovations. The goal is to address cities' social, economic, and environmental challenges in a comprehensive way. It also discusses China's plan to invest in 100 smart and green pilot cities to test strategies for providing more efficient social services to residents.
These urban areas are now known as intelligent city, knowledge city, ubiquitous city, sustainable city, green city, digital city, etc. and very recent smart city. Some of the cities around the world have been branded a smart city. The recent introduction of some on line store for different shopping solution, UBER, Pathao etc in trans port sector, online ticket purchase platform and Bkash/ Rocket for money transaction has given us a test of digital city.
Konsep Smart City dalam Menghadapi Situasi Pandemic Covid 19andipamungkasrahayu
This document summarizes a webinar held by the Indonesian National Standards Body on May 18, 2020 regarding smart cities and handling the COVID-19 pandemic situation. It discusses key concepts of smart cities including infrastructure, governance, economy, living, society, and environment. Jakarta's efforts to develop as a smart city incorporating citizens, academics, and other sectors are also summarized. The document outlines Jakarta's smart city framework and COVID-19 response systems to enable testing, tracing, treatment, and monitoring.
The document discusses the concept of smart cities and Bangladesh's potential to develop them. It notes that rapid urbanization is straining many cities globally, but smart cities that leverage technology can help address issues like traffic, pollution and infrastructure demands. The document outlines different dimensions of smart cities like governance, technology, education and sustainability. It argues Bangladesh's cities could benefit from applying concepts of smart cities, such as using data and digital tools to improve planning, services and quality of life in urban areas like Dhaka that are facing challenges from uncontrolled growth.
Smart city planning in the era of post COVID-19Junyoung Choi
The document discusses smart city planning in South Korea in the era of post-COVID 19. It provides an overview of Korea's response to COVID-19, what constitutes a smart city in Korea, how smart city systems and technologies supported Korea's COVID-19 response, and considerations for smart city planning in the future post-pandemic. Some key points include how COVID-19 tracking systems leveraged existing smart city data hubs; concerns about public surveillance during outbreaks; the potential impacts of COVID-19 on urban planning like increased suburbanization and demand for alternate transport. The document also outlines approaches for data-driven, socially distant smart city planning going forward.
BSC Curtain Raiser Wednesday 21st October 2015Martin Townsend
The document discusses Britain's Smart Cities Conference that will take place in London. It aims to bring together city leaders and stakeholders to discuss challenges facing cities and how smart technologies can help address issues like infrastructure pressures from urbanization. Speakers will include government officials and industry leaders who will provide insights into developing smart transportation, housing, education and healthcare systems. The goal is for cities to enhance services and decision making through connecting technologies and digital innovation.
This document outlines the Smart London Plan, which aims to harness new digital technologies to help London grow sustainably and improve lives. Some key points:
- London's population is growing rapidly and will reach 9 million people by 2021, placing pressure on infrastructure like transport and services.
- The plan aims to use data and innovation to help London adapt and better manage challenges like traffic, waste, and demand for energy and water.
- It wants to bring together London's world-class research, talent pool, and existing smart city projects through networks and challenges to solve problems at scale.
- The goal is for data and technology to help City Hall and other agencies work more efficiently and effectively to serve Londoners' complex needs
This document discusses urbanization trends, climate change challenges cities face, and opportunities for startups focused on improving cities. It introduces Urban.us, which invests in urban technology startups working in areas like transportation, infrastructure, energy, and public services. Urban.us' investment thesis is based on cities being at the forefront of solving global issues and some of the most valuable companies emerging from addressing city challenges. The document highlights several of Urban.us' portfolio companies developing technologies to help cities use energy more efficiently, enhance infrastructure and construction, and improve water management, transportation, and disaster response.
The document discusses smart and sustainable urban development. It proposes the Global Smart Eco City initiative, which promotes a holistic approach to urban planning that integrates digital technologies, environmental solutions, and social innovations. The goal is to address cities' social, economic, and environmental challenges in a comprehensive way. It also discusses China's plan to invest in 100 smart and green pilot cities to test strategies for providing more efficient social services to residents.
These urban areas are now known as intelligent city, knowledge city, ubiquitous city, sustainable city, green city, digital city, etc. and very recent smart city. Some of the cities around the world have been branded a smart city. The recent introduction of some on line store for different shopping solution, UBER, Pathao etc in trans port sector, online ticket purchase platform and Bkash/ Rocket for money transaction has given us a test of digital city.
Konsep Smart City dalam Menghadapi Situasi Pandemic Covid 19andipamungkasrahayu
This document summarizes a webinar held by the Indonesian National Standards Body on May 18, 2020 regarding smart cities and handling the COVID-19 pandemic situation. It discusses key concepts of smart cities including infrastructure, governance, economy, living, society, and environment. Jakarta's efforts to develop as a smart city incorporating citizens, academics, and other sectors are also summarized. The document outlines Jakarta's smart city framework and COVID-19 response systems to enable testing, tracing, treatment, and monitoring.
The document discusses the concept of smart cities and Bangladesh's potential to develop them. It notes that rapid urbanization is straining many cities globally, but smart cities that leverage technology can help address issues like traffic, pollution and infrastructure demands. The document outlines different dimensions of smart cities like governance, technology, education and sustainability. It argues Bangladesh's cities could benefit from applying concepts of smart cities, such as using data and digital tools to improve planning, services and quality of life in urban areas like Dhaka that are facing challenges from uncontrolled growth.
Smart city planning in the era of post COVID-19Junyoung Choi
The document discusses smart city planning in South Korea in the era of post-COVID 19. It provides an overview of Korea's response to COVID-19, what constitutes a smart city in Korea, how smart city systems and technologies supported Korea's COVID-19 response, and considerations for smart city planning in the future post-pandemic. Some key points include how COVID-19 tracking systems leveraged existing smart city data hubs; concerns about public surveillance during outbreaks; the potential impacts of COVID-19 on urban planning like increased suburbanization and demand for alternate transport. The document also outlines approaches for data-driven, socially distant smart city planning going forward.
BSC Curtain Raiser Wednesday 21st October 2015Martin Townsend
The document discusses Britain's Smart Cities Conference that will take place in London. It aims to bring together city leaders and stakeholders to discuss challenges facing cities and how smart technologies can help address issues like infrastructure pressures from urbanization. Speakers will include government officials and industry leaders who will provide insights into developing smart transportation, housing, education and healthcare systems. The goal is for cities to enhance services and decision making through connecting technologies and digital innovation.
This document outlines the Smart London Plan, which aims to harness new digital technologies to help London grow sustainably and improve lives. Some key points:
- London's population is growing rapidly and will reach 9 million people by 2021, placing pressure on infrastructure like transport and services.
- The plan aims to use data and innovation to help London adapt and better manage challenges like traffic, waste, and demand for energy and water.
- It wants to bring together London's world-class research, talent pool, and existing smart city projects through networks and challenges to solve problems at scale.
- The goal is for data and technology to help City Hall and other agencies work more efficiently and effectively to serve Londoners' complex needs
This document discusses urbanization trends, climate change challenges cities face, and opportunities for startups focused on improving cities. It introduces Urban.us, which invests in urban technology startups working in areas like transportation, infrastructure, energy, and public services. Urban.us' investment thesis is based on cities being at the forefront of solving global issues and some of the most valuable companies emerging from addressing city challenges. The document highlights several of Urban.us' portfolio companies developing technologies to help cities use energy more efficiently, enhance infrastructure and construction, and improve water management, transportation, and disaster response.
Great Cities Report - Profiles in municipal excellence - Low resolutionRachel Peer
This document discusses how cities can employ innovative and sustainable finance techniques to provide high-quality public services with limited budgets. It notes that traditional budgeting focuses on maintaining previous spending levels rather than costs or demand. Some cities now use zero-based or results-based budgeting to better allocate funds to priorities. The document uses Baltimore as an example, where focusing budgets on key outcomes and competition between departments improved efficiency and saved $202 million. Calgary has started zero-based reviews and collects performance data, but could better publish results and engage the public to further refine its budget process.
The fifth edition of the report ranks Stockholm first followed by London, Paris, Singapore and Copenhagen.
The 2014 edition of the Networked Society City Index examines and ranks 40 cities from around the world, looking at their performance, challenges and opportunities in terms of ICT, sustainability and development. The extensive research gives us a glimpse into the future of the city.
The report also continues to explore the connection between ICT maturity and triple bottom line development in cities around the world.
One of the key findings from the report is the fact that cities with a low ICT maturity tend to be improving their ICT maturity faster than high performing cities, indicating a catch-up effect. Many cities also have the opportunity to leapfrog by avoiding expensive and increasingly obsolete physical infrastructure and instead move straight ahead to advanced mobile technology.
Stockholm’s top ranking is thanks to its well-developed ICT infrastructure, extremely well-developed open data and e-services and high-quality access to both fixed and mobile broadband, thanks to extensive infrastructure rollouts.
Presentation on what a Smart City is by Dixon Chew, Group Chief Executive Officer of Pensonic Holdings Berhad, at the Selangor Smart City & Future Commerce Convention 2017 panel session titled ' Smart IoT: IoT and its role in Smart Cities'
OECD Roundtable on Smart Cities and Inclusive GrowthOECDregions
Cities around the world are still battling COVID-19 and shaping their way out of the crisis.
As the world learns to live with the virus, never have digital technologies and innovation been so valuable to help cities navigate the crisis and accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient future. Both before and during the pandemic, smart city initiatives have flourished around the globe, together with various attempts to develop smart city indices and indicators.
With substantial public funding channelled into smart recovery efforts, it is more critical than ever to assess whether investment in smart cities improves people’s lives. To what extent do smart cities deliver concrete well-being outcomes for all? How can such outcomes be effectively measured, monitored and maximised?
Learn more from our Roundtable: oe.cd/sc-rt
The document discusses how the real estate industry has changed over the past decade and is expected to change in the future. It summarizes that in the past decade, real estate became a global asset class but the industry faced challenges from the 2008 recession. However, an even bigger change was recognizing real estate's role in addressing challenges like climate change and urbanization. This led to a focus on developing sustainable, "liveable" cities that improve quality of life through integrated transportation, infrastructure, business and community spaces. The industry is now focused on developing mixed-use, human-scale communities rather than just maximizing profits.
Smart Cities - Models Projects Innovation. Asociación Española Telecomunicaci...Smart City
We analyze and compare eight city cases in three continents to find out differences and commonalities in smart city governance and public policies globally: Shanghai (China), Japan, Iskandar (Malaysia), New York (United States), and Amsterdam, Málaga, Santander, Tarragona (Europe). The report shows different ways to address the definition of smart, followed by the particular implementation of the smart concept in particular settings.
Some basic analysis of Indian cities to build the smart city & compared Ahemdabad & Surat the two cities from Gujarat.
Analysis taken from Ministry of Urban Development of India & some other private companies Affiliated with the Indian Government.
The document summarizes Amsterdam Smart City, a collaboration between Amsterdam residents, businesses, and government to reduce energy usage and emissions through sustainable initiatives. It focuses on living, working, transportation, and the municipality, enabled by smart grid technology. Projects described include sustainable neighborhoods, office buildings, shipping, and more. The challenges of coordinating multiple stakeholders and encouraging user involvement are also discussed.
This article aims to present how to build smart and sustainable cities to provide their rational management, improve the quality of life for the entire population, the sustainable development of the city and the democratization of government decisions with the participation of the entire population. Every city achieves the status of a smart city when its managers consider it as a system and make use of information technology in its planning and control process, counting on the effective support of its population. Every smart city requires the use of information technology with the use of various devices connected to the IoT (Internet of Things) network to manage the city's operations and services rationally and connect with its citizens. Information technology allows city managers to interact directly with their executing agencies and the population and monitor what is happening in the city and how the city is evolving in real time. Information technology must be used to improve the quality, performance and interactivity of urban services, reduce costs and consumption of resources, and increase contact between citizens and government. A smart city can be better prepared to respond to the challenges faced by its managers and its population. Every city will reach the status of a smart city when the city's humanization goals are achieved, with the improvement of the quality of life for the entire population, the city's sustainable development and the democratization of government decisions with the participation of the entire population.
The document discusses the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in smart city governance. It presents a "Smart City House" model that depicts the process of turning a city's technological infrastructure into value for society. The model shows that ICT alone does not create value; it is an input that when combined with other factors like public policy and stakeholder needs can produce outputs like economic growth and quality of life. For a city to be truly "smart" it must learn to balance individual and collective needs through participatory governance approaches supported by ICT.
1) A smart city uses digital technology and communication networks to improve infrastructure and services for its citizens. This improves quality of life and reduces costs and resource usage.
2) The Indian government plans to develop 100 smart cities by 2022, selecting cities through a competitive process. 98 cities were initially selected based on proposed smart city plans and meeting certain criteria.
3) The development of smart cities is supported through large financial allocations by the central government. International partnerships, like with the UK, will also provide funding and technical support to help implement smart city plans.
Abstract:
In 2050, the number of people living in cities will be almost as large as the world’s entire population today. That’s why we need completely new approaches to be taken in order to make our cities to be Smart City. Smart Cities gained importance as a means of making ICT enabled services and applications available to the citizens, and authorities that are part of a city’s system. It aims at increasing citizens’ quality of life, and improving the efficiency and quality of the services provided by governing entities and businesses. Smart City is a type of city that uses new technologies to make them more livable, functional, competitive and modern through the use of new technologies, the promotion of innovation and knowledge management. Cities today are facing significant challenges including increasing populations, infrastructures, and declining budgets.
This is the report published on 25th June 2018 by the All-Party Parliamentary Group of the UK Government entitled: 'Intelligent leadership: How government strategy can unlock the potential of smart cities in the UK' to which Dr Calzada from the University of Oxford has contributed to.
http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/networked_society/city-life
The Networked Society City Index report continues to explore the correlation between cities’ ICT maturity and their triple bottom line development.
As with the previous studies, this index continues to show a strong correlation between ICT maturity of the city and their social, economic and environmental progress. In this report, New York City tops the overall ranking followed by Stockholm, London and Singapore.
The Networked Society City Index aims to develop a comprehensive evaluation of cities’ ICT maturity and their triple bottom line development. Through a series of reports we have analyzed 25 urban areas around the world from a city, citizen, and now, business perspective.
Patrik Regårdh from Ericsson’s Networked Society Lab says: "We see the individual – rather than city institutions or businesses – as the drivers of development resulting from ICT maturity. Governments follow by adapting to citizens’ changing behavior, while businesses primarily adopt ICT innovations to increase internal efficiency. More importantly, government decisions help steer the business sector’s ICT development. Therefore, changes in policy, regulation and planning, paired with research and support for taking risks and funding, are some of the key factors for driving progress. These factors are crucial in helping organizations of all sizes to connect, collaborate and compete more effectively."
The 2014 edition of the Networked Society City Index examines and ranks 40 cities from around the world, looking at their performance, challenges and opportunities in terms of ICT, sustainability and development. The extensive research gives us a glimpse into the future of the city.
The report also continues to explore the connection between ICT maturity and triple bottom line development in cities around the world.
Smarter Cites: When you get the chance, start smarter (Keynote at Arab Future...Lynn Reyes
The document discusses the concept of smarter cities and how technology can help cities operate more efficiently. It argues that cities should view technology not just as communications infrastructure but as an integral part of urban planning across all city systems from the start. A smarter city is one where data is collected from various systems and used to optimize operations, resources and quality of life for citizens. New cities have a unique opportunity to start smarter by designing technology into all aspects of city planning from the beginning.
A Quintessential smart city infrastructure framework for all stakeholdersJonathan L. Tan, M.B.A.
Smart City Infrastructure Framework provides guidance to open government data and infrastructure essentials for ICT \ Telecom, Energy \ Renewable Energy, Water \ Waste Water, Transportation, Education, Health and Government Services systems
I. Smart City Drivers
Smart City Definition
Smart City Elements
II. Smart City Infrastructure Frameworks
III. Technology Ecosystem
Stakeholders
ICT Essentials
OGD
ICT for Building Automation
Smart Water
Smart Energy
Smart Transportation
Smart Education
Smart Healthcare
Smart City Services
IV. Smart City Applications
V. Smart City Systems Infrastructure
Top SC Vendors
This document summarizes the key activities and goals of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities. The partnership aims to (1) improve citizens' quality of life, (2) increase competitiveness of European industry and SMEs, and (3) make cities more sustainable and livable. It works towards these goals through six action clusters focusing on areas like sustainable districts, mobility, infrastructure, and business models. The partnership has over 370 commitments with 4000 partners from 31 countries collaborating on smart city solutions.
O ciclo de Conferências HUMAN HABITAT 2010 é uma plataforma aberta de comunicação dedicada ao tema das Cidades Sustentáveis. Este ciclo de 10 conferências, concebido e coordenado pela Iniciativa CONSTRUÇÃO SUSTENTÁVEL, numa parceria com o OCEANÁRIO de LISBOA, com a Parque Expo e com a Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, promove o estabelecimento de um diálogo franco e directo entre oradores e participantes.
This document proposes a model for developing smart, sustainable cities and communities called the 3.0 City. It describes key aspects of 3.0 Cities including an integrated cloud platform for services, focus on digital/ICT infrastructure, sustainability/green systems, and knowledge/innovation. The document also summarizes several smart city projects worldwide and proposes the 3.0 City as a prototype for European smart cities.
City of Edmonton Business Technology StrategyWendy Gnenz
The Business Technology Strategy is a strategic plan that meets the technology expectations of today and the future. It moves the City of Edmonton forward to better embrace innovative technologies and use data.
The document outlines 23 initiatives that the City of Edmonton will focus on from 2016 to 2018 to implement its 10-year strategic plan called "The Way Ahead". The initiatives are grouped under the categories of economic resilience, sustainable city, and open and caring community. Some of the key initiatives discussed include urban core developments, an image and reputation management plan, growth strategy implementation, and an industrial development and investment plan to achieve economic resilience. Initiatives like LRT planning and a climate change adaptation strategy aim to build a sustainable city. An open city plan, neighbourhood implementation and inclusion strategies are focused on creating an open and caring community.
Great Cities Report - Profiles in municipal excellence - Low resolutionRachel Peer
This document discusses how cities can employ innovative and sustainable finance techniques to provide high-quality public services with limited budgets. It notes that traditional budgeting focuses on maintaining previous spending levels rather than costs or demand. Some cities now use zero-based or results-based budgeting to better allocate funds to priorities. The document uses Baltimore as an example, where focusing budgets on key outcomes and competition between departments improved efficiency and saved $202 million. Calgary has started zero-based reviews and collects performance data, but could better publish results and engage the public to further refine its budget process.
The fifth edition of the report ranks Stockholm first followed by London, Paris, Singapore and Copenhagen.
The 2014 edition of the Networked Society City Index examines and ranks 40 cities from around the world, looking at their performance, challenges and opportunities in terms of ICT, sustainability and development. The extensive research gives us a glimpse into the future of the city.
The report also continues to explore the connection between ICT maturity and triple bottom line development in cities around the world.
One of the key findings from the report is the fact that cities with a low ICT maturity tend to be improving their ICT maturity faster than high performing cities, indicating a catch-up effect. Many cities also have the opportunity to leapfrog by avoiding expensive and increasingly obsolete physical infrastructure and instead move straight ahead to advanced mobile technology.
Stockholm’s top ranking is thanks to its well-developed ICT infrastructure, extremely well-developed open data and e-services and high-quality access to both fixed and mobile broadband, thanks to extensive infrastructure rollouts.
Presentation on what a Smart City is by Dixon Chew, Group Chief Executive Officer of Pensonic Holdings Berhad, at the Selangor Smart City & Future Commerce Convention 2017 panel session titled ' Smart IoT: IoT and its role in Smart Cities'
OECD Roundtable on Smart Cities and Inclusive GrowthOECDregions
Cities around the world are still battling COVID-19 and shaping their way out of the crisis.
As the world learns to live with the virus, never have digital technologies and innovation been so valuable to help cities navigate the crisis and accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient future. Both before and during the pandemic, smart city initiatives have flourished around the globe, together with various attempts to develop smart city indices and indicators.
With substantial public funding channelled into smart recovery efforts, it is more critical than ever to assess whether investment in smart cities improves people’s lives. To what extent do smart cities deliver concrete well-being outcomes for all? How can such outcomes be effectively measured, monitored and maximised?
Learn more from our Roundtable: oe.cd/sc-rt
The document discusses how the real estate industry has changed over the past decade and is expected to change in the future. It summarizes that in the past decade, real estate became a global asset class but the industry faced challenges from the 2008 recession. However, an even bigger change was recognizing real estate's role in addressing challenges like climate change and urbanization. This led to a focus on developing sustainable, "liveable" cities that improve quality of life through integrated transportation, infrastructure, business and community spaces. The industry is now focused on developing mixed-use, human-scale communities rather than just maximizing profits.
Smart Cities - Models Projects Innovation. Asociación Española Telecomunicaci...Smart City
We analyze and compare eight city cases in three continents to find out differences and commonalities in smart city governance and public policies globally: Shanghai (China), Japan, Iskandar (Malaysia), New York (United States), and Amsterdam, Málaga, Santander, Tarragona (Europe). The report shows different ways to address the definition of smart, followed by the particular implementation of the smart concept in particular settings.
Some basic analysis of Indian cities to build the smart city & compared Ahemdabad & Surat the two cities from Gujarat.
Analysis taken from Ministry of Urban Development of India & some other private companies Affiliated with the Indian Government.
The document summarizes Amsterdam Smart City, a collaboration between Amsterdam residents, businesses, and government to reduce energy usage and emissions through sustainable initiatives. It focuses on living, working, transportation, and the municipality, enabled by smart grid technology. Projects described include sustainable neighborhoods, office buildings, shipping, and more. The challenges of coordinating multiple stakeholders and encouraging user involvement are also discussed.
This article aims to present how to build smart and sustainable cities to provide their rational management, improve the quality of life for the entire population, the sustainable development of the city and the democratization of government decisions with the participation of the entire population. Every city achieves the status of a smart city when its managers consider it as a system and make use of information technology in its planning and control process, counting on the effective support of its population. Every smart city requires the use of information technology with the use of various devices connected to the IoT (Internet of Things) network to manage the city's operations and services rationally and connect with its citizens. Information technology allows city managers to interact directly with their executing agencies and the population and monitor what is happening in the city and how the city is evolving in real time. Information technology must be used to improve the quality, performance and interactivity of urban services, reduce costs and consumption of resources, and increase contact between citizens and government. A smart city can be better prepared to respond to the challenges faced by its managers and its population. Every city will reach the status of a smart city when the city's humanization goals are achieved, with the improvement of the quality of life for the entire population, the city's sustainable development and the democratization of government decisions with the participation of the entire population.
The document discusses the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in smart city governance. It presents a "Smart City House" model that depicts the process of turning a city's technological infrastructure into value for society. The model shows that ICT alone does not create value; it is an input that when combined with other factors like public policy and stakeholder needs can produce outputs like economic growth and quality of life. For a city to be truly "smart" it must learn to balance individual and collective needs through participatory governance approaches supported by ICT.
1) A smart city uses digital technology and communication networks to improve infrastructure and services for its citizens. This improves quality of life and reduces costs and resource usage.
2) The Indian government plans to develop 100 smart cities by 2022, selecting cities through a competitive process. 98 cities were initially selected based on proposed smart city plans and meeting certain criteria.
3) The development of smart cities is supported through large financial allocations by the central government. International partnerships, like with the UK, will also provide funding and technical support to help implement smart city plans.
Abstract:
In 2050, the number of people living in cities will be almost as large as the world’s entire population today. That’s why we need completely new approaches to be taken in order to make our cities to be Smart City. Smart Cities gained importance as a means of making ICT enabled services and applications available to the citizens, and authorities that are part of a city’s system. It aims at increasing citizens’ quality of life, and improving the efficiency and quality of the services provided by governing entities and businesses. Smart City is a type of city that uses new technologies to make them more livable, functional, competitive and modern through the use of new technologies, the promotion of innovation and knowledge management. Cities today are facing significant challenges including increasing populations, infrastructures, and declining budgets.
This is the report published on 25th June 2018 by the All-Party Parliamentary Group of the UK Government entitled: 'Intelligent leadership: How government strategy can unlock the potential of smart cities in the UK' to which Dr Calzada from the University of Oxford has contributed to.
http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/networked_society/city-life
The Networked Society City Index report continues to explore the correlation between cities’ ICT maturity and their triple bottom line development.
As with the previous studies, this index continues to show a strong correlation between ICT maturity of the city and their social, economic and environmental progress. In this report, New York City tops the overall ranking followed by Stockholm, London and Singapore.
The Networked Society City Index aims to develop a comprehensive evaluation of cities’ ICT maturity and their triple bottom line development. Through a series of reports we have analyzed 25 urban areas around the world from a city, citizen, and now, business perspective.
Patrik Regårdh from Ericsson’s Networked Society Lab says: "We see the individual – rather than city institutions or businesses – as the drivers of development resulting from ICT maturity. Governments follow by adapting to citizens’ changing behavior, while businesses primarily adopt ICT innovations to increase internal efficiency. More importantly, government decisions help steer the business sector’s ICT development. Therefore, changes in policy, regulation and planning, paired with research and support for taking risks and funding, are some of the key factors for driving progress. These factors are crucial in helping organizations of all sizes to connect, collaborate and compete more effectively."
The 2014 edition of the Networked Society City Index examines and ranks 40 cities from around the world, looking at their performance, challenges and opportunities in terms of ICT, sustainability and development. The extensive research gives us a glimpse into the future of the city.
The report also continues to explore the connection between ICT maturity and triple bottom line development in cities around the world.
Smarter Cites: When you get the chance, start smarter (Keynote at Arab Future...Lynn Reyes
The document discusses the concept of smarter cities and how technology can help cities operate more efficiently. It argues that cities should view technology not just as communications infrastructure but as an integral part of urban planning across all city systems from the start. A smarter city is one where data is collected from various systems and used to optimize operations, resources and quality of life for citizens. New cities have a unique opportunity to start smarter by designing technology into all aspects of city planning from the beginning.
A Quintessential smart city infrastructure framework for all stakeholdersJonathan L. Tan, M.B.A.
Smart City Infrastructure Framework provides guidance to open government data and infrastructure essentials for ICT \ Telecom, Energy \ Renewable Energy, Water \ Waste Water, Transportation, Education, Health and Government Services systems
I. Smart City Drivers
Smart City Definition
Smart City Elements
II. Smart City Infrastructure Frameworks
III. Technology Ecosystem
Stakeholders
ICT Essentials
OGD
ICT for Building Automation
Smart Water
Smart Energy
Smart Transportation
Smart Education
Smart Healthcare
Smart City Services
IV. Smart City Applications
V. Smart City Systems Infrastructure
Top SC Vendors
This document summarizes the key activities and goals of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities. The partnership aims to (1) improve citizens' quality of life, (2) increase competitiveness of European industry and SMEs, and (3) make cities more sustainable and livable. It works towards these goals through six action clusters focusing on areas like sustainable districts, mobility, infrastructure, and business models. The partnership has over 370 commitments with 4000 partners from 31 countries collaborating on smart city solutions.
O ciclo de Conferências HUMAN HABITAT 2010 é uma plataforma aberta de comunicação dedicada ao tema das Cidades Sustentáveis. Este ciclo de 10 conferências, concebido e coordenado pela Iniciativa CONSTRUÇÃO SUSTENTÁVEL, numa parceria com o OCEANÁRIO de LISBOA, com a Parque Expo e com a Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, promove o estabelecimento de um diálogo franco e directo entre oradores e participantes.
This document proposes a model for developing smart, sustainable cities and communities called the 3.0 City. It describes key aspects of 3.0 Cities including an integrated cloud platform for services, focus on digital/ICT infrastructure, sustainability/green systems, and knowledge/innovation. The document also summarizes several smart city projects worldwide and proposes the 3.0 City as a prototype for European smart cities.
City of Edmonton Business Technology StrategyWendy Gnenz
The Business Technology Strategy is a strategic plan that meets the technology expectations of today and the future. It moves the City of Edmonton forward to better embrace innovative technologies and use data.
The document outlines 23 initiatives that the City of Edmonton will focus on from 2016 to 2018 to implement its 10-year strategic plan called "The Way Ahead". The initiatives are grouped under the categories of economic resilience, sustainable city, and open and caring community. Some of the key initiatives discussed include urban core developments, an image and reputation management plan, growth strategy implementation, and an industrial development and investment plan to achieve economic resilience. Initiatives like LRT planning and a climate change adaptation strategy aim to build a sustainable city. An open city plan, neighbourhood implementation and inclusion strategies are focused on creating an open and caring community.
This document presents a 5-step approach for cities to become more efficient and sustainable through smart systems. It argues that critical systems like energy, transportation, and buildings need to be improved and integrated using both bottom-up and top-down approaches. The document outlines challenges of rapid urbanization, noting that 70% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, necessitating expansion. It advocates making cities more efficient, livable, and sustainable to attract residents and businesses through technologies available today and an approach focused on systems.
This document presents a 5-step approach for cities to become more efficient and sustainable through smart systems. It argues that critical systems like energy, transportation, and buildings must be improved and integrated using both bottom-up and top-down approaches. The document outlines challenges of rapid urbanization, noting that 70% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, necessitating expansion. It advocates making cities more efficient, livable, and sustainable to attract residents and businesses through technologies available today to monitor systems and manage resources.
In less than 40 years, 70% of the world’s population will reside in our cities. This rapid
migration will push both current and future urban centres to their seams and expand industrial
and residential infrastructures beyond their breaking points.
This eye-opening fact raises important questions that must be considered by cities around the
world. Can this growth be done in a sustainable way? Will cities be able to reduce their
environmental impact and carbon emissions? Will we be able to meet the sustainability
challenges brought on by regulation and the impact of this massive growth? And, will we
expand in ways which ensure communities are enjoyable places to live and promote social
equality?
We can answer affirmatively to these concerns, and re-design our cities with these thoughts
in mind. With the movement towards smart cities, the urban centres we live in can become
more efficient, livable, and sustainable in both the short and long term, thanks to involvement from city, citizens, and businesses.
Smart cities use technology to improve services and solve problems. The main goals are improving efficiency, reducing waste, and maximizing inclusion. A smart city uses data and technology to make transportation more efficient, improve social services, promote sustainability, and give citizens a voice. Some examples of smart city objectives include improving safety, sustainability, efficiency, equality, and citizen engagement. Smart cities can reduce environmental impact through energy efficiency, renewable energy, air quality monitoring, and green transportation.
The document discusses smart cities and their objectives. It defines a smart city as one that uses technology to provide services and solve city problems, such as improving transportation, social services, sustainability, and citizen engagement. The main goals of smart cities are to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and maximize social inclusion. Specific objectives mentioned include improving safety, sustainability, efficiency, equality, and citizen engagement. The document then discusses the history of smart cities and how current models involve public participation. It provides examples of how smart cities can benefit society through data-driven decision making, enhanced citizen engagement, safer communities, reduced environmental footprint, improved transportation, increased digital equity, new economic opportunities, and increased workforce engagement.
This document provides a progress report on Edmonton's Municipal Development Plan called "The Way We Grow". It summarizes the plan's vision for Edmonton to evolve into a healthy, compact, and sustainable city with an enhanced quality of life. The report then provides data on indicators that track progress towards goals in areas like residential density, housing diversity, and integrating land use and transportation. The data shows some progress over time in moving Edmonton towards the vision outlined in the original plan.
The document provides details about the Smart Cities Mission in India, including:
- The mission aims to develop 100 smart cities across India through public-private partnerships and a city challenge competition.
- Selected cities will receive Rs. 100 crore (US$15 million) annually for five years from the government to fund smart city projects focusing on areas like housing, transportation, and technology infrastructure.
- The mission is expected to transform urban development in India by making cities more livable and sustainable through the use of smart technologies and solutions.
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This document discusses the concept and development of smart cities. It notes that rapid urbanization is straining resources and infrastructure in cities. To address these challenges, the development of smart cities is seen as inevitable. The key aspects of smart cities include using digital technologies to enhance performance, reduce costs and resource use, and better engage citizens. India has a plan to build 100 smart cities as part of its Digital India initiative. The benefits of smart cities include more sustainable economic development and improved services like electricity, water, transportation and waste management through the use of sensor data and smart grids.
The document discusses India's Smart City mission to build 100 new smart cities by 2025. It aims to address the increasing urbanization in India by developing sustainable cities with better opportunities and inclusive economic growth. The smart cities will focus on improving living conditions through better infrastructure, education, healthcare, transportation, resource management, governance, economy and employment. The success of the mission depends on applying smart solutions, citizen participation, leadership capacity building, private investment, ICT connectivity and managing various challenges. It remains to be seen how effectively India can develop diverse smart cities and improve quality of life.
Presentation given by Miguel Airas Antunes, Deloitte, at Open & Agile Smart Cities' annual Connected Smart Cities & Communities Conference 2020 on 23 January in Brussels, Belgium.
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Intelligent World, Smart Cities, Intelligent Communities, Next Industrial Revolution, Future City Developments,
Definition, Barriers, Funding, Stakeholders, Smart City Internet
Smart Cities- A Strategy Consulting Company's Perspective & Value AddManish Parsuramka
The document discusses how a consulting firm can add value to a Smart City Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). It outlines three key ways:
1. Assisting in the development of detailed project reports and selection of implementation partners. This includes developing requests for proposals.
2. Ensuring stakeholders, resources, and consortium partners are coordinated according to the project management plan. Monitoring outcomes against goals.
3. Organizing and strengthening the managerial, financial, and legal capabilities of the urban local government and SPV. Managing the delegation of decision-making authority from the municipal corporation to the SPV.
This document summarizes a group project report on smart cities. It defines a smart city as an urban area that uses electronic and sensor data collection and analytics to improve operations and quality of life. The need for smart cities is discussed, including addressing issues like overpopulation, pollution, and equitable access. Key elements of smart cities are identified as smart mobility, living, government, and economy. Smart city indicators and services delivered through ICT are outlined. The conclusion discusses the role of smart citizens in governance and challenges in implementing smart city projects.
The document discusses smart cities in India. It begins by defining what a smart city is, noting that smart cities aim to integrate technology and sustainability to improve efficiency. It then discusses why smart cities are needed, as 60% of the world's population is expected to live in cities by 2030, placing strain on resources. Key features of smart cities include innovations using internet of things for more efficient water and energy systems and improved public safety. The document also discusses India's smart cities mission to develop 100 smart cities and improve quality of life through technology and sustainability. It provides examples of priority areas for Bhubaneswar and Nashik and concludes by noting the potential for smart cities to reduce inequality in India.
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This document provides a summary of a smart cities blueprint for Saudi Arabia. It defines a smart city and outlines the country's vision to have 3 cities ranked in the top 100 globally by 2030 and 16 smart cities by that date. The document discusses challenges and opportunities, strategic goals and objectives around developing the economy, society, sustainability and mobility. It outlines initiatives and key performance indicators to guide development of smart cities. The roadmap proposes priority initiatives and phasing from 2018-2022 to transform cities and realize the national digital vision in line with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 goals.
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Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
As the government closest to
Canadians, municipalities touch
almost every aspect of our citizens’
daily lives.
As our city grows, we are tasked with providing an
increasing array of services in a more open and
responsive way.
In response, the City of Edmonton is shifting its view to
recognize our role as part of a larger ecosystem. We are at
the crossroads of a complex system of social, economic,
political and technological networks. Embracing the
perspectives from individuals, industry and academic
sectors of the community is how we can best achieve
our goals, deliver programs and services and provide an
exceptional quality of life for citizens.
Embracing a Smart City is a cornerstone for our role as
leaders in open municipal advancement. The next frontier
for governments is how to use data and analytics to make
better evidence-based decisions. All of this information
has tremendous potential to influence how we plan, build
and live in our city.
Edmonton is a Smart City, known for using technology to
turn garbage into biofuels, fight crime, move people around
and design a carbon-neutral community. As a Smart City,
we will find new strategies and solutions for the challenges
and opportunities that face cities all over the world. It
will enable us to build a city that is more resilient, livable,
workable and altogether more uplifting.
don iveson
mayor
Smart City strategy
message
from the
mayor
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Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
Edmonton is a different municipality as compared to the
1980s, a decade or even 5 years prior. In the past citizens
and the City of Edmonton connected through face to face
meetings, letter mail, faxes and landline telephone calls.
However, in the last decade the community of Edmonton and
the surrounding regions experienced and will continue to
experience rapid, multi-faceted change as a result of larger
social, economic, political and technical factors.
Edmonton is a Smart City. Judged by the ‘Financial Times’ to
have “the best economic potential of any North American
city,” Edmonton’s infrastructure, human resources,
cost-effectiveness, high standards of living, and concern
for a sustainable environment are recognized through a
favourable position on foreign-direct investment
ranking lists.
TheCityofEdmontonrecognizesweneedtoworkinan
integratedandinnovativewayswithothersinourenvironment.
Weareoneelementofalargersystemofcitybuilding.Our
government,post-secondaryinstitutions,thearts,not-for-
profits,schoolboards,privatebusinessandcitizensareintegral
partnersofthissmartandintelligentcommunity.
Citizen-driven change is a powerful force. Empowered and
engaged citizens demand more from all orders of government
- increased economic development, opportunities to
be included in decision making processes and municipal
programs and services delivered in an efficient manner.
As an answer to this expectation, the City of Edmonton is
facilitating transformational changes through Smart City
initiatives which will direct the growth of the community for
generations to come.
Smart City strategy
executive
summary
Not that long ago, the City of
Edmonton, the capital of Alberta,
Canada, was primarily known as a
utility provider with ownership of the
local telecommunication, water and
power services.
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Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
The City’s Strategic Plan, The Way Ahead, began with a
bold, citizen-built vision for what Edmonton will be in 2040.
Since 2009, City Administration has used this plan to guide
our progress toward six ten-year strategic goals that
take us closer to that 2040 vision and provide focus to the
City’s efforts to deliver the greatest value of services and
infrastructure to Edmontonians.
The 30-year, citizen-built City vision in The Way Ahead is
a creative description of Edmonton’s future in 2040. Six
10-year strategic goals describe the area where Council
believes significant change is required to achieve this
vision. The Smart City Strategy articulates the innovative
work underway across the organization to support the
strategic objectives and advance the City’s Vision as
defined in The Way Ahead.
The Way Ahead is a visioning document
established by City Council in 2008
outlining Council’s goals for change.
The Way Ahead forms the foundation of
the City’s work and guides the City’s
continued commitment to enhance
quality of life for Edmontonians. It was
updated in 2011 and 2014.
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Smart City strategy
what is a
Smart City?
To some, a Smart City refers to a technology intensive city
where Internet of Things (IoT), robots, autonomous vehicles
and drones play a significant role in delivering efficient
and effective services to the citizens. Their Smart City is a
municipality where smart meters and energy saving systems
manage buildings, cognitive analytics and machine learning
algorithms manage multiple modes of transportation, and
robots and drones manage infrastructure assets.
To others, a Smart City refers to an innovation ecosystem
where technology is leveraged to improve the relationship
between citizens and their government, to enable social
innovation and to improve the quality of life. Their Smart
City is a municipality where citizens collaborate with local
government to improve service delivery, design their
community, and co-create solutions to improve their quality
of life.
‘Smart City’ is a notion used by
technologists, urbanists and economists
around the globe connecting a wide
variety of related concepts, initiatives
and outcomes.
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Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
Smart City strategy
edmonton
as a smart
ecosystem
Edmonton is a creative community of changemakers and social innovators
- where citizens are engaged with their community and lead the charge for
a better future. The City of Edmonton addresses today’s challenges and
creates tomorrow’s opportunities through collaboration between citizens,
industry, academia and government.
This open innovation ecosystem provides creativity, engagement and
partnership as we journey from a Smart City to an Intelligent Community.
Although the City led the development of
the Smart City Strategy, it is not just
about the administration of municipal
programs and services, it is about
Edmonton as a thriving community.
Edmonton’s Smart City is an innovation
ecosystem of government, academia,
citizens and industry.
GOVERNMENT - Effective decision making,
collaboration, cost reduction and resilient public
services
CITIZENS - Better community connectivity,
improved social equality, increased employment,
better quality of life
ACADEMIC - Promote innovation, Accelerate
startup formation and leverage talents/knowledge
INDUSTRY - Promote innovation, new business
development, develop new products and services,
and increase investments
SMART CITY ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS
Smart City
EDMONTON
GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY
CITIZENS ACADEMIC
12. 8
Smart City strategy
Smart City
transformation
As opposed to a traditional government
centered approach, Edmonton’s citizen
centric Smart City Strategy will create a
unified experience for citizens as they
benefit from efficient and effective City
services.
• Increasing economic development - Uniting many City initiatives under a single ‘Smart City’ brand, offering a significant value
proposition for citizens, investors and visitors
• Advancing the Edmonton’s Open City Philosophy -
Allowing Edmonton to fulfill its role as a preeminent global city which is innovative, inclusive and engaged
• Delivering efficient and effective programs and services -
Allowing the City to improve the efficiency of services provided to citizens by leveraging data, information and analytics
vs.
CITY OF
EDMONTON
Health
Police
Waste
Emergency
Services
Water
Agencies
Infrastructure
Transit
Energy
Recreation
CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES
TRADITIONAL MODEL
GOVERNMENT CENTRED
SMART MODEL
CITIZEN CENTRED
CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES
AGENCIES LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Health
Police
Waste
Emergency Services
Water
OTHER GOVERNMENT
Agencies
Infrastructure
Transit
Energy
Recreation
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Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
Smart City strategy
what does Smart
City mean to
edmonton?
Similar to any other large municipality,
the City of Edmonton is a complex
system with a diverse range of social,
economic, political and technical
networks.
For Edmonton, a Smart City is not just about technology.
Instead, it is about creating and nurturing a resilient, livable and
workable city through the use of technology, data and social
innovation into nine streams, as shown below.
The goals of the Smart City strategy go well
beyond the creative uses of technologies and
instead focus on bringing together citizens and
businesses to transform the City of Edmonton into
an intelligent Community
goal one
Resiliency
A municipality that is resilient is adaptive, well-
planned and flexible - one that can withstand
external shocks such as economic crisies,
epidemics, congestions, transport breakdowns,
and environmental pollutions.
goal two
Livability
A municipality that is livable is one in which citizens
are healthy, engaged with their community and
actively minimize their environmental footprint.
goal three
Workability
A municipality that is workable is one that
connects its citizens through advanced
transportation and mobility, broadband
connectivity, educational institutions and
smart infrastructure.
Resiliency
Livability Workability
Smart City
EDMONTON
citizens
open city
HEALTH MOBILITY
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
economy
14. edmonton’s Smart City strategy
goal one:
resiliency
A municipality that is resilient is
adaptive, well-planned and flexible.
It is one that understands threats
and vulnerabilities and considers
all the tools available to the
Community in its plan for the
future. It has diverse, planned
adaptation processes that
reduce vulnerabilities.
10
15. 11
Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
Smart City strategy
resiliency
focus:
open city
Edmonton’s Open City Initiative was
refreshed in 2017 to incorporate new
ideas and guide the City’s way forward
in open government.
As an open city, Edmonton is working to build new
ways to share and receive information from citizens,
to find new opportunities for dialogue and make our
services easier to access. Through the evolution of
the City’s collection and sharing of data guided by the
Open City Initiative, citizen and business experience
is enhanced.
Open City Foundation Align practices to support openness, transparency
and consistency
Open Engagement Create opportunities for citizens to interact with
the City and impact the design, development and
delivery of public programs, services and policies
Open Data Enhance the quality and increase the quantity of
information available through the implementation
of the Open Data Strategy
Open Information Provide information to Edmontonians to promote
participation and collaboration, increase knowledge
and build capacity in the community
Open Analytics Support informed policy development and decision
making by leveraging the vast stores of City data
and new analytic capabilities
OPEN CITY
ACTIONS
16. 12
Smart City strategy
open city
initiatives
OPEN DATA
The award-winning
Open Data Portal (data.
edmonton.ca) provides
citizens access to
trustworthy and usable
datasets from the City’s
vast stores of municipal
information. The Open Data
Strategy incorporates the
principles of Edmonton’s
Open City Policy and the
International Open Data
Charter. The Strategy
delivers a road map to
realize the social and
economic value of open
data.
CITIZEN
DASHBOARD
The Citizen Dashboard
(dashboard.edmonton.
ca) provides citizens with
interactive access to
current municipal service
performance indicators.
Citizens are able to track
process on the building
of one of North America’s
great capital cities
OPEN
ANALYTICS
Open Analytics (ace.
edmonton.ca) showcases
the City’s programs which
are leveraging analytics
to improve outcomes for
staff and citizens. Open
Analytics also provides
tools and resources to
empower citizens to work
with data themselves to
gain their own insights into
City data.
THE METRO
EDMONTON OPEN
DATA GROUP
The Metro Edmonton Open
Data Group is a community
of regional organizations
brought together by the
City of Edmonton for
cross collaboration and
information sharing. Members
include other government
organizations (cities,
towns, districts, boards),
health providers, academic
organizations, regional boards
and policing agencies.
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Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
Smart City strategy
resiliency
focus:
citizens
Edmonton is resilient due to the
partnership that exists between
the City and its citizens. Engaged
citizens participate in government
by identifying risks and forming
creative solutions.
By including citizens in government processes,
decisions informed by a wide variety of stakeholder
result in sustainable program and service delivery.
To continue this momentum, consideration and
planning for changers in citizen demogrpahics and
delivery allows for effective planning for the future.
CITIZEN
ACTIONS
Develop strategies to assess the most appropriate methods of
engagement with various citizen groups on issues facing the
municipality now and in the future. Embrace new technologies as
they become available
Consider the unique characteristics and needs of minority groups
and develop strategies to address these needs
Understand the issues and challenges facing the youth of today and
tomorrow to ensure that a resilient workforce is attainable
Ensure consistent access to programs and services for all Citizens
18. 14
Smart City strategy
citizen
initiatives
ONLINE
ENGAGEMENT
Citizens engage with the
City through a variety
of online channels - a
mobile friendly website
(edmonton.ca), a 311
(service information and
request) app and eServices
(an online counter for
city services). The City is
also integrating service
channels with internal
and external partners to
provide programs and
services which are valued
by the community.
THE EDMONTON
INSIGHT
COMMUNITY
The Edmonton Insight
Community is an inclusive
and accessible online
citizen panel made up of
diverse Edmontonians
providing feedback on City
policies, initiatives, and
issues. Citizens are able to
provide their perspectives
at times and locations
convenient through an
online portal.
INDIGENOUS
INCLUSION
The City recognizes that
there is mutual need for
indigenous people to be
represented in the City
workforce and for ongoing
development of culturally
sensitive municipal
services that meet the
needs of the indigenous
community. This journey
is guided by the Edmonton
Urban Aboriginal Accord.
YOUTH COUNCIL
The City of Edmonton Youth
Council provides information
and advice to Council in
relation to issues involving or
affecting youth. The Council
educates and empowers youth
to provide meaningful input
and to take action on local
issues and municipal politics
in Edmonton.
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Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
COUNCIL
INITIATIVE
ON PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT
The Council Initiative
on Public Engagement
connects various ways of
bringing people, community
organizations, businesses,
and government together to
build an inclusive community
that participates in civic
government. More than
1,000 citizens from diverse
Edmonton communities have
participated in more than
40 workshops to discuss
challenges and improve
engagement with the City
of Edmonton.
IDEA
GENERATOR
The Idea Generator is the
City of Edmonton’s new
digital suggestion box
available to departments,
branches and project teams
with a need to solicit ideas
from employees to improve
a City program or services.
The expansion of this tool
to solicit input from citizens
is being explored.online
portal.
EDMONTON
SERVICE
CENTRE
The Edmonton Service
Centre consolidates all city
customer service counters
for permits, passes,
payments, licenses and
more into one location.
The location is fully mobility
accessible and located on
major transit routes.
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Smart City strategy
resiliency
focus:
economy
As a result of social and economic
investmentbycitizensandbusiness
alike, Edmonton withstood the impact
of an economic recession.
A diversified economy with a resourceful community of
innovation labs and incubator organizations has
attracted new business to our community. Through the
implementation of The City’s The Way We Prosper -
Economic Development Plan, Edmonton will advance
new directions in economic development and leverage
today’s opportunities into a prosperous future.
ECONOMIC
ACTIONS
Support a competitive business climate and deliver business friendly services
Facilitate the development of established businesses and sectors
Support the advancement of high potential sectors
Attract talent and investment by making
the City nationally and internationally competitive
Lead and participate in effective regional partnerships and collaborations
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Smart City Strategy 2017 city of edmonton
EDMONTON
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
The Edmonton Economic
Development Corporation
(EEDC) is a not-for-profit
company established
by the City of Edmonton
and is responsible for
providing leadership to the
economic growth strategy
for Edmonton and the
surrounding region. EEDC is
accountable for supporting
industry growth and
diversification; stimulating
entrepreneurism and
innovation; marketing
the city image in target
markets; managing the
Shaw Conference Centre;
boosting tourism, events
and attractions; and
enriching the Edmonton
Research Park.
TEC EDMONTON
TEC Edmonton is a joint
venture between the
Edmonton Economic
Development Corporation
and the University of
Alberta. TEC Edmonton
acts as a bridge between
the University and
the community, and
collaborates with both
community entrepreneurs
and university-based
researchers.
TEC Edmonton’s purpose
is to accelerate the growth
of emerging technology-
based companies in
Edmonton and Northern
Alberta. Through its
people, networks and
facilities, TEC Edmonton
develops the Edmonton
region’s innovation
reputation worldwide
by commercializing
technology, promoting
innovation and fostering
new enterprise
development.
STARTUP
EDMONTON
Startup Edmonton is an
entrepreneurial campus
and community hub which
connects entrepreneurs
and product builders with
skills, community and
space to support them as
they take ideas to reality.
Low-cost foundational
workshops are provided
to aid entrepreneurs with
building a business model,
developing the tools to
build great products and
services and operating
a small business (legal,
accounting, social media,
sales, customer success,
etc.)
ALBERTA
INNOVATES
Alberta Innovates is
a provincially-funded
Corporation tasked with
delivering on the research
and innovation priorities
of the Government of
Alberta. The organization
is a catalyst for innovation
that leads to economic
diversification, enhanced
environmental performance
and social well-being. Alberta
Innovates also provides
innovators, researchers and
entrepreneurs access to
cross sectoral knowledge,
expertise, funding, networks
and research facilities.
Technology Futures (a
program area of Alberta
Innovates) provides
technical services and
funding support to facilitate
the commercialization of
technologies and to develop
new knowledge-based
industry clusters.
Smart City strategy
economic
initiatives
22. 18
eHUB
eHUB is the University of
Alberta’s entrepreneurship
centre. Offering resources,
networking opportunities,
and funding, eHUB offers
members the opportunity
to explore ideas that will
transform into projects,
initiatives and ventures.
Students are empowered to
seek solutions to problems
in their communities,
workspaces and their
organizations. eHUB
champions students to
become agents of change
and implement ideas that
create value.
EDMONTON
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
The Edmonton International
Airport is a hub facility
for Northern Canada and
is Canada’s largest major
airport by total land area.
Over 6 million passengers
are served annually with
regularly scheduled flights
to all major Canadian cities,
non-stop flights to more
than 50 global destinations
including 12 key U.S. hub
cities and 15 international
destinations. The airport’s
cargo capabilities are
designed to expedite
shipments to all parts of
the globe quickly and cost
effectively.
ALBERTA WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS
Alberta Women
Entrepreneurs is a non-
profit organization that
enables women across
Alberta to succeed
in entrepreneurship
ventures. Alberta Women
Entrepreneurs provides
unique programs and
services to women at
all stages of business
through advising, financing,
mentoring, and skills and
network development.
EDMONTON
RESEARCH PARK
The Edmonton Research Park
is an organization supporting
more than 1,500 members
at 55+ companies working
in diverse fields,
from biotechnology to energy.
The Edmonton Research
Park engages in advanced
research in medicine,
biotechnology, electronics,
telecommunications,
software, petroleum research
and cold-climate engineering.
Members are provided
with supports including
workspaces, on site programs,
access to soft-landing
programs, personalized
referrals to funding agencies
and facilitated access to
other local and national
accelerators, science parks
and incubators.
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initiatives
continued
23. edmonton’s Smart City strategy
goal two:
livability
A livable city is one in which healthy
citizens are engaged with their
community and actively minimize
their environmental footprint.
Livability is the sum of the factors
that add up to a community’s
quality of life. These factors include
access to health care options, social
stability and equity, and cultural,
entertainment and recreation
possibilities.
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The City recognizes that municipalities
are a vital component of the health care
system and will actively work with
other health stakeholders to promote
healthy living and provide services for
our most vulnerable individuals.
Community task forces and committees, with
representation by diverse stakeholder groups, seek
to address our challenges and propel Edmonton as a
leader in healthcare innovation
Smart City strategy
livability
focus:
health
Develop and implement a strategy to end
poverty in Edmonton
Address the challenges that are preventing
Canada’s health industry from realizing its full
potential
HEALTH
ACTIONS
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initiatives
ENDPOVERTYEDMONTON
The End Poverty Edmonton Strategy
articulates a suite of priority actions
from policy initiatives, program and
services enhancements to community-
based initiatives to end poverty within a
generation.
End Poverty Edmonton is a city-
wide effort involving Edmontonians,
businesses, and organizations with a
shared vision: to build on work already
underway with the Government of
Alberta and other agencies to find
innovative solutions to poverty and to
ensure that all Edmontonians achieve
their full potential.
HEALTH CITY INITIATIVE
The Health City Initiative will position
Edmonton as a leader in healthcare
innovation and will shape the future of
health innovation in Canada - transforming
lives and driving growth by capitalizing
on our talent, research capacity, and
innovative spirit. The Initiative aims to
increase access to capital funding for local
health sector companies and accelerate the
commercialization of new technologies and
products.
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In addition to advocating for Edmonton
as a centre for health, the City creates
opportunities for citizen wellness -
encouraging the development of civic
imagination and creativity by
supporting cultural and artistic
endeavors.
Edmonton’s spirit of inclusion and innovation
extends to our relationships with other communities
and their partners to respond collectively to
challenges and problems. As a smart city, Edmonton
learns from and integrates aspects of other
community building activities through membership
in the larger social ecosystem.
Smart City strategy
livability
focus:
community
Utilize place making to foster relationships, collaboration,
experimentation and innovation
Engage in conversations about how cities evolve, how to connect people
to places and to each other, and how to learn by testing or piloting
innovative idea
Promote broad cultural and artistic investment across all aspects of the
cultural spectrum
COMMUNITY
ACTIONS
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initiatives
MAKE SOMETHING
EDMONTON
Funded and guided by the Edmonton
Economic Development Corporation,
Make Something Edmonton is a
community building initiative and a place
to share projects and events, get help
making them happen, and discover local
stories. Make Something Edmonton’s
small group of staff connect citizens with
ideas to the resources they need, provide
supports for marketing and convene
meetups to discuss ideas and activate
the community.
CITYLAB
CITYlab uses place making as a tool to
discuss how cities evolve, to connect people
to places and to each other, to learn by
testing or piloting innovative ideas and to
highlight City planning goals. The initiative
fosters relationships, collaboration, public
engagement, experimenting, learning,
innovation, and creativity.
Current initiatives include Let’s Talk (a series
which invites people to explore inspiring
ideas), Evolving Infill (a collaborative project
to advance residential infill) and fresh
(Edmonton’s Food and Agriculture Strategy).
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EVOLVING
INFILL
The City of Edmonton
recognizes that infill is
important to building a
balanced and sustainable
city. Edmonton’s Infill
Roadmap is the City’s work
plan to advance residential
infill.
23 recommendations guide
the City’s collaboration
with residents and
partners.
EDMONTON
ARTS COUNCIL
The Edmonton Arts
Council is a not-for-profit
organization that supports
and promotes the arts
community in Edmonton.
The EAC works to increase
the profile and involvement
of arts and culture in all
aspects of our community
life through activities that:
• Invest in local festivals,
arts organizations and
individual artists through
municipal, corporate and
private funding
• Represent Edmonton’s
arts community to
government and other
agencies and provide
expert advice on issues
that affect the arts
• Build partnerships and
initiate projects which
strengthen the community
• Create awareness of the
quality, variety and value
of artistic work produced
in Edmonton.
BETACITY YEG
BetaCityYEG is a regular
meetup connecting public
employees, citizens, and
members of Edmonton’s
tech/data community in
order to address the city and
region’s pressing issues. The
group meets monthly at the
Startup Edmonton space.
The BetaCityYEG team
includes data analysts,
geospatial experts,
programmers, web
designers, statisticians,
and a range of tech-related
skilled citizens These
diverse skill sets allows for
vibrant discussions that are
informed by understanding
an issue holistically from
a data management
perspective. The intent is
also to allow citizens and
various groups with data/
policy issues to present to
the group for similar input.
In addition to discussing
the issues presented,
BetaCityYEG also
proactively pursues
innovative digital
engagement and data
collection tools, beta testing
and testing for feasibility.
fresh
fresh is Edmonton’s Food
and Urban Agriculture
Strategy and was
developed in consultation
with citizens, interested
groups, businesses and
related organizations. fresh
is a high level strategy
guiding Edmonton towards
the vision of a resilient food
and agriculture system
that contributes to the
local economy and the
overall cultural, financial,
social and environmental
sustainability of the city.
fresh has resulted in the
formation of the Edmonton
Food Council, City
Council approval of urban
beekeeping and hens, City
Council approval of zoning
bylaw changes to enable
more urban agriculture
and a partnership with
Northlands to increase
local food purchasing by
major distributors and
institutions.
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initiatives
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Through partnerships with citizens,
academia and industry, the City will
become a leader in setting and
achieving the highest standards of
environmental preservation and
sustainability in both its own corporate
practices and by encouraging and
enabling the practices of its partners.
As part of The Way Forward, The Way We Green - the
City’s Environmental Strategy - guides Edmonton
through the introduction of new technologies and
standards such as greenhouse gas reduction
initiatives, net neutral homes, infill developments
and energy/waste management.
Smart City strategy
livability
focus:
environment
Ensure that Edmonton’s sources and uses of energy are sustainable
Implement practices to ensure Edmonton is resilient to disturbances that
could affect its energy supplies and distribution systems
Become a carbon-neutral city
Ensure Edmonton is pollution free and environment friendly
ENVIRONMENT
ACTIONS
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environment
initiatives
ENERGY TRANSITION
STRATEGY
Supporting the City of Edmonton’s
environmental strategic plan (The Way
We Green), the Community Energy
Transition Strategy is designed to make
Edmonton an energy sustainable city.
Actions are included which will:
• Reduce Edmonton’s greenhouse gas
emissions to levels consistent with
limiting the long-term rise in average
global temperature to 20C
• Increase energy efficiency and
conservation in all sectors
• Ensure Edmonton’s energy delivery
systems are resilient to shocks and
disturbances from climate change
• Position Edmonton to participate in
global economic opportunities as the
world transitions to cleaner energy.
BLATCHFORD
Blatchford is an innovative and sustainable
community under development which
repurposes the large parcel of land
previously home to the Edmonton Municipal
Airport. Once complete, Blatchford will
be home to up to 30,000 Edmontonians
living, working and learning in a sustainable
community that uses 100% renewable
energy, is carbon neutral, reduces its
ecological footprint, and empowers
residents to pursue a range of sustainable
lifestyle choices.
As part of the decommission of the
Edmonton Municipal Airport, the former
hangars were deconstructed (rather than
demolished) which allowed the building
materials to be sorted for recycling, reuse
or waste management. This process
has diverted 92% of building materials
from the landfill in the first two stages
of deconstruction. Also, the materials
(concrete, asphalt and gravel) removed as
part of the former runways will be used to
construct the roads in the new community.
Any excess materials will be sold for reuse
elsewhere.
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ENERKEM - WASTE
TO BIOFUELS AND
CHEMICALS FACILITY
The Waste to Biofuels and Chemicals
Facility is a collaborative initiative between
Enerkem, Alberta Innovates and the City
of Edmonton. Using waste as a resource
for fuel will contribute to greenhouse
gas reduction, reduce the need for food
crops as feedstock for ethanol and enable
Alberta to lead the way in advanced
biofuels production.
The facility is owned and operated by
Enerkem Alberta Biofuels - a subsidiary
of Enerkem Inc. It is the world’s first major
collaboration between a large city and a
waste-to-biofuels producer to address
waste disposal challenges and turn
municipal solid waste into clean fuels and
green chemicals - such as ethanol and
methanol.
TOUCH THE WATER
PROMENADE
The Touch the Water Promenade
will enhance current and future
development on the north bank of the
North Saskatchewan River near the
new Walterdale Bridge. The waterfront
promenade will look to create places for
citizens to gather and enjoy the riverfront,
and may include amenities such as plazas,
walkways, and docks. This includes the
Mechanized River Valley Access project
which will help make the river valley
more accessible to people of all ages
and abilities.
EDMONTON WASTE
MANAGEMENT CENTRE
The Edmonton Waste Management Centre
(EWMC) is a unique collection of advanced
waste processing and research facilities.
Owned and operated by the City of
Edmonton, the EWMC is an integral part of
Edmonton’s sustainable approach to waste
management. This sustainable process,
along with established recycling programs,
enables Edmonton to divert over 50% of its
residential waste from landfill.
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initiatives
continued
32. edmonton’s Smart City strategy
goal three:
workability
A workable City is one that is
connected technologically and
physically through advanced
mobile methods, educational
institutions and smart
infrastructures.
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Through the creation of world class
roadway and broadband infrastructure
systems, the City will foster faster,
greener and more efficient modes of
connection both physically and
virtually.
Edmonton’s system of moving people is inclusive and
intelligent. An effective data-driven transportation
system - whether it be by foot, cycle, transit or
private vehicle - ensures mobility for all, regardless
of income or ability.
Smart City strategy
workability
focus:
mobility
Promote collaboration between citizens and administration
through digital equality and accessibility
Encourage the identification of innovative ideas from citizens
and staff to improve the delivery of programs and services
Harness new technologies as they become available to
capitalize on digital advancements
Set a framework for building a sustainable, modern city that
will meet the needs of Edmonton’s diverse and growing urban
and regional population
MOBILITY
ACTIONS
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Smart City strategy
mobility
initiatives
SMART BUS
Edmonton Transit Service’s Smart Bus
technology allows buses to send, receive
and broadcast real-time information to
customers. The technology also allows
for improvements to accessibility, safety,
and collection of data. This data assists
transit planners when designing transit
service delivery
The Smart Bus equipment (GPS
device, close circuit camera, mobile
data terminals, automated passenger
counters) has been installed in over
900 City buses. The near real-time data
gathered by the Smart Bus system is
shared with external service providers
(ex. Apple Maps, Google, etc.) through
the City’s Open Data platform. (data.
edmonton.ca)
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
The City of Edmonton is undertaking
the development of an autonomous
vehicle strategy. The City is building an
interconnected, multi-modal transportation
system where citizens can walk, bike and
ride transit efficiently and conveniently to
their desired location.
The City is committed to understanding
the upcoming technology so that when
deployed, it is ready to incorporate
autonomous vehicles into the existing
transportation system. It is anticipated that
automated technology could be integrated
into the transit system and shared fleets
in addition to the deployment of privately
owned autonomous vehicles.
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SMART TRANSPORTATION
The Centre for Smart Transportation
works to be a world-class transportation
research, education, training and service
group within the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering at the
University of Alberta.
Through partnerships with industry,
government and academic agencies,
the Centre for Smart Transportation
aims to serve local national and global
transportation needs, while advancing
research and technology development and
transfer.
INTELLIGENT
TRANSPORTATION
The City is engaged in partnerships with
several private companies to create
predictive traffic modeling. The project’s
first focus is on Yellowhead Trail (a major
road for both commuter and heavy truck
traffic) where the City’s vehicle detection
data feeds a predictive traffic model. Using
the projected future volumes, the City
adapts the signal controls to optimize the
corridor and the network.
SMART FARE
The City of Edmonton, in collaboration
with the City of St. Albert and Strathcona
County, is implementing a Regional Smart
Fare initiative. The initiative will enable
regional transit agencies to accept a
variety of electronic means of payment
and to transition away from paper-based
transit passes/tickets and cash.
Smart Fare, when implemented, will allow
riders to pay for transit fares using credit
cards, debit cards, smartphones and
watches, and smart cards compatible with
the system.
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Recognizing that educational
institutions are a foundational element
to allow citizens to learn, adapt and
innovate, the City will identify areas of
opportunity to develop the educational
ecosystem.
The City promotes access to knowledge through
partnerships with local school boards and academic
institutions as well as digital equality - ensuring that
all citizens can access broadband networks and
information. Edmonton is a living lab where citizens
learn by experimenting, supported by City
Administration and programs which encourage
innovation and foster creativity.
Smart City strategy
workability
focus:
education
Partner with universities and colleges to share ideas and knowledge on City data and
systems to encourage innovation and foster creativity
Promote Edmonton as a post-secondary city to encourage future investment and
sector growth
Facilitate digital inclusion and literacy among all citizens
Collaborate with educational institutions to demonstrate the possibilities and prepare
students for advancements in technologies and data analysis
EDUCATION
ACTIONS
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initiatives
OPEN SCIENCE
Open Science is an innovative program
guided by the Open City Initiative and is
in alignment with the City of Edmonton’s
strategic plan, The Way Ahead. The
Analytics Centre of Excellence and the
Open Data Team collaborate to engage
the academic and research communities
on various projects improving planning,
policy development and efficiency at
the City. The Open Science Program
is a collaborative partnership among
researchers, professors and academic
communities.
The goals of this collaboration are to:
• Promote innovative solutions to
municipal challenges
• Develop a strong support system
that will encourage the research
community to tackle challenging City
operational issues
• Engage researchers in developing
practical solutions to current issues
in our city
• Increase public engagement in
planning and policy development
based on data-driven decision-
making.
EDMONTON PUBLIC
LIBRARY DIGITAL
LITERACY
Over the last 20 years, the Edmonton Public
Library has evolved its physical and digital
public spaces so that residents are provided
opportunities:
• To access the technology, applications
and eContent needed to pursue their
digital literacy goals
• Complete technology related tasks and
projects
• Access digital forms of content and
information
• Experience novel technology related
trends and experiences.
The Edmonton Public Library engages in
strategically targeted marketing, media and
awareness outreach campaigns to those
who might have the greatest needs such
as low-income families and individuals,
newcomers, seniors, at-risk youth and
those experiencing homelessness.
Sample projects include a Makerspace,
a lending library of loanable technology
infrastructure (ex. lending eReaders,
Raspberry Pis and/or Wi-Fi hotspots) and a
robust eContent catalogue.
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Without high capacity and resilient
physical and virtual infrastructure, the
City will not be able to fully harness the
benefits of technology such as smart
sensors.
A smart infrastructure is crucial in connecting
people, communities and businesses. Infrastructure
also allows a sustainable municipality to adapt to
population changes and increases in resource
consumption.
Smart City strategy
livability
focus:
infrastructure
Work with utility partners to
provide smart energy and water
metering
Upgrade our road networks with
smart technologies to ensure
adequate management of existing
assets
Upgrade our ICT infrastructure to
ensure high speed connectivity
Build sustainable and connected
future communities
Smart building to manage
infrastructure demand density
(resource consumption within a
building - power, water, transport,
telecoms, waste)
INFRASTRUCTURE
ACTIONS
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infrastructure
initiatives
OPEN CITY Wi-Fi
The City of Edmonton’s Open Access
Initiative has three guiding principles:
• Whenever possible and
reasonable, the City of Edmonton
will enable broadband services
through partnerships
• The City of Edmonton will take an
inclusive approach, working with
providers and jurisdictions that
are interested in collaborating with
Edmonton
• The City of Edmonton will partner
on innovative opportunities
to make broadband and data
networks more accessible for
Edmontonians
TheCityofEdmonton’sinternally
managedOpenCityWi-Fiserviceisnow
availableon15CapitalLineLRTplatform
stations,andat83locationswherethe
Cityof Edmontonoperates.
Shaw Communications Inc. has
also collaborated with the City to
provide Shaw Go Wi-Fi including the
installation of Shaw Go Wi-Fi service
in City facilities and libraries. To date,
37 facilities and 17 libraries have been
completed at no cost to the City.
Several other facilities are being
evaluated for their feasibility.
EPCOR
EPCOR, a utility provider for natural
gas, electricity and water, utilizes
advanced metering technology
to wirelessly transmit customer
electricity usage without the previous
need to complete site visits. A
modernized metering system helps
EPCOR reduce operating costs and
increase the reliability of electricity
services.
When this system is teamed with
EPCOR’s grid management system, an
automatic notification is completed
if there is a customer outage.
This results in a near real-time
understanding of the outage scope
and a rapid dispatch of service crews
to resolve the issue.
VISION ZERO
The City of Edmonton is the first
major Canadian city to adopt Vision
Zero, a global initiative to eliminate
fatalities and major injuries from
motor vehicle collisions. A key
component of this strategy will be
the adoption of the Safe Systems
Approach. Central to this approach
is a shared accountability between
road users and those who design
maintain and operate all parts of
the road transportation system.
The Safe Systems Approach is
a holistic view that provides a
framework to assess, guide and
improve traffic safety.
This approach does not ignore
risk-taking behavior, but
acknowledges human fallibility and
the need for greater allowances
for human error. Planning and
developing a Safe System means
looking beyond standards and
towards systematically planning
and designing a sustainable
and inherently-safe road and
transportation system for all road
users.
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TELUS
PUREFIBRE
TELUS Corporation
committed $1 Billion to
expand the TELUS fibre
optic network within the
City of Edmonton. This fibre
network brings internet
connectivity directly into
buildings rather than just to
a node in a neighborhood.
The first phase of this
project delivered fibre
connections to more
than 25,000 premises in
four neighbourhoods in
Edmonton.
EPARK
EPark allows for the digital
and remote payment of
street parking fares from
the previous coin metering
system. The EPark System
allows multiple methods
of payment through either
a kiosk or mobile app. In
addition, the system can
arrange for a call or email
when a user’s parking
session is about to expire.
Additional discounts are
provided for on-street
parking with a qualifying
small vehicle.
CIVIC SMART
CARD
The City of Edmonton is
currently undertaking the
development of a Civic
SmartCard. A scalable,
enterprise Civic SmartCard
will consolidate the City’s
multiple access cards
resulting in ease of access
and payment for citizens.
The data collected from
the Civic SmartCard will
provide City with a more
complete understanding of
how citizens experience City
services.
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infrastructure
initiatives
continued
SOOFA BENCHES
The City has partnered with
TELUS to deploy 12 Soofa
Benches. Soofa Benches
provide free Wi-Fi and USB-
device charging from solar
panels in various parks and
transit stops throughout
the city.
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appendix
community
partners
The content gathered to complete this document was
sourced from previous City of Edmonton publications in
addition to news releases and public-facing websites from
our community partners. The City of Edmonton is grateful
for the opportunity to highlight these programs and the
benefit they provide to the overall community.
We look forward to additional versions of this document in
which the volumes of programs highlighted will increase as
Edmonton matures in its implementation of Smart City.
The City of Edmonton is honoured to
prepare this Smart City Strategy on
behalf of the larger community and
most importantly, its citizens. Private
businesses and non-profit organizations
across our community develop
innovative and insightful ways to
address municipal challenges and
improve our quality of life.
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appendix
community
partners
RESILIENCY
Edmonton Economic Development Corporation - edmonton.com
TEC Edmonton - tecedmonton.com
Startup Edmonton - startupedmonton.com
Alberta Innovates - albertainnovates.ca
Edmonton International Airport - yeia.com
University of Alberta eHub - ehub.ualberta.ca
Edmonton Research Park - edmontonresearchpark.com
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs - webusiness.com
LIVABILITY
EndPovertyEdmonton - endpovertyedmonton.ca
Health City Initiative - canadashealthcity.com
Make Something Edmonton - makesomethingedmonton.ca
Edmonton Arts Council - edmontonarts.ca
BetaCity YEG - betacity.ca
Enerkem - enerkem.com
WORKABILITY
Centre for Smart Transportation - transportation.ualberta.ca
Edmonton Public Library - epl.ca
EPCOR - www.epcor.com
TELUS Communications - TELUS.com/en/ab/internet/fibre
SHAW Communications - edmonton.ca/programs_services/open-wifi