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The following is a list of cities that have implemented smart city initiatives, organized by continent and then alphabetically.. The Institute for Management Development and Singapore University of Technology and Design rank cities in the Smart City Index according to technological, economic and human criteria (e.g., the quality of life, the environment and inclusiveness).
A smart city is an urban area that uses digital technology to collect data and to operate/provide services. [1][2] Data can be collected from citizens, devices, buildings, cameras. Applications include traffic and transportation systems, [3] power plants, utilities, urban forestry, [4] water supply networks, waste disposal, criminal ...
The region is the biggest high-tech manufacturing center in the United States. [74][75] The unemployment rate of the region was 9.4% in January 2009 and has decreased to a record low of 2.7% as of August 2019. [76] Silicon Valley received 41% of all U.S. venture investment in 2011, and 46% in 2012. [77]
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.It is the seat of King County, Washington.With a 2023 population of 755,078 [2] it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
Smart Cities Mission. National Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and retrofitting program by the Government of India with the mission to develop smart cities across the country, making them citizen friendly and sustainable. [3] The Union Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for implementing the mission in collaboration with the ...
A number of tourist cities have recently been built, such as Cancun or Puerto Peñasco; the latest city to be planned in Mexico was Delicias. Some of these cities are: Colombia, Nuevo León. Guadalajara, Jalisco. Mexico City, Federal District. Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Puebla, Puebla. Veracruz, Veracruz.
The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) is the public transit operator serving the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Beginning operations in 1967 as the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA), the agency was reorganized and renamed SMART in 1989. SMART operates 45 bus routes (supplementing ...
Google Street View coverage. The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver ...